portland community college stars update october 14, 2012
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Portland Community College STARS UpdateOctober 14, 2012
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.
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
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
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.
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
Example of Data Collection
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
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
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
Questions?
Thank you!!
www.pcc.edu/sustain