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STAR Community Rating System TM

STAR Community Rating System TM. S ustainability T ools for A ssessing & R ating Communities. Purpose. A national sustainability rating system for towns, cities, and counties Can be used to assess sustainability , set targets for moving ahead, and measure progress along the way

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STAR Community Rating System TM

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  1. STAR Community Rating SystemTM SustainabilityToolsforAssessing&RatingCommunities

  2. Purpose • A nationalsustainability rating system for towns, cities, and counties • Can be used to assesssustainability, set targets for moving ahead, and measure progress along the way • The vision is to lead a North American movement that empowers communities to chart a clear path toward a sustainable future. 

  3. Founding Organizations • ICLEI--Local Governments for Sustainability USA • U.S. Green Building Council • National League of Cities • Center for American Progress

  4. Development of Rating System Nearly 200 volunteers representing 50 cities and counties, state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations, national associations, universities, utilities, and private corporations contributed thousands of hours and diverse expertise.

  5. Benefits • Provides a framework for sustainability encompassing the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of community • Attaining certificationdrives continuous improvement and fosters Healthy competitionamong local governments. • Includes anonline reporting tool that gathers, organizes, and presents information required to meet sustainability goals.

  6. Overview • Milestone in the national movement to create more livable, sustainable communities for all • Guiding principles, goals, and objectives collectively define community-scale sustainability, and present a vision of how communities can become morehealthy, inclusive, and prosperous across seven specific categories. • Goals and objectives provide a much needed vocabulary that local governments and their communities can use to more effectively strategizeand define their sustainability planning efforts.

  7. Guiding Principles for Sustainable communities • Think and act systematically • Instill resiliency • Foster innovation • Redefine progress • Live within means • Cultivate collaboration • Embrace diversity  • Inspire leadership • Continuously improve

  8. Certification and Recognition • Three leadership certifications: 3-STAR Community, 4-STAR Community, and 5-STAR Community • Community rating lasts for 3 years after the award date, at which point a community is expected to measure progress through recertification.

  9. Levels of Participation

  10. Participating STAR Community • Communities that certify their intent to use the STAR Community Rating System. • Communities that download the STAR Community Rating System and its technical guide with the intent to use the system’s framework in local sustainability efforts will be coordinated and recognized.

  11. Participating star community subscription • Developed to help communities get organized around the star community rating system and determine whether certification is right for them • Provides basic tools to start measuring community sustainability • Offers an Online self-assessment checklist to see what your community’s preliminary score would be if certification is pursued • Cost is $500/year

  12. Reporting STAR Community • Communities that have registered their intent to report sustainability measures in the online reporting tool and are making incremental progress. • To attain the recognition, they will have also met the basic prerequisite of achieving points in at least one objective in all of the seven goal areas.

  13. 3-STAR Community Recognized for sustainability leadership

  14. 4-STAR Community Recognized for national excellence

  15. 5-STAR Community Top tier achiever in national sustainability

  16. Seven Goal Areas • Built Environment • Climate & Energy • Economy & Jobs • Education, Arts & Community • Equity & Empowerment • Health & Safety • Natural Systems

  17. Forty-four Objectives Within each of the 7 sustainability Goals, there are between 5-7 Objectives. These 44 objectives are the core areas that contain evaluation measures and metrics.

  18. Example GOAL AREA: Climate & Energy

  19. Climate Adaptation Strengthen the resilience of communities to climate change impacts on built, natural, economic, and social systems. 15 available points

  20. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions throughout the community. 20 available points

  21. Greening the Energy Supply Transition the local energy supply for both transportation and non-mobile sources toward the use of renewable, less carbon intensive, and less toxicalternatives. 15 available points

  22. Industrial Sector Resource Efficiency Minimize resource use and demand in the industrial sector as a means to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and conserve water. 10 available points

  23. Resource Efficient Buildings Improve the energy and water efficiency of the community’s residential, commercial, and institutional building stock. 15 available points

  24. Resource Efficient Public Infrastructure Minimize resource use and demand in local public infrastructure as a means to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and conserve water. 10 available points

  25. Waste Minimization Reduce and reuse material waste produced in the community. 15 available points

  26. Evaluation Measures • Community level outcomes • Local actions

  27. Community Level Outcomes • Measurable, condition-level indicators that depict a community’s progress toward a preferred state or condition as suggested by the STAR Objective • Outcomes are represented as trend lines, targets, or thresholds in the rating system.

  28. Local Actions • The range of decisions and investments that are essential to achieving desired outcomes • Actions focus on the key interventions that move things towards desired outcomes. • Actions can include activities or partnerships where the local government is a convener, participant, or active supporter in a community-scale effort to achieve the outcomes.

  29. Action Types • Education and Outreach • Plan Development • Policy and Code adjustment • Partnerships and Collaboration

  30. Action Types (continued) • Practice Improvements • Inventory, Assessment or Survey • Enforcement and Incentives • Programs and Services Implementation • Facilities and Infrastructure

  31. Point Assignments for Preparatory Action Types

  32. Point Assignments for Implementation Actions

  33. Example Objective: climate adaptation

  34. Climate AdaptationCommunity Level Outcomes • Preliminary step: Identify 4 core areas of local climate change adaptation concerns. Core areas must apply to at least 3 of 4 general groupings: Built Environment, Economic Environment, Natural Environment, Social Environment. • Outcome: Vulnerability Reduction - Demonstrate a measurable reduction in vulnerability in each of 4 core areas identified locally.

  35. Climate AdaptationLocal Actions • Adopt a climate change adaptation plan. • Require that internal decisions by local government departments use the most current climate science and that staff monitor climate change impacts. • Develop a committee that includes climate scientists, adjacent jurisdictions, regional coalitions, state and federal agencies, and/or non-governmental organizations for the purpose of understanding and addressing shared vulnerabilities.

  36. Climate AdaptationLocal Actions (continued) • Create an education and outreach campaign to engage citizens and businesses in climate change vulnerability reduction efforts. • Adopt zoning code, building code, or other legally binding regulations that address future climate change threats. • Create or enhance programs and services that specifically help address climate change threats.

  37. Climate AdaptationLocal Actions (continued) • Enforce regulations or offer incentives to encourage residents and businesses to shift behaviors to prepare for future climate change impacts. • Improve facilities throughout the community to be better prepared for climate change threats.

  38. Some Key Aspects of the 2014 leadership Star community Program • Invitation to a 2-day in-person kickoff training for 2 team members • Invitation to the 1-hour “intro to star” web training • A dedicated star coordinator for regular check-ins and technical assistance • Use of the self-assessment tool, a checklist to determine your communities preliminary score • Access to the technical guide to the star community rating system • Monthly webinars with other communities to work through the rating system together

  39. Active STAR Communities *As of January 2014

  40. Certified STAR Communities • Tacoma, Wa (4-STAR) • Indianapolis, In (3-STAR) • Lee County, Fl (3-STAR) • Fort Collins, CO (3-STAR) • Chandler, AZ (3-STAR) • Broward County, Fl (4-star) • EVAnston, Il (4-star) • Austin, TX (4-STAR) • Des Moines, IA (4-Star) • Northampton, MA (5-Star)

  41. More Information starcommunities.org

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