Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	69.15
Liaison	Mary Ellen Mallia
Submission Date	Feb. 27, 2023

STARS v2.2

University at Albany
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.56 / 3.00	Mary Ellen Mallia Director of Environmental Sustainability Finance and Business

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Part 1. Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Total number of employees:

3,673

Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:

3,673

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:

100

1st program

Name of the employee educators program (1st program):

Sustainability Coordinators

A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):

The Sustainability Coordinators program serves as the sustainability committee for the campus. The group plays a vital role in disseminating information about sustainability polices, programs and initiatives. The main focus is on communication and outreach but can also create new initiatives and provide feedback to the Office of Sustainability. The goal is to have as many departments and buildings represented on the committee as possible. The coordinators are expected to serve in two year tenures on the committee but participants are allowed to renew their membership as many times as they desire. They meet regularly during the academic year and engaged in professional development over the summer.
Coordinators are expected to complete the following:
 Complete required training
 Communicate sustainability programs by posting fliers, educational material in buildings/offices, sending emails, posting on social media
 Agree to be a point person on sustainability, bringing items of concern to the Office of Sustainability
 Serve on a sub-committee
 Submit an end of year activity report

A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):

The target audience is the faculty and staff that work on one of the three UAlbany campuses.

Number of trained employee educators (1st program):

Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):

1,440

Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :

https://www.albany.edu/gogreen/5.sustainability_coordinators.shtml

If reporting employees served by additional peer-to-peer programs, provide:

2nd Program

Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):

Sustainability Ambassador program

A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):

Sustainability Ambassadors help communicate and particpate in sustainability events and campaigns.

A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):

Campus employees are the target audience.

Number of trained employee educators (2nd program):

Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (2nd program):

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (2nd program):

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (2nd program):

1,160

Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (2nd program):

https://www.albany.edu/gogreen/5.sustainability_ambassadors.shtml

If reporting employees served by more than two programs, provide:

Additional Programs

A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:

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Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):

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Number of weeks, on average, the employee educators programs are active annually (all other programs):

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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (all other programs):

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Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all other programs):

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Part 2. Educator hours per employee served by a peer-to-peer program

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all programs):

2,600

Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:

0.71

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the employee sustainability educators programs is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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