STARS Silver Certification

The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), a program by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), is a transparent, self-reporting framework for college and universities to measure their sustainability performance.  On April 22, 2015, UW-Whitewater formally submitted their application for this assessment and was awarded a Silver Certification for their efforts. The full assessment can be found on AASHE’s site here.

University Housing contributed greatly to this endeavor through its facilities and programming initiatives on campus.  A few programs that were included in the credits for STARS included the following.

• Our Eco-Rep Program
• The monthly Greener Dub Newsletters
• The Tips for Keeping your Room Green Brochure
• University Housing’s Student Sustainability Coordinator Position
• Participation in RecycleMania
• Participation in Campus Conservation Nationals
• University Housing’s Sustainability Web site
• Signage in our LEED Certified Green Building, Starin Hall
• Jitters Coffee House
• University Housing’s Spring Sustainability Speaker Series
• and much more!

University Housing and the rest of the Campus is committed to keeping our STARS rating and improving it in the coming years.  The STARS program can provide a road map towards where we want to be.  For more information about AASHE and STARS you can check out their Web site here.