Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.58
Liaison Jim Walker
Submission Date March 2, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of Texas at Austin
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.58 / 3.00
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Total number of employees:
15,322

Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
813

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
5.31

Name of the employee educators program (1st program):
Green Offices at UT Austin

A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):

The Green Offices program is a points-based certification process that empowers UT faculty and staff to generate sustainable change in their workspace. A student-led program through the Office of Sustainability, it seeks to advance the University’s sustainability goals and commitment to being stewards of the environment.

Green Offices participants are volunteers and are designated as Green Stewards. Office of Sustainability student interns provide on-site consultations and office walk-throughs for Green Stewards. They provide support for sustainability initiatives the Green Steward would like to implement within their workplace. Additionally, the Green Steward is provided with a Certification Checklist, a list of sustainable changes to implement in thier office's daily activities. Office of Sustainability student interns provide ongoing support and resources to aid Green Stewards in implementing these changes. After achieving each level of certification, the office receives a certificate and recognition on the Green Offices website.


A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):

The Green Offices program targets faculty and staff within the offices of the self-appointed Green Stewards. As of fall 2019, there were over 45 Green Stewards targeting more than 800 staff and faculty.


Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
45

Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
48

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):
0.42

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
900

Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :
Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
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Number of trained employee educators (2nd program):
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Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (2nd program):
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A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):
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Number of weeks, on average, the employee educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (all other programs):
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all other programs):
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Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all programs):
900

Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.06

Website URL where information about the employee sustainability educators programs is available:
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