Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.40
Liaison Andy Mitchell
Submission Date Sept. 11, 2014
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STARS v2.0

University of Illinois Chicago
EN-9: Community Partnerships

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 3.00 Cynthia Klein-Banai
Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “supportive”?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s supportive sustainability partnership(s) with the local community:

UIC's Office of Sustainability has partnered with:
The Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs Initiative http://greencollarchicago.org/?page_id=24
Citizens Utility Board's CUB Energy Saver program
https://www.cubenergysaver.com
City of Chicago - Chicago Climate Action Plan
http://www.chicagoclimateaction.org/pages/partners__funders/61.php
Solar Chicago Program
www.mygroupenergy.com/solarchicago
Elevate Energy
http://www.elevateenergy.org


Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “collaborative”?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution's collaborative sustainability partnership(s):

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to develop a multimodal transportation plan for UIC http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/programs-and-resources/lta/uic. This program began in Summer 2013 and should be completed by Fall 2014. Campus and community members were engaged through surveys and town hall meetings.


Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “transformative”?:
No

A brief description of the institution's transformative sustainability partnership(s) with the local community:
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A brief description of the institution’s sustainability partnerships with distant (i.e. non-local) communities:
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The website URL where information about sustainability partnerships is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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