Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.89
Liaison Miriam Keep
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
EN-11: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Micah Kenfield
Sustainability Coordinator
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
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Is the institution an active member of a national or international sustainability network?:
Yes

The name of the national or international sustainability network(s):
AASHE

Is the institution an active member of a regional, state/provincial or local sustainability network?:
Yes

The name of the regional, state/provincial or local sustainability network(s):
Big 10 and Friends

Has the institution presented at a sustainability conference during the previous year? :
Yes

A list or brief description of the conference(s) and presentation(s):
The State of Campus Green Funds – Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Annual Conference, October 2016 Developing Best Practices for Evaluating Campus Green Funds – Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference, April 2016 Advising Students With the Power to Spend Money – National Association of Student Affairs Practitioners Annual Conference, March 2016

Has the institution submitted a case study during the previous year to a sustainability awards program that is inclusive of multiple campuses? :
Yes

A list or brief description of the awards program(s) and submission(s):
Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award is a statewide program which features numerous other campuses in the state of Illinois as part of the pool. This year, the University of Illinois submitted its campus solar efforts and competed against the University of Illinois at Chicago and other state schools for awards.

Has the institution had staff, students or faculty serving on a board or committee of a sustainability network or conference during the previous three years? :
Yes

A list or brief description of the board or committee appointment(s):
Campus Representative to Big 10 and Friends

Does the institution have an ongoing mentoring relationship with another institution through which it assists the institution with its sustainability reporting and/or the development of its sustainability program?:
No

A brief description of the mentoring relationship and activities:
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Has the institution had staff, faculty, or students serving as peer reviewers of another institution’s sustainability data (e.g. GHG emissions or course inventory) and/or STARS submission during the previous three years?:
No

A brief description of the peer review activities:
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Has the institution participated in other collaborative efforts around sustainability during the previous year, e.g. joint planning or resource sharing with other institutions? :
Yes

A brief description of other collaborative efforts around sustainability during the previous year:
Frequent benchmarking and information sharing about student green funds directly with the University of Texas at Austin

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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:
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