Advanced STARS Workshop Case Study - Babson College Dallase Scott AASHE 2012

Overview About Babson Why STARS First STARS Submission Engaging the Campus Community Second STARS Submission Next Steps

About Babson Located in Wellesley, Ma Business School – Babson is the educator, convener and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds™. Enrollment – Full-time equivalent: 2,892 – Undergraduate: 1,956 – Graduate: 1,344 Employees – Full time equivalent: 738

Why STARS? Giving New Eyes to Old Problems – Our approach as an outsider – Fresh Perspective – Developing a Baseline – Cross Campus Relationships Taking STARS Seriously – Collection process – Measurement and Verification

First STARS Submission RatingScoreSubmission Date Silver48.13Jan. 28, 2011

Engaging the Community Sustainability Town Hall Meeting

Babson Sustainability STARS v1.0 & Beyond Sustainability Town Hall July 2011

What does STARS measure? Education & Research = 100 points - Co-Curricular - Curriculum - Research Operations = 100 points - Buildings - Climate - Dining Services - Energy - Grounds - Purchasing - Transportation - Waste - Water Planning, Administration & Engagement (PAE) = 100 points - Coordination & Planning - Diversity and Affordability - Human Resources - Investment - Public Engagement Innovation = 4 points Total points = 104 (Average of three + Innovation)

STARS rating Rating LevelMinimum Score Required STARS Bronze25 STARS Silver45 STARS Gold65 STARS Platinum85 STARS Reporter For institutions that wish to use STARS and submit data publicly but are not pursuing a rating

STARS v1.0 Rating

Distribution of points across all categories

Education & Research Point Distribution

Education & Research StrengthsAreas for Improvement Co-Curricular Sust Courses offered by every Division Sust Immersive Exp. Majority of Faculty involved in Sust Research Every Division has Faculty involved in Sust Research Increase Eco Reps Increase Sust-Focused and Sust Related Courses Sust Learning Outcomes Sustainability Literacy Assessment Incentives for courses Incentives for research

Operations Point Distribution

Operations StrengthsAreas for Improvement GHG Inventory Resident students mean Student Commute is half and half Stormwater Mgmt Computer Purchasing Building Operations & Maintenance GHG Emissions Reduction Renewable Energy Building Energy Consumption Waste Reduction Student commute and Employee commute

PAE Point Distribution

PAE StrengthsAreas for Improvement Coordination & Planning Diversity and Affordability Human Resources Community Sust Partnerships Inter-Campus Collaboration for Sust Sust in Continuing Education Community Service Investment Employee Sust Educators Program Diversity Support Programs

Next Steps Appoint Task Force Point Persons – Education & Research: Profs Rodgers and Erzumrulu – Operations: Steve Tolley – PAE: Shelley Kaplan Convene Task Forces – Would you like to participate?

Engaging the Community Advancing Babson Sustainability Task Forces – Targeted – one for each of the three STARS categories – Time-limited – Goal of achieving one to two specific tasks Growing a Community of Change Agents – Unearthed STARS-worthy efforts – Discovered the relationship between their work and Babson’s sustainability efforts – Built Strong Relationships

RatingScoreSubmission Date Silver48.13Jan. 28, 2011 RatingScoreSubmission Date Silver54.88April 20, 2012 Second STARS Submission

Operations

Planning, Administration, & Engagement

Education & Research

Next Steps High Level Goal Setting by Leadership Team – What do we focus on next – Who in campus leadership do we get involved – How can we continue to work with the Task Forces Lessons Learned – Time consuming – Administrative support – Bite-sized task – “You are an owner of Babson sustainability” – We didn’t rely on students for our STARS process

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