UVA STARS
Our focus has been to address the area of Sustainability on a university wide basis here at the University of Virginia (UVa). Our specific goals were to expose the day to day operations aspect of UVa to the idea of Sustainability through implementation of the Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS). This was accomplished by identifying the key leaders located within the various aspects of operations here at UVa: dining, purchasing, facilities management, waste management, etc; we then met with them and discussed the benefits of STARS and how their participation in the system would facilitate a more Sustainable UVa. By discussing with them how STARS achieves a rating for UVa using data collected from them we have began to open their minds up to the way in which everyday operations are running. The process involves compiling data that might normally not be seen as a whole in a particular context. In the end, the data will help shed new light on how to make UVa a leader in Sustainability and spur the innovation needed to achieve this goal.
Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System, University of Virginia, STARS assessment, UVA STARS, Justin Altice and Sahand Dilmaghani
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UVA STARS

UVAStars (click PDF)

Fall 2010

Team members: Justin Altice and Sahand Dilmaghani

Our focus has been to address the area of Sustainability on a university wide basis here at the University of Virginia (UVa). Our specific goals were to expose the day to day operations aspect of UVa to the idea of Sustainability through implementation of the Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS). This was accomplished by identifying the key leaders located within the various aspects of operations here at UVa: dining, purchasing, facilities management, waste management, etc; we then met with them and discussed the benefits of STARS and how their participation in the system would facilitate a more Sustainable UVa. By discussing with them how STARS achieves a rating for UVa using data collected from them we have began to open their minds up to the way in which everyday operations are running. The process involves compiling data that might normally not be seen as a whole in a particular context. In the end, the data will help shed new light on how to make UVa a leader in Sustainability and spur the innovation needed to achieve this goal.