Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.09
Liaison Shane Stennes
Submission Date Jan. 11, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.79 / 12.00 Carley Rice
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Management
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
1,602

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
357

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
22.28

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
122

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
73

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
59.84

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
FY2020_Sustainability_Award_and_Expenditure_Data.xlsx

Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
See attached.

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
The Institute on Research conducted a query based on the following keywords in their research description:
Sustainable
Sustainability
Environment
Water
Transportation
Climate
Air
Biodiversity
Efficiency
Energy
Renewable
Photovoltaic
Hydro
Smart Grid
Biomass
Biofuel
Soil
Poverty
Forestry
Emissions
Agriculture
Life Cycle

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
http://environment.umn.edu/research-solutions/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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