Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 66.93 |
Liaison | Miriam Keep |
Submission Date | May 16, 2017 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.39 / 3.00 |
Micah
Kenfield Sustainability Coordinator Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment |
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Total number of employees (staff + faculty, headcount):
17,308
Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting):
2,250
Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
13.00
Name of the employee educators program:
Certified Green Office Program
Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
1,500
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:
Every department on campus is invited to be part of the Certified Green Office Program. Sustainability ambassadors from each department hold their entire office accountable while providing learning opportunities for sustainable behavior
A brief description of how the employee educators are selected:
Each department selects its own sustainability ambassador to be someone from the office with the ability to make changes and rally participation.
A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:
One-on-one meetings and educational materials
A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination):
Coordinated through staff time within our Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
ECIP Awards
Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount) (2nd program):
750
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
The Energy Conservation Incentives Program provides campus departments with financial incentives to 'green' their facilities through both infrastructure improvements as well as behavioral change. Over 750 people were reached by leaders from campus buildings pushing their teams to change their habits to create a greener campus.
A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (2nd program):
Volunteers
A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):
Consultation with Facilities and Services staff
A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in award funding
A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of employees served and how employee educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:
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Total number of hours employee educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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