| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.93 |
| Liaison | Ezra Small |
| Submission Date | Jan. 31, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Victoria
Rosen Sustainability Communications & Marketing Manager University Relations |
Does the institution have a sustainability committee?:
The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :
The Chancellor's Sustainability Committee (formerly EPAC) helps to assess ways to reduce environmental impacts of the campus in a manner which incorporates sound business practices. One of the Committee goals is to enhance the campus' ability to gather, track, and analyze environmental performance data and related information and develop report documents.
Another goal is to devise a comprehensive and common-sense way to foster environmental stewardship across the entire organization among and within campus departments, both operational and academic. The Committee advises the Chancellor Leadership Committee (CLC) on all matters related to campus environmental performance including adjustments to operating policies and/or practices. The Committee helped create the UMass climate action plan that will aim for carbon neutrality by 2050.
Members of the committee, including affiliations:
In 2012 EPAC was renamed and restructured to better serve the campus community and achieve the mission and goals.
The Chancellors Sustainability Committee now consists of three tiers: Sub-Committees (meet monthly), Implementation Team (meets monthly), and Executive Team (meets quarterly).
There are nine Sub-Committees:
Communications
Education and Research
Food and Dining
Finance
Green Building
Master Planning
Residential Life
Transportation
Waste and Procurement
The Implementation Team consists of each of the nine Sub-Committee Chairs plus the Sustainability Committee Chair:
Ezra Small (Chair)
Campus Sustainability Manager
Victoria Rosen (Communications Chair)
Sustainability Communications & Marketing Manager, University Relations
Craig Nicolson (Education & Research Co-Chair)
Director of Academic Sustainability Programs, Professor in Dept of Environmental Conservation
William Wooldridge (Education & Research Co-Chair)
Chair and Professor, Management Department, Isenberg School of Management
Rachel Dutton (Food and Dining Chair)
Sustainability Manager for Auxiliary Services
Lynn McKenna
Assistant Budget Director, Budget Office
Patricia O’Flaherty (Green Building Co-Chair)
Green Building Researcher, Facilities Planning
Ted Mendoza (Green Building Co-Chair)
Capital Project Manager, Facilities Planning Division
Ludmilla Pavlova (Master Planning Chair)
Senior Campus Planner, Campus Planning
Monica Rochon (Residential Life Chair)
Residence Director, Residence Life
Glenn Barrington (Transportation Chair)
Assistant Transit Manager, Transportation Services
Terri Bechta (Waste and Procurement Chair)
Assistant Director of Environmental Hazardous Materials Program, EH&S
Executive Team Members:
Juanita Holler
Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities & Campus Services
Andy Mangels
Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Budget Director
Ray Jackson
Director, Physical Plant
Eddie Hull
Executive Director, Residence Life
Ken Toong
Executive Director of Auxiliary Enterprises
Michael Grabscheid
Executive Director of Marketing & New Business Development, University Relations
Steve Goodwin
Dean of the College of Natural Sciences
Stephen Schreiber (Faculty Senate Rep)
Professor, Chair of the Campus Physical Planning Committee
Dennis Swinford
Director of Campus Planning, Campus Planning
Tom Shaw
Interim Director of Design/Construction Mgt
Christine McCormick
Dean of the School of Education
Cheryl L. Dukes
Associate Director of Government Relations, Office of Research Development
The website URL where information about the sustainability committee is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability office?:
A brief description of the sustainability office:
The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
The website URL where information about the sustainability office is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
Sustainability coordinator's name:
Sustainability coordinator's position title:
A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:
Our campus hired its first sustainability coordinator in 2009. In addition to the current Campus Sustainability Manager, we also have a new Sustainability Communications Manager (hired in 2013) and a number of full-time sustainability staff who work with Dining Services and Conference Services.
The Campus Sustainability Manager (CSM) was hired in 2011, directs the main Sustainable UMass student initiatives on campus and oversees and coordinates all operational aspects of campus sustainability (from developing new clean energy sources to increasing recycling rates to participating in LEED teams for new construction, to establishing a Green Revolving Fund etc). The CSM works closely with the Sustainability Communications Manager and other campus staff and faculty on all sustainability-related projects and programs throughout the university.
The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
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