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

Advanced STARS WorkshopCase Study - Babson CollegeDallase ScottAASHE 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

Rating Score Submission DateSilver 48.13 Jan. 28, 2011

Engaging the Community• Sustainability Town Hall Meeting

Babson SustainabilitySTARS v1.0 & Beyond

Sustainability Town HallJuly 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 Level Minimum Score Required

STARS Bronze 25

STARS Silver 45

STARS Gold 65

STARS Platinum 85

STARS ReporterFor 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

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101520253035404550

Babson v1.0 Available

Education & ResearchPoint Distribution

Co-Curricular Research Curriculum0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Babson v1.0 Available

Education & ResearchStrengths Areas 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

Grounds

Purchasi

ng

Dining Servi

ces

Buildings

Wate

r

Transp

ortation

Wast

e

Climate

Energy02468

1012141618

Babson v1.0 Available

OperationsStrengths Areas 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

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Babson v1.0 Available

PAEStrengths Areas 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

20

2011 2012

Rating Score Submission DateSilver 48.13 Jan. 28, 2011

Rating Score Submission DateSilver 54.88 April 20, 2012

Second STARS Submission

2011 2012

Operations

Operations

Planning, Administration, & Engagement

Planning, Administration, & Engagement

Education & Research

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

Questions?

Contact InformationDallase Scott

[email protected]@greeneru.com