The E&S Sustainability Office complements the grass-roots effort by many people from across the university.
Our responsibilities:
The Sustainable Campus Transformation Working with students, faculty, staff and community members:
- Catalyze and coordinate the multitudinous efforts across campus,
- Facilitate the President's Sustainable Campus Committee,
- Maintain the Cornell Sustainable Campus website,
- Report to STARS- a transparent, self-reporting framework for universities to gauge relative progress toward sustainability,
- Respond to surveys from external groups that generate "sustainability ratings" on behalf of the university. These metrics also provide valuable insight into areas where Cornell is doing well, and areas where we can focus our efforts,
- Prepare reports, outreach materials, and other communications on behalf of the university, and
- Maintain the Sustainability Information Management System (SIMS) to collect and manage information and data on the many sustainability efforts across campus.
The Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Transformation Working with E&S Utilities, E&S Energy Management, and other units across campus advancing energy infrastructure:
- Coordinate and communicate sustainable energy efforts,
- Maintain, monitor progress, and advance the Climate Action Plan.
- Manage membership and conform to requirements of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.
- Maintain a Greenhouse Gas Emission inventory.
Other sustainability groups at Cornell focus on research, scholarship, outreach, and external engagement. These include the Center for a Sustainable Future, many student groups, and initiatives facilitated by the Cooperative Extension. The sustainability "bridge" page on cornell.edu provides information about, and links to, many of these groups.
Link to the staff contact list.
Sustainability Surveys and Ratings
We manage, analyze, and interpret information from across Cornell to gain the in-depth knowledge needed to make our campus more sustainable.
Sustainable and Renewable Energy
Sustainable energy is a comprehensive approach including renewable energy sources and other technologies and strategies to reduce environmental impacts.
Discover Cornell's Sustainable Campus
How has an institution of 30,000 people excelled in transforming "America's most beautiful college campus" into a learning laboratory for sustainability?
President's Sustainable Campus Committee
PSCC's 13 members, representing a cross-section of Cornell, oversee all aspects of sustainability in campus operations and facilities.
