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UCSD Student Center: The Center of a Green Campus ENVS 664 Ta-You Huang Oct 16 th , 2012

UCSD Student Center: The Center of a Green Campus ENVS 664 Ta-You Huang Oct 16 th , 2012. Brief History - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) founded 1903 - SIO became part of the UC 1912 - University of California, La Jolla 1950 - University of California, San Diego 1964

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UCSD Student Center: The Center of a Green Campus ENVS 664 Ta-You Huang Oct 16 th , 2012

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  1. UCSD Student Center: The Center of a Green Campus ENVS 664 Ta-You Huang Oct 16th, 2012

  2. Brief History - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) founded 1903 - SIO became part of the UC 1912 - University of California, La Jolla 1950 - University of California, San Diego 1964 - Student Price Center was constructed 1993 - Student Price Center Extension 2003 and construction finished in 2008 College System Revelle, 1964 Muir, 1967 Marshall, 1970 Warren, 1974 Roosevelt, 1988 Sixth College, 2002

  3. JUST HOW GREEN? • Energy • HVAC system uses half the energy that it normally takes for a building of the same size • Offices, meeting rooms, and restrooms have motion sensor light switches • All retail and commercial area equipped with LED lighting and have energy efficient system design. (Natural lighting / temperature control ) • Quarterly Audit of all vendors • Solar energy program, natural gas power generator, wind, fuel cell, thermo (etc) • Water / Waste • Flow sensor Faucets, and various water saving amenities • Purified water filling stations • Synthetic turfs made from recycled material • (if actual grass) scheduled watering to reflect natural condition on the coast • Single stream recycling program • Incentives to recycle and use recycle material

  4. JUST HOW GREEN? • Office / Vendor Practice • Regulate through rules and incentives • All electronic data are backed up through the Super Computer Center so that all electronics are turned off at the end of the work day • Furniture purchased are eco-friendly • All vendors at the center must use biodegradable packaging • Quarterly audits • Transportation • Center serves as the transportation site on campus • Fleet of 900 green vehicles (annual government green fleet award) • OFFER MORE types of transportation • EXPENSIVE parking to encourage students to rive less • REDUCE student parking space to encourage students to drive less • BICYCLE/ WALKING friendly roads

  5. JUST HOW GREEN? Academic Resource / Community Input http://www.nrel.gov/renewable_resources/

  6. JUST HOW GREEN? • GOALS: • Climate neutral GHG by 2025 • Improve performance of all campus building • Establish LEED Gold as the new standard for all building • Zero Waste by 2020

  7. JUST HOW GREEN? • HOW TO REACH THE GOALS • Wherever possible, include sustainability in the curriculum for undergraduates. • Continue to expand elective sustainability courses and other educational opportunities. • Connect students, staff, and faculty interested in collaborating on campus sustainability projects and develop tools for faculty and students to use in their classes and research. • Develop tools to track and measure student attitudes and knowledge of sustainability, as well as sustainability course offerings and enrollment data. • Develop tools to track and measure sustainability research projects and funding for those projects. • Collaborate with government, private, public, NGO, etc

  8. JUST HOW GREEN? (apparently green enough for multiple slides of the ppt)

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