STARS Sophia Siegel, Sustainability Intern Drake Facilities Planning & Management

What is STARS?

Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) is a voluntary, self-reporting framework for helping colleges and universities track and measure their sustainability progress

Credits worth different points covering a range of criteria:

Academics

Engagement

Operations

Planning & Administration

Why use STARS?

Provide a framework for understanding sustainability in all sectors of higher education.

Enable meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions using a common set of measurements.

Create incentives for continual improvement toward sustainability.

Facilitate information sharing about higher education sustainability practices and performance.

Build a stronger, more diverse campus sustainability community.

Comparing Drake

Direct Competitors Peer Institutions Aspirant Institutions Iowa Institutions

Creighton University Bradley University Santa Clara University Drake

DePaul University Butler University University of Tulsa Iowa State University

Loyola University Chicago

Elon University Villanova University Luther College

Marquette University

Gonzaga University

Loyola Marymount University

University of Iowa

University of St. Thomas

Valparaiso University

Texas Christian University

University ofNorthern Iowa

Reporter Bronze Silver Gold Platinum

Summary & Strengths

Earned a bronze rating

Strength areas

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Point Distribution by Percentage of Total Points Earned

Academics

Sub-category Point Earned Points Available% of points

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Curriculum 18.13 40 45.33%

Research 10.23 18 56.83%

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Engagement (EN)

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Campus Engagement

2.75 21 13.10%

Public Engagement

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Operations (OP)

Sub-category Point Earned Points Available % of points earned

Air & Climate 5.16 11 46.91%Buildings 1.12 8 14.00%

Energy 2.57 10 25.70%Food & Dining 0 8 0.00%

Grounds 0 4 0.00%Purchasing 1.37 6 22.83%

Transportation 1.3 7 18.57%Waste 3.33 10 33.30%Water 1 7 14.29%

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Planning & Administration (PA)

Sub-category Point Earned Points Available % of points earned

Coordination & Planning

3.5 8 43.75%

Diversity & Affordability

7.71 10 77.10%

Investment & Finance

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Wellbeing & Work 2.14 7 30.57%

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Moving Forward

Report every 3 years

Drake’s current score = 32

32 = 64.31 earned points/205 points available

28 points needed to achieve silver

Score Percentage-based Score(earned points/total available points)

Reporter <25

Bronze 25

Silver 45

Gold 65

Platinum 85

Opportunities

Opportunities for improvements

Policies, practices, goals (long-term & short-term)

Update CAP & Sustainability Plan

Short Term - report information not currently collecting & centralized communication

Collaboration

Sustainability Committee

Projects for students, faculty, and staff

Drake’s Continuous Improvement Plan

Resources

View Drake’s public STARS Report

Create a free AASHE account

All faculty, staff and students have access to a free AASHE account through our membership as an institution

Range of awesome resources for: sustainability officers, students, faculty, administrators & executives and business representatives.

Benchmarking Tool

View other college and university’s reports to see what has been done in regards to sustainability on other campuses

View Participant Reports

978 institutions have registered to use the STARS Reporting Tool. You can access any of these instruction's most recent report

Sophia.Siegel@drake.eduSophia Siegel

Sustainability Intern, Drake Facilities Planning & Management