Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 56.90 |
Liaison | Paul Mathisen |
Submission Date | April 16, 2015 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
EN-10: Inter-Campus Collaboration
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Liz
Tomaszewski Facilities Systems Manager/Sustainability Coordinator Facilities Department |
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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:
WPI has presented in 2012 and 2013 at the Sustainable Campuses and Communities Conference on the Development of a Sustainability Plan and Campus Success Stories. WPI also presented at the New England Sustainability Forum on the collaborative requirements for success in the sustainability plan development process.
The names of local, state/provincial, regional, national, or international campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
AASHE, Massachusetts Schools Sustainability Coordinators Roundtable (MSSCOR), The Sustainability Roundtable, and the College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC)
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
Sustainability coordinators from WPI, Clark University, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Worcester State College meet monthly to discuss initiatives and share successes between colleges. Also, WPI was engaged in the SynergE Worcester program until July 2014, when the program discontinued. SynergE Worcester was a collaboration between WPI, Clark University, and the College of the Holy Cross, as well as National Grid and NStar, facilitated by GreenerU, to build awareness around energy efficiency and to share ideas to improve energy efficiency both in terms of infrastructure and behavior change.
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
For more information about WPI's collaboration with other institutions, see http://synergeworcester.com/team/worcester-polytechnic-institute/ and http://www.campusgreenbuilder.org/MSSCOR.
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