Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.45
Liaison Austin Sutherland
Submission Date May 1, 2014
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University of Pennsylvania
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
• Penn presented the Power Down Challenge Competition, a student energy competition, at AASHE’s national conference in 2011 and in 2012. • The Penn Green Fund was presented on a EPA webinar about green revolving funds, Green Revolving Funds: Recent Trends and Notes from the Field, in January 2013 - http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/events/17jan13_webinar.htm

The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
• Association for Advancement for Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) • American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment • International Sustainability Campus Network (ISCN-GULF) • Ivy Plus Sustainability Consortium • Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NCSC) • Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC) • US Green Building Council (USGBC) • Green Sports Alliance (GSA) • Philadelphia Sustainable Campus Consortium

A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
Penn hosted the first meeting of the Philadelphia Sustainable Campus Consortium in Spring 2012. This group is made up of sustainability officers from colleges and universities in Philadelphia. The Director of the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability attended this meeting. These regular meetings provide opportunities for information sharing. Penn participates in monthly phone calls with the Ivy Plus Sustainability Consortium. Additionally, this group meets for a two-day conference each year. Previous meeting topics have included greening athletics, sustainability & development, greenhouse gas reduction strategies & metrics, and sustainability & research.

The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
"Penn hosts Ivy Plus conference on sustainability" www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2010-04-06/latest-news/penn-hosts-ivy-plus-conference-sustainability Ivy Plus Consortium Description http://sustainability.yale.edu/people-partners/strategic-external-partnerships/ivy-plus

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