Overall Rating	Reporter
Overall Score
Liaison	Debra Shepard
Submission Date	March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Wentworth Institute of Technology
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	Reporter	Debra Shepard Sustainability Consultant N/A

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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:

167

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

8.38

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

Research Inventory

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):

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Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:

Sustainability research activities include authorship (books, peer-reviewed journal articles), partnership with external organizations to conduct research projects, multi-disciplinary team and laboratory-based research, speaking engagements and presentations at academic conferences.

Activities and publications covered topics ranging from biodiesel production on campus; to building design strategies including Passive House and carbon neutral design; 3D printing for sustainable, resilient, and affordable housing; economic analysis of energy codes on housing affordability; walking as a form of transportation, SubSaharan African informal urbanism; environmental ethics; studies/publications using the campus as a living lab including energy demand analysis, solar PV analysis, and lighting quality impacts of campus lighting retrofits; and mentoring teams of students to participate (and earn recognition) in the Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

Wentworth is primarily a teaching institution, however, faculty are encouraged to participate in scholarly or creative activity. A faculty sustainability survey is circulated every few years to gather information on academic sustainability activities.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:

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