Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.46
Liaison Winnie Mulamba
Submission Date March 13, 2017
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STARS v2.1

University of South Florida St. Petersburg
EN-10: Community Partnerships

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Brian Pullen
Sustainability Planner
Facilities Services
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1st Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Duke Energy

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus?:
The partnership simultaneously supports social equity and wellbeing, economic prosperity, and ecological health

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above:
Solar array on the campus parking garage to make the building net zero http://www.usfsp.edu/sustainability/

2nd Partnership

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
City of St. Petersburg

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
The partnership simultaneously supports social equity and wellbeing, economic prosperity, and ecological health

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (2nd partnership) (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (2nd partnership):
Bike share program, planning a sustainability summit, Innovation district, energy and building efficiency; community outreach and education through the food forest

3rd Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
Fish and Wildlife Commission

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (3rd partnership):
The partnership simultaneously supports social equity and wellbeing, economic prosperity, and ecological health

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (3rd partnership) (Yes, No, or Unknown):
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (3rd partnership):
Building a greenhouse on the Bayboro Food Forest and using it as an open access research/education opportunity for students and other community members

Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
University of South Florida College of Marine Science: enhance water quality in the Bayboro Harbor, offer PhD programs in marine science along with graduate assistance and research University of South Florida College of Global Sustainability: advance research and sustainability initiatives and collaborate on projects

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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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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