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The 2020 Environment, Sustainability and Resilience Master Plan
STARS at UNL
The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) is the national standard for sustainability reporting in higher education developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. UNL completed its first STARS report in January 2014 and earned a Bronze rating. Since then, out team has been working diligently to improve our rating and update our STARS report every two years.
Summary of UNL's 2020 submission of STARS
Provisional Score: 62.46
Provisional Rating: Silver
Read more about STARS and UNL's rating on the AASHE website
Breakdown of Scoring
Academics: 65.9%
- Curriculum: 24.19/40 points
- Research: 14.05/18 points
- Total: 38.24/58 points
Engagement: 87.8%
- Campus engagement: 17.34/21 points
- Public Engagement: 18.65/20 points
- Total: 35.99/41 points
Planning and Administration: 55.0%
- Coordination, Planning & Governance: 5.75/9 points
- Diversity & Affordability: 7.7/10 points
- Health, Well-being, & Work: 1.69/7 points
- Investment: 0/7 points
- Total: 18.14/33 points
Operations: 42.4%
- Air & Climate: 5.59/11 points
- Buildings: 1.58/8 points
- Energy: 3.25/10 points
- Food and Drinking: 1.60/8 points
- Grounds: 3/4 points
- Purchasing: 2.92/6 points
- Transportation: 2.73/7 points
- Waste: 5.62/10 points
- Water: 3.43/6 points
- Total: 29.72/70 points
UNL STARS 2018 Report
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UNL STARS 2016 Report
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