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Name: Jo Ann Gora
Title: President
Date survey submitted: 7/28/09
ADMINISTRATION
SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES
1) Does your school have its own formal sustainability policy?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe and provide URL, if available:
We’ve adopted a statement of commitment to sustainability included on our web page www.bsu.edu/sustainability. In addition, I was one of twelve founding members of the Leadership Circle of the ACUPCC to call on counterparts nationwide to join in demonstrating an institutional climate commitment.
2) Has the president of your institution signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. If completed, please provide the date the GHG Report was submitted to the ACUPCC:
We submitted our Greenhouse Gas Report in August of 2008.
3) Has your institution signed the Talloires Declaration?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes; in 1999
4) Is there a sustainability component in your institution's master plan and/or strategic plan (check all that apply)?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes, in the master plan. Please describe and provide URL, if available:
Our campus master plan places areas for long-term and commuter parking at the northern and southern extremities of our campus and relies on daily hybrid electric/bio-diesel shuttle bus service along the north-south main campus circulation spine to provide access to campus buildings from these parking areas. Our use of a quad-concept building aggregation maximizes the density of the building placement on the campus footprint to link to our new geothermal district heating and cooling system.
http://cms.bsu.edu/About/Geothermal/FAQ/GeothermalMap.aspx
http://cms.bsu.edu/About/Geothermal.aspx
[ X ] Yes, in the strategic plan. Please describe and provide URL, if available:
We have mandated that all administrative units campus-wide develop unit-level sustainability plans modeled on the Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS ) and have compiled over 100 of these. These are subsumed under Goal IV_F of our 2001-2006 University Strategic Plan. Information can be found at www.bsu.edu/strategicplan and www.bsu.edu/COTE/ and http://www.bsu.edu/cote/sustainabilityplans/.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
5) Does your school have a council or committee that advises on and/or implements policies and programs related to sustainability?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes
We have the longest-standing Green Committee activity among public universities in the state of Indiana. Our Council on the Environment (COTE) which was created in 2001 has representation from all quarters of campus as well as the nearby community. Information on the work of the Council can be found at www.bsu.edu/cote .
6) Please provide the name of the committee and list the number of meetings held since August 2008.
Name: The Council on the Environment (COTE)
Number of meetings: 8 meetings in 2008-09 (The Council meets on a monthly basis during the Academic Year; to date they have held 64 meetings)
7) Please provide number of stakeholder representatives on the committee.
[3 ] Administrators
[15 ] Faculty
[4 ] Staff
[3 ] Students
[4 ] Other. Please describe: Community Representatives
8) Please provide the name of the chair(s) of the committee for the 2009-2010 academic year, and indicate which stakeholder group the chair(s) represents.
If 2009-2010 academic year information is not yet available, please provide information for 2008-2009 instead.
Name of chair(s): Robert J. Koester AIA, Professor of Architecture, Director of CERES, Chair, Council on the Environment
Position(s) (e.g., administrator, faculty, staff, student): Administrator and Faculty
9) To whom does the committee report (e.g., president, vice president)?
Robert Morris, Associate Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
10) Please list key issues/programs that the committee has addressed or implemented since August 2008.
Key issues/programs that the group has addressed/implemented since August 2008:
Progress made on each of these issues since August 2008:
Participated in the 2008-09 BSU ‘Freshman Connections’ Reader selection and discussion groups; the 2009 Symposium ‘Embracing Sustainability through Scholarly Work at BSU’; the East Central Indiana Living Lightly Fair; Focus the Nation, PowerShift, 2008 STARS Pilot Program, the National Teach-In; and we sponsored student attendance to the biennial AASHE 2008 Conference in Raleigh, NC.
Also, I have appointed Council members to the Climate Action Task Force; this group submitted its Interim Climate Action Task Force Report in January 2009 and are scheduled to complete their final recommendations by August 2009.
SUSTAINABILITY STAFF
11) Does your school employ sustainability staff (excluding student employees and interns)?
[ X ] No; however we’ve made every effort to embed the responsibility deeply into the structure of our academic community, therefore numerous staff throughout the institutional structure carry responsibilities for activities in a respective area; this is reflected in our use of unit-level strategic plans for all administrative units on campus.
[ ] Yes. Please provide titles and number of sustainability staff.
[# ] Number of full-time staff (in FTE). Titles: [ ] see response to #13 below
[# 3 ] Number of part-time staff (in FTE). Titles:
[Director of CERES, Operations Manager of CERES, Secretary of CERES]
NB these are characterized in this answer as ‘part time’ because they carry other day-to-day responsibilities
12) Does the head of the sustainability staff report directly to the president or another high-level administrator (e.g., vice president, vice chancellor)?
[ ] N/A
[ X ] No, but as noted above, the hierarchy of report within the institutional structure serves to meet the need of information sharing with the office of the president.
[ ] Yes. Please describe:
OFFICE OR DEPARTMENT
13) Does your school have an office or department specifically dedicated to furthering sustainability on campus?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe (including name of office or department and year created):
Our Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES) serves as the secretariat to the Council on the Environment. In that role the CERES administrative staff continue to promote, facilitate and stimulate interest and activities in service to our larger sustainability mission.
WEBSITE
14) Does your school have a website detailing its sustainability initiatives?
[ ] No
[X ] Yes. Please provide URL: www.bsu.edu/cote
GREEN PURCHASING
15) Does your school have a formal green purchasing policy?
[ X ] No, nonetheless we continue to follow best practices and in the absence of the formal policy declaration and operationally rely on our staff to meet the goals and obligations of their unit-level sustainability plan by following green purchasing practices -- to all extents possible.
[ ] Yes. Please describe policy and provide URL to full policy, if available:
16) Does your school purchase ENERGY STAR qualified products?
[ ] No
[ X ] Some. Please describe: An Energy Star Policy is in the approval process, but not yet implemented; current consideration is given to products that are Energy Star rated, although this is not the only factor used in selection.
[ ] All
17) Does your school purchase environmentally preferable paper products (e.g., 100 percent post-consumer recycled content, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council)?
[ ] No
[X ] Some. Please describe: The university community is free to choose the paper they prefer. Our preferred office supply vendor makes available 30% and 100% recycled paper, as well as 100% virgin paper; additionally Central Stores carries 30% recycled copier paper and rolled paper towels (produced using $100% wind energy) which consist of 85% recycled content.
[ ] All. Please describe:
18) Does your school purchase Green Seal, Environmental Choice certified, or biorenewable cleaning products?
[ ] No
[X ] Some. Please describe: The foam hand-soap supplied in campus dispensers is #57230 Aero Rose; it is “Green Seal” certified, and is stocked in Central Stores as a janitorial supply with approximately 8,000 one liter bottles used per year.
[ ] All. Please describe:
19) Are your school's computer/electronics purchase decisions made in accordance with standards such as the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)?
[ ] No
[X ] Some. Please describe: Ball State University’s computer suppliers with the highest dollar amounts spent during a typical Fiscal Year are Apple, Lenovo, and Dell. All of these vendors have numerous products registered with the Green Electronics Council’s EPEAT website and many of Ball State’s purchases are registered items.
[ ] All
20) Does your school use only pesticides that meet the standards for organic crop production set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or Canadian Organic Standards (excluding on-campus farms)?
[ ] No
[X ] Some. Please describe: Our staff works diligently to improve the BSU green efforts when the applications lend themselves to that staff input; it is a work in progress!
[ ] All
CLIMATE CHANGE & ENERGY
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY
21) Has your school completed a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory?
Please check all that apply.
[ ] No.
[ ] In progress. Please describe status and provide estimated completion date:
[X ] Yes. Please provide total annual GHG emissions (in metric tons of CO2e). Also, include the start date for each year as well as the URL to each inventory, if available online, or attach the document.
2008: Our GHG Report is attached.
2007:
2006:
2005:
COMMITMENT TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION
The purchase of carbon offsets does not count toward greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions for this indicator. They are counted in a subsequent indicator.
22) Has your school made a commitment to reducing GHG emissions by a specific amount?
[ ] No
[X] Yes. Please list details.
Reduction level: We will achieve in the next 5-7 years an approximate 50% reduction from the 2008-year level. We will do so by installation of a campus-wide geothermal district heating and cooling system which will eliminate our need for the use of coal-fired boilers. We are going off coal completely. Live real-time web cams of the geothermal heating and cooling system installation progress can be found at:
http://www.bsu.edu/map/article/0,,50506--,00.html
Baseline year:
Target date:
REALIZED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
23) Has your school achieved a reduction in GHG emissions?
[ X ] No; not at this point, but within the next year we will begin realizing the impact of our geothermal initiative.
[ ] Yes. Please list details.
Percentage reduced:
Baseline year:
Date achieved:
Date achieved:
24) Please provide the total heating and cooling degree days averaged over the past three years.
Data on total degree heating and cooling days is available at: http://www.degreedays.net/. This information will be used to help reduce bias between schools in different climates.
Cooling degree days average over the past three years: 1119, 650 Base
Heating degree days average over the past three years: 6036, 650 Base
25) Please provide GHG emissions figures on a per-thousand-square-foot basis for the past three years.
Per-Thousand-Square-Foot Emissions = Total CO2e in metric tons / Total maintained building space in thousands of square feet.
2008: 171,983/6,703,700 = .026______See Attachment B
2007: 168,006/6,703,700 = .025______See Attachment B
2006: 167,723/6,508,400 = .026______See Attachment B
26) Please provide GHG emissions figures on a per-full-time-student basis for the past three years.
Per-Student Emissions = Total CO2e in metric tons / Total number of full-time enrolled students.
2008: 171,983/20,243 = 8.46______See Attachment B
2007: 168,006/19,849 = 8.46______See Attachment B
2006: 167,723/20,030 = 8.37______See Attachment B
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
27) What programs or technologies has your school implemented to improve energy efficiency (e.g., cogeneration plant, retrocommissioning of HVAC systems, performing system tune-ups, temperature setbacks)?
We have aggressively pursued the replacement of all motors campus-wide with variable-speed drives; we continue to replace/retrofit air handling systems with higher efficiency units as buildings are modified. We continue to employ LEED Silver Certification as the target for all new and renovated construction campus-wide.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
28) Do you facilitate programs that encourage members of the campus community to reduce energy use (e.g., cash incentives, signs reminding individuals to turn off lights and appliances)?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe: We have signs reminding folks to turn-off lights and appliances; we have adopted some automatic computer monitor down-cycling in our libraries and labs; at this time we do not offer cash incentives but are awaiting recommendations from our Climate Action Task Force as to the next steps to take to amplify our energy conservation moves.
RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
29) Does your school generate renewable electricity?
[X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please specify percentage of overall electricity generated from each of the following sources and describe details below.
[ %] B100 biodiesel
[ %] Clean biomass
[ %] Concentrating solar power (CSP)
[ %] Geothermal
[ %] Low-impact hydropower
[ %] Solar photovoltaics
[ %] Wind
[ %] Other
Description:
30) Does your school have solar hot water systems?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please specify number of systems and total BTUs generated annually, if available:
RENEWABLE ENERGY PURCHASE
31) Has your school purchased electric energy from renewable sources or renewable energy credits (RECs)?
RECs and electricity from renewable sources must be Green-e certified or meet the requirements of the Green-e standard.
[ X ] No; but we anticipate moving into this arena once the geothermal system is fully operational.
[ ] Yes. Please describe.
Date of most recent contract:
Quantity (kWh):
Percentage of your total electric energy use that it represents:
32) Has your school purchased non-electric energy from renewable sources?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe.
Date of most recent contract:
Quantity (BTUs):
Percentage of your total non-electric energy use that it represents:
ON-SITE COMBUSTION
33) Please provide total BTUs of energy for heating and cooling from on-site combustion: See Attachments A and B for our current coal-fired heating loads; these will be served by the geothermal system once it is fully operational
34) Please list each fuel source (e.g., coal, natural gas, oil) and the percent of overall BTUs derived from that source: See Attachments A and B; as noted above these values are current but will change over the next 5-7 years.
35) Is any on-site combustion for heating and cooling derived from renewable sources?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe.
Percentage on-site combustion derived from renewable sources: [ %]
Total BTUs of energy generated from renewable sources: [# ]
Description of renewable energy sources used for on-site combustion for heating and cooling:
FOOD & RECYCLING
The food portion of this category is covered in a separate dining survey.
RECYCLING OF TRADITIONAL MATERIALS
36) Please indicate which traditional materials your institution recycles (check all that apply).
[ ] None
[ X ] Aluminum
[ X ] Cardboard
[ X ] Glass
[ X ] Paper
[ X ] Plastics (all)
[ ] Plastics (some)
[ X ] Other. Please list: Batteries, Construction waste, yard waste
batteries ( all types ) brush, leaves, grass clippings, wood, wood wastes, soils, concrete, bricks, oils, antifreeze, fluorescent bulbs, computer cartridges ( ink jet and laser ) cell phones, mercury, silver, paints, solvents, furniture, tires, carpeting, mattresses, sensitive documents.
37) Diversion rate: [ up to 75%]
RECYCLING OF ELECTRONIC WASTE
38) Does your institution have an electronics recycling program?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. If available, please indicate the total annual weight or volume of each material collected for recycling or reuse.
[ X ] Batteries -- all types, including those from vehicles ( 150,000 lbs )
[ ] Cell phones ( very little, less than 50 lbs. per year. )
[ X ] Computers ( 100,000 lbs + )
[ X ] Light bulbs ( 80,000 lbs )
[ X ] Printer cartridges ( 6200 lbs )
[ X ] Other E-waste. Please list: Printers, plotters, laboratory instruments
(these weights are included with those for computers )
COMPOSTING (ASIDE FROM DINING FACILITIES)
39) What percentage of your campus's landscaping waste is composted or mulched?
[ 100 %]
40) Do you provide composting receptacles around campus in locations other than dining halls (e.g., in residence halls, offices, academic buildings)?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe:
SOURCE REDUCTION
41) Do you have any source-reduction initiatives (e.g., end-of-semester furniture or clothing swaps and collections)?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe: Yes, BSU Housing collected 6000 lbs. of food, clothing and food / cleaning supplies from this year’s move out. These items were donated to the Muncie Mission.
GREEN BUILDING
GREEN BUILDING POLICY
42) Does your school have a formal green building policy?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe policy and provide URL to the full policy, if available: We mandate through our 2001-2006 Strategic Plan (under Goal IVF) that all new construction will pursue LEED Silver Certification and all major renovation will do the same. www.bsu.edu/strategicplan.
GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS
43) Please indicate LEED-certified buildings.
[# 2 ] Total number of LEED-certified buildings.
[ sq ft] Certified-level (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Silver-level (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
The Letterman Building 86,351 SF
Park Hall 194,600 SF
[ sq ft] Gold-level (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Platinum-level (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
44) Please indicate buildings that meet LEED certification criteria but are not certified.
[# 0 ] Total number of buildings that meet LEED criteria
[ sq ft] Certified-level criteria met, but not certified (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Silver-level criteria met, but not certified (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Gold-level criteria met, but not certified (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Platinum-level criteria met, but not certified (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
45) Please indicate buildings that are ENERGY STAR labeled.
[# 0 ] Total number of ENERGY STAR buildings. Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Combined gross square footage.
RENOVATIONS AND RETROFITS
46) Please indicate LEED-EB certified buildings.
[# 1 ] Total number of LEED-EB certified buildings. Please list building names:
in progress, Pittenger Student Center Renovation.
[ 171,165 sq ft] Combined gross square footage.
47) Please indicate buildings that meet LEED-EB certification criteria but are not certified.
[# 0 ] Total number of buildings that meet LEED-EB criteria but are not certified. Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Combined gross square footage.
48) Please indicate renovated buildings that are ENERGY STAR labeled.
[# 0 ] Total number of renovated buildings that are ENERGY STAR labeled. Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Combined gross square footage.
49) What energy-efficiency technologies have you installed in existing buildings (e.g., HVAC systems, motion sensors, ambient light sensors, T5 lighting, LED lighting, timers, laundry technology)?
For each technology, please indicate the number and type of fixtures installed, and the number of buildings in which those fixtures are installed. If possible, include either the percentage of the overall campus fixtures each type represents or the percentage of overall maintained building space that has been renovated with the technology (e.g., 20 buildings representing 10 percent of maintained building space have been retrofitted with motion sensors; thus, 10 percent of the total maintained building space in square feet would be the desired data).
Fully 60% of our campus buildings have been renovated using some combination of the technologies listed above. We have not been able to aggregate the line-item detail called for in this question, but are initiating plans to build annual databases that will meet this criterion.
50) What water-conservation technologies have you installed in existing buildings (e.g., low-flow faucets, low-flow showerheads, waterless urinals, dual-flush toilets, gray water systems, laundry technology)?
For each technology, please indicate the number and type of fixtures installed, and the number of buildings in which those fixtures are installed. If possible, include either the percentage of the overall campus fixtures each type represents or the percentage of overall maintained building space that has been renovated with the technology (e.g., 20 buildings representing 10 percent of the maintained building space have been retrofitted with low-flow faucets; thus, 10 percent of the total maintained building space in square feet would be the desired data).
Low-flow faucets, low-flow showerheads, waterless urinals.
51) What percentage of your institution's non-hazardous construction and demolition waste is diverted from landfills?
[~75%]
Approximately 75% of the construction jobs that our Associate Director for Landscape and Environmental Management, Facilities Planning and Management has control over. On the larger projects where we are going after LEED credits; we were averaging over 95%.
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES
52) Are there any sustainability-themed residential communities or housing options at your school?
[X] No
[ ] Yes. Please provide details below.
Name of program:
Type of community (e.g., hall, building, house):
Number of students involved:
Additional details:
NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
53) Does a portion of your new student orientation specifically cover sustainability?
[ ] No
[X] Yes. Please describe how sustainability is incorporated (e.g., information sessions, green tour):
Residence hall students are informed about the in-hall recycling program at floor meetings facilitated by the hall staff. Residents are encouraged to dispose of items appropriately in the recycling containers on each floor. Housing and Dining staff also share information with parents and students about sustainability efforts by Ball State Dining and the in-hall recycling program in Housing and Residence Life during the Orientation presentation “Living and Eating on Campus.”
INTERNSHIPS/OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
54) Does your school offer on-campus office-based sustainability internships or jobs for students?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please provide number of students and average number of hours worked weekly per student: 10/10
[# ] Paid positions. Average hours worked weekly per student:
[# ] Unpaid positions. Average hours worked weekly per student:
55) Does your school have residence hall Eco-Reps or other similar programs to promote behavioral change on campus?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please provide details below, and indicate URL if available:
[# ] Paid positions. Average hours worked weekly per student:
[# ] Positions that award academic credit. Average hours worked weekly per student:
[# ] Uncompensated positions. Average hours worked weekly per student:
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
56) Does your school have active student-run organizations devoted to sustainability efforts on campus?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please provide total number of active organizations, names of organizations, a brief description of each, and URLs, if available:
Emerging Green Builders
(http://cms.bsu.edu/CampusLife/StudentOrganizations/DepartmentandProfessionalOrganizations/EmergingGreenBuilders.aspx)
Natural Resources Club
(http://www.bsu.edu/web/nrem/nrclub/)
Students for a Sustainable Campus
(http://cms.bsu.edu/CampusLife/StudentOrganizations/SpecialInterestGroups/StudentsSustainableCampus.aspx)
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND COMPETITIONS
57) Does your school organize any sustainability challenges/competitions for your campus and/or with other colleges?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please list details for all competitions.
Name of competition: Recyclemania Competition
Year initiated: 2006-07
Frequency of competition: Annually
Participants: Residence Halls
Incentives:
Goal of competition:
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: 2006, 28-35 percent range of recycling.
Lasting effects of competition:
Website:
https://cms.bsu.edu/Features/Global/StrategicPlan/ALeaderFindsHerPassion.aspx
TRANSPORTATION
CAMPUS MOTOR FLEET
58) How many vehicles are in your institution's fleet?
[# 296 ]
59) Please list the number of alternative-fuel vehicles in each class.
[# 25 ] Hybrid. Please list makes and models: (see 6- eBus in biodiesel)
11- Honda Civics
3- Ford Escapes
5- Toyota Prius
[# 1 ] Electric. Please describe type of vehicles:
Miles ZX405 Sedan
[# 33 ] Biodiesel. Please describe type of vehicles and list biodiesel blend(s) used:
6- Hybrid Electric eBus using B2
14- Buses using B20
13- Vehicles (medium duty and class 8 trucks) using B20
[# ] Other. Please describe:
77 Cars and Light Duty Trucks using E85
60) What is the average GHG emission rate per passenger mile of your institution's motorized fleet?
[# 3 ] pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per passenger mile traveled.
See Attachment C
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
61) Does your school offer incentives for carpooling?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe details of the program including the type of the incentive and eligible community members (e.g., faculty, staff, students):
62) Does your school offer public transportation subsidies?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe the program including the size of the discount (as a percent of full price) and eligible community members (e.g., faculty, staff, students): In a cooperative gesture from our public bus system -- the Muncie Independent Transit System (MITS) -- all faculty, staff and students can ride the local MITS routes at no cost by simply showing their BSU ID.
63) Does your school provide free transportation around campus?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe: We have a hybrid-electric bus fleet that runs the north-south axis of the campus and is available 15 hours/day weekdays.
64) Does your school operate a free transportation shuttle to local off-campus destinations?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe: As noted above it is part of MITS.
BICYCLE PROGRAM
65) Does your school offer a bicycle-sharing/rental program or bicycle repair services?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please provide details below.
Year created:
Number of bikes available:
Fees for participation:
Repair services provided:
CAR-SHARING PROGRAM
66) Does your school partner with a car-sharing program?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please provide details below.
Year created:
Total number of vehicles:
Number of hybrid vehicles:
Fee for membership:
PLANNING
67) Does your school have policies that support a pedestrian-friendly or bike-friendly campus (e.g., in the school's master plan, a policy prohibiting vehicles from the center of campus)?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe: We offer at every building on campus lockable bike storage areas and residence halls offer bike sheds for sheltering bicycles from the weather.
68) What percentage of individuals commute to campus via environmentally preferable transportation (e.g., walking, bicycling, carpooling, using public transit)?
[ 10%]
STATISTICS
69) Campus setting:
[ ] Rural
[ ] Suburban
[ X ] Urban
[ ] Other. Please describe:
70) Total number of buildings: [# 102 ]
71) Combined gross square footage of all buildings: [# 6,814,502 ]
72) Full-time enrollment (undergraduate and graduate): [# 20,243]
73) Part-time enrollment (undergraduate and graduate): [# 3,513 ]
74) Part-time enrollment as a proportion to a full-time course load: [# NA ]
75) Percent of full-time students that live on campus: [ 24%]
Questions 76-87 are for informational purposes only; responses will NOT be included in the Report Card evaluation process.
OTHER AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGAGEMENT
Please mark an "X" next to each item that applies to your institution.
76) Outdoors club: [ X ]
77) Disposable water bottle ban: [ ]
78) Participation in Recyclemania: [ X]
79) Student trustee position: [ X ]
80) Environmental science/studies major: [ X]
81) Environmental science/studies minor or concentration: [ X]
82) Graduate-level environmental program: [ X]
83) Student green fee: [ ]
84) Alumni green fund: [ ]
85) Revolving loan fund for sustainability projects: [ X]
86) Campus garden or farm: [ ]
87) Single-stream recycling: [ X]
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