Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.02
Liaison Carrie Metzgar
Submission Date March 30, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of California, San Diego
EN-9: Staff Professional Development

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 2.00 Kimberly O'Connell
Environmental Specialist
Environment Health & Safety
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Does the institution make available professional development and training opportunities in sustainability to all staff at least once per year?:
Yes

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (the rate of employee participation in sustainability professional development and training)?:
Yes

Estimated percentage of regular staff (full-time and part-time) that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training that is either provided or supported by the institution (0, 1-24%, 25-49%, 50-74%, 75% or more):
1-24%

If sustainability professional development and training opportunities for staff are made available or supported, provide at least one of the following:

A brief description of any internal sustainability professional development and training opportunities that the institution makes available to staff:
UC San Diego offers courses for employees on environmental stewardship through Environmental Health and Safety. The course is offered multiple times a year, and any UC San Diego staff can take it free of charge. UC San Diego also has a Staff Sustainability Network that offers workshops, events, and staff sustainability grants: http://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/ssn/

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution(e.g. through payment, reimbursement, or subsidy):
The campus has paid for Gold level membership in USGBC. Through this all campus faculty, staff, and students have access to a wide array of resources and are able to participate in LEED and other Green Building training. Additionally, the campus supports through payment if required staff participation in LEED credentialing/accreditation and other training opportunities such as CEM training,

Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of regular staff (full-time and part-time) for which sustainability is included in performance reviews (0, 1-24%, 25-49%, 50-74%, 75% or more) :
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Staff Sustainability Network contact: Jennifer Bowser

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