PP&C or Sustainability Office staff person to manage LEED efforts, identify opportunities for improvement and constructive student involvement, manage student interns, etc.

Difficult to add staff during tight budget years. 2009 ballot measure 41 would have increased the budget for the Sustainability Office from student fees however the minimum 25% voting threshold was not met so none of the ballot measures passed. An increased budget would have potentially allowed the hiring of additional staff and student interns.Discussion in 2008 ballot measure 35 about green cyclical fund for student-fee funded projects. A subcommittee of CSS is also looking into this. http://www.aashe.org/documents/resources/pdf/CERF.pd

Current building codes make it difficult to execute projects involving natural building techniques although they have been shown to stand up well if not better than conventional buildings to fire and earthquakes. Visit http://strawbuilding.org/ for more info.

There will be one on part of one of the roofs of the East Campus Infill Apartments project, scheduled to begin construction in summer 2009. What is the feasibility of one on an existing building? 

Would automatically turn fume hoods off when not in use, significantly lowering energy consumption for air handling system. Feasible at Cowell and Porter, where renovations are currently taking place and compatible computer monitoring system recently installed. Payoff would be around 5-7 years, the challenge is the upfront costs from CUHS. 

In summer 2008 dining began a pre-consumer and pulper based post-consumer composting program with the Buena Vista landfill; there is too much compost being created solely for use on campus farms

First sections currently being updated by PP&C staff

CUIP intern helped achieve LEED-EB silver certification for Engineering 2. Currently several student interns working with a project manager (Josephine Ortega) on the Cowell Student Health Center LEED certification process. One student intern currently working with Felix Ang, another project manager, on the pursuit of a LEED-CI certification for the Cowell Dining Hall renovation. 

Current options include The Village, which is integrated with PICA, and the Trailer Park, which is north of Kresge College.

Nonrenewable energy reductions would be easier to achieve with a combination of an improved cogeneration plant (i.e. a lean-burn gas turbine system or fuel cells) coupled with conservation, efficiency upgrades, on-site renewables, and purchase agreements to offset any use of nonrenewables. UCSC is close to releasing a request for solar panels on the West Field House through a Power Purchase Agreement, which would be owned by a renewable energy company and the campus would purchase the energy from them. 2009 Ballot measure 38 would have altered the current purchase agreement with Sterling Planet that offsets 100% of our energy use with renewables on the East Coast, so that we would instead purchase local offsets and fund on-site renewables. Unfortunately the 25% voting threshold was not met so the measure was not passed. Another student-led project currently in progress to get wind turbines installed at Mount Hamilton to serve the Lick Observatory. Visit http://enviroslug.org/sec_wind for more info. 

Purple pipes being installed at the Porter Apartments and East Campus Infill Apartments; allows for future reuse of grey water or rainwater for toilet flushing, irrigation, and other uses where human contact is minimized. Small scale rainwater catchment demonstration project at the Sustainable Living Center.

Water audit recently conducted to assess water efficiency of fixtures. Now there is a 5 year plan to replace fixtures and decrease water consumption based on the recommendations in the water audit.

Specific eco-charette not part of design process though sustainability is discussed in meetings during the design process

Staff: please contact the Sustainability Office with any ideas you have for student projects to increase sustainability of the campus

UC Policy on Sustainability requires that the campus' new projects exceed CA Title 24's energy efficiency standards by 20%. Title 24 is already relatively stringent so exceeding their standards by 20% means that new projects' lighting design involves a combination of motion sensors, daylight sensors, efficient lamps, and low voltage lighting controls to program the lighting schedule. Installation at existing buildings is subject to budgetary constraint.

Green cleaning is a Physical Plant policy, but not a campus policy. It was also a part of the LEED-EB certification of Engineering 2.

Passive solar design- i.e. East-West building orientation and windows on South side of building to take advantage of natural lighting; overhangs, glazing, and nearby trees keep out heat of the summer sun; operable windows and building designed to take advantage of natural ventilation

UC Policy on Sustainability is a mechanism to help keep green features since it requires LEED certification and to aim for LEED silver for new construction and major renovation. Budgetary issues still sometimes remove green features from projects

Green building design class will be taught in summer 2009 through the Environmental Studies Department. SEED faculty (Sustainable Engineering and Ecological Design) include: Ben Crow (Sociology), Melanie Dupuis (Sociology), Steve Gliessmann (Environmental Studies), Ronnie Lipschutz (Politics), Ali Shakouri (Electrical Engineering)

People power generated from equipment at the gym, opening and closing doors, etc.

Choose local design and consulting firms to support the local economy

Solar water heating for dorms and other buildings