{"id":5400,"date":"2013-07-10T13:56:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T20:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/?p=5400"},"modified":"2014-01-14T12:48:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T20:48:11","slug":"bellevue-college-certified-stars-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/2013\/07\/10\/bellevue-college-certified-stars-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellevue College Certified STARS Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since last fall, Bellevue College has been reaching for the STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System) and is how now been awarded the <a title=\"Bellevue College STARS Silver Award\" href=\"https:\/\/stars.aashe.org\/institutions\/bellevue-college-wa\/report\/1212\/\" target=\"_blank\">STARS Silver rating<\/a>!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5401\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/Silver-STARS-award.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5401 img-fluid \" alt=\"Bellevue College Silver STARS Award\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/Silver-STARS-award-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/Silver-STARS-award-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/Silver-STARS-award.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/Silver-STARS-award-55x55.png 55w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/Silver-STARS-award-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/Silver-STARS-award-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bellevue College Silver STARS Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"STARS AASHE\" href=\"https:\/\/stars.aashe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">STARS<\/a> is a tool produced by the <a title=\"AASHE\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aashe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education <\/a>(AASHE) that looks at sustainability holistically, measuring the environmental, economic, and social aspects of sustainability on campuses via three categories: Education and Research (ER), Operations (OP), and Planning, Administration, and Engagement (PAE).<\/p>\n<p>In October 2012, Bellevue College had a graduate student complete an assessment and found that we were at the bronze level, but through the advancements of both students and employees we achieved our current Silver rating.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically our score improved in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mode split of students and employees: The employee drive alone rate decreased more than 10% from the previous survey when the original report was drafted.<\/li>\n<li>Captains of Sustainability:\u00a0 Bellevue College now has Captains of Sustainability in 23 departments.<\/li>\n<li>Strategic Plan:\u00a0 We identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to meet our sustainability goals.<\/li>\n<li>EPEAT:\u00a0\u00a0 Information Resources is reviewing environmental ratings when purchasing computers.<\/li>\n<li>Advocacy:\u00a0 Students and the College have stood up for transit service in the face of cuts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5402\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/STARS-scores-BC-compared-to-benchmarks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5402 img-fluid \" alt=\"STARS scores for Bellevue College in a chart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/STARS-scores-BC-compared-to-benchmarks-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/STARS-scores-BC-compared-to-benchmarks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/STARS-scores-BC-compared-to-benchmarks-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/STARS-scores-BC-compared-to-benchmarks-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2013\/07\/STARS-scores-BC-compared-to-benchmarks-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BC compared to benchmarks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can read all about the initial presentation and report from the fall 2012 announcement <a title=\"Bellevue College STARS 2012 report\" href=\"\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/2012\/10\/24\/go-for-gold-benchmarking-by-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since last fall, Bellevue College has been reaching for the STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System) and is how now been awarded the STARS Silver rating! 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