Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS)

STARS is a voluntary, self-reporting framework for gauging relative progress toward sustainability for colleges and universities. The development of STARS is guided by a Steering Committee, Strategic Advisory Committee, and Technical Advisory Committee.

STARS is designed to:

Provide a guide for advancing sustainability in all sectors of higher education.

Enable meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions by establishing a common standard of measurement for sustainability in higher education.

Create incentives for continual improvement toward sustainability.

Facilitate information sharing about higher education sustainability practices and performance.

Build a stronger, more diverse campus sustainability community.

Get Involved

STARS is a highly collaborative project. Volunteer representatives from colleges and universities, higher education associations, related nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government agencies are helping shape STARS. Participation from all stakeholders is welcome. Learn more about how to get involved.

Member Spotlight

Tufts University (Medford, MA) is our current spotlight campus! At Tufts, GHG emissions have been reduced to close to 1990 levels, dining services offers organic and local foods, an electric tractor mows the organic baseball field, several buildings have PV and solar thermal installations, and its newest residence hall received LEED Silver certification. Learn more

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