1. Portland Community College STARS Update October 14, 2012

2. About PCC  Largest higher educational institution in the state of Oregon  PCC has 10 campuses and centers throughout the Portland-metro area  Approximately 90,000 students  3205 staff and faculty members  Collectively, our square footage combined is larger than the state of Rhode Island.

3. Timeline of Sustainability at PCC  2006: Board passes Sustainable Use of Resources Policy B-707  2006: President Pulliams signs ACUPCC  2006: First GHG inventory is completed  2008: Second GHG inventory is completed  2009: First Climate Action Plan is completed  2012: Third GHG inventory is completed  2012: First STARS report is completed

4. PCC Sustainability Overview  Three certified LEED buildings in the district  Have committed to the following GHG reduction goals:  Reducing GHGs 10% below 2006 levels by 2012  40% below 2006 levels by 2030  80% below 2006 levels by 2050  Pre-consumer composting has been implemented district-wide; post- consumer is being piloted at one campus.  Diversion rate is 5 pounds per student

5. STARS at PCC  Being a signatory of the ACUPCC, we did not want to develop our own tracking system to report our sustainability progress with. STARS was our obvious choice.  Implementation began in summer 2012.

6. Tracking Data: Who, What, When and Where  Who: Sustainability Manager, departmental managers, internal Data Analysts  What: breaking up the STARS data needs into department-specific groups  When: every two years, as reporting requirements per the ACUPCC  Where: PCC, district-wide

7. Example of Data Collection

8. Methodology Used  Sustainability Manager made these spreadsheets for each subject area and sent them out to departments and managers  Departments provided data, but only the Sustainability Manager input data into the STARS tool

9. Lessons Learned  Start early! You can never start too early with data collection for STARS  Create foundational knowledge about STARS that is easy to understand  Be consistent with outreach and overall message

10. Post-Completion  We are working on putting the report on our sustainability website  Are planning to re-submit next summer  Have looked at our weakest areas in the report as a roadmap for improvement

11. Questions?  Thank you!!  erin.stanforth@pcc.edu erin.stanforth@pcc.edu  www.pcc.edu/sustain www.pcc.edu/sustain