UCSC Named EPA 2007-2008 Green Power Conference Champion

University of California, Santa Cruz has been selected as an EPA 2007-2008 Green Power Conference Champion as part of EPA's year long College & University Green Power Challenge.

This is a great honor and culminates in the commitment showed by more than 40 colleges and universities nationwide to buying green power. UCSC ranked first in its division and sixth overall in Kilowatt hours of Green Energy purchased.  During the 2007-2008 academic year, EPA has tracked the green power purchasing of colleges and universities across collegiate athletic conferences. These conferences and their representative schools are displaying environmental leadership by buying green power to reduce the environmental impacts associated with their conventional electricity use. To take part in the Green Power Challenge, a conference’s member schools must be purchasing a combined total of at least 10 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power. For more information please visit http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/initiatives/cu_challenge.htm.