Hello fellow Westerners!
While many of you have been busily lounging at the beach or feverishly working in an office, Facilities Management's (previously 'Physical Plant') environmental project coordinators (EPC) are currently wrapping up Western's first sustainability report this summer!
The sustainability report is the STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) program (https://stars.aashe.org/) that allows academic institutions to benchmark its sustainability performance relative to other North American institutions. The beauty of this self-reporting program is that it is fully transparent and will be made public online once completed. As well, dependent on an institution's sustainability progression in areas such as education, operations, and administration, a rating of bronze, silver, gold or platinum certification is given.
Thus, we would like to end with a special announcement that it is with confidence that Western will achieve a SILVER certification! We would be the first Ontario University to receive this rating! Goooooo Western!
Check out Western's sustainability website for further updates and ways that you can get involved with sustainability! Remember, EVERYDAY is Earth Day!
http://sustainability.uwo.ca/
Cheers,
Your friendly neighborhood EPC
The adventures of Western's first campus-wide sustainability report through the STARS program.
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