Green Cam pus at UCSB

Conserving Energy at One of the
Nation’s Most Sustainable
Universities
Green Campus at UCSB:
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TGIF: Not just for goofy kids named Urkel
LEED EB at UCSB
Energy Comp and Light Bulb Exchange
Green Tour Dorm Room
Education for Sustainable Living
UC Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Coming up:
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UCSB is totally charging on sustainability
3 sustainability coordinators
Greenest lab in the country
First LEED EB building in UC system
Lowest energy use/sq. ft of any UC
Developing bold Campus Sustainability
Plan
Sustainability at UCSB
• All student led
campaign
• $2.60 per student per
quarter fee, passed
with 75% of vote
• Student led board gives
money to sustainability
projects on campus
The Green Initiative Fund
• Green Campus part
of a coalition of
student groups to
help with TGIF
• Special thanks to
Logan Green, Eric
Cummings, and all
the other dedicated
campaigners
The Green Initiative Fund
•3 buildings at UCSB in certification process
•Green Campus interns show how students can
play a role, and how LEED EB is attainable at any
university
•USGBC’s LEED for
Existing Buildings
•Girvetz Hall first UC
LEED EB building
LEED EB at UCSB
• Many LEED EB “points”
deal with energy
• LEED process saves energy
for the long term. Currently
developing model to show
energy and $ savings with
LEED EB
• GC assists in all steps of the
process, from
implementation to
documentation
LEED EB at UCSB
• Res Halls compete to lower
energy usage against historical
average
• iPods raffled to winning halls
each quarter, purchased with
energy savings
• All res halls competed (over
5500 students)
Energy Conservation
Competition
– Over $10000 saved in
2005-6 academic year
– 25 iPods given out
– $5000 earmarked for
conservation projects
• The results:
Energy Conservation
Competition
• Handed out 800 CFLs in res halls in
exchange for incandescents
• Promotion for
Energy Competition
• $4500 saved in one year
of average use in dorms
Light bulb Exchange
• High-traffic tour dorm
room for visiting families
and perspective students
• Retrofitted with all
ENERGY STAR®
qualified appliances
• Signage and brochures to
encourage environmentally
preferable purchasing
This model uses ‘not
much’ kWh per year
Green Tour Dorm Room
• Leadership in environmental stewardship and ethics
• Market shifts towards more greenhouse gas-efficient
products and services
• UC purchasing power
The Importance of UC Procurement
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Students group studies projects
Interdisciplinary effort
Tangible change
Partnership with guest lecturers, faculty,
administration, and community members
Education for Sustainable Living
Program (ESLP)
• Fall 2005
– UC Environmentally and Socially Preferred
Purchasing: led by Green Campus intern
Ashleigh Talberth
• Fall 2004
– Scott Mackenzie, “Green Purchasing Project”
ESLP Purchasing Projects
! ESLP Sustainable Purchasing Project will enter
its 5th quarter at UCSB this fall!
! UCSB Events and Parking
! UC Purchasing Policy
! UC Sustainable Conferences/Travel
! LEED EB Recreation Center (UCSB)
! UCSB Bookstore:
-EPP Products
-Sustainable Apparel (hemp)
-Marketing EPP
ESLP Fall 2005:
Moving Towards Sustainable Purchasing
•Win-Win Situation: Cost savings + market EPP goods
•Strategic Sourcing
•Cost Savings
Why a UC Sustainable Purchasing
Policy?
Leverage UC buying power
• Public statements and letters to all UC vendors on a continual
basis
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• Specifications for every product/service
For example, products that are: reusable,
energy-efficient, low polluting, contain
maximum level of PCW, etc.
• State-wide working group
Student Requests at
UCOP, Feb. 15, 2006:
UC System-wide Sustainable
Purchasing Policy
•Increased competition
•Market innovation
•Technological development
Will shift markets:
UC System-wide Purchasing
Policy Effects
• Expand staff education
• Expand web and print presence around
campus
• Network with other groups working on
sustainability
• Snatch ideas from great new interns.
Speaking of whom…
GC at UCSB: The Future
Kelly Burns, beginning this summer
Casey Duncan, beginning this fall
Kimberly Linder, beginning this fall
Ashleigh Talberth, continuing GC intern
aktalberth@umail.ucsb.edu
• Ryan Schauland, GC emeritus, working thru
the summer rschauland@gmail.com
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Introducing: Next Year’s Interns!
• Andy, Steve, Judi and everyone with Green
Campus
• Perrin, Mark, Katie, Scot and the
Thank You!