Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.22
Liaison Jay Price
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
IN-20: Grounds Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Jessica GerberDolan
Data Analyst
Facilities Services

Criteria

Institution owns and/or manages land that is currently certified under one or more of the following programs:

  • ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation

  • Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP)

  • Bee Campus USA

  • Demeter Biodynamic

  • Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Forest Management standard

  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List Standard

  • National Wildlife Federation’s Certified Wildlife Habitat Program

  • An Organic standard or Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) endorsed by IFOAM

  • Salmon-Safe

  • Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES)

  • Tree Campus USA (Arbor Day Foundation)

  • An equivalent third party certification program for the protection and promotion of biodiversity approved by AASHE.

 


Applicability

This credit is optional and may be earned by any institution.


Scoring

An institution earns 0.5 bonus points for this credit when it owns or manages land that is third party certified. Partial points are not available.


Measurement

Report on current certification status at the time of submission.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.