Arbor Installs Filtered Water Faucet

No need to purchase bottled water anymore!

Thanks to a grant from TGIF, the Arbor now has a filtered water faucet specially designed for your reusable bottles.

It is located inside the store to the right of the soda machine. Stop by and check it out next time you are in the area!

UCTV Airing a Presentation by UCSB Students

UCTV will be airing a presentation by a few UCSB and UCB students on "Student-Led Office Greening and Building Greening Programs." Part of the presentation profiles our award-winning PACES program.

The presentation will be aired periodically from August 8-15 on Cox-Santa Barbara Channel 21.

To see the schedule and watch the video version:
http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=18175

Two UCSB Buildings Receive LEED Certification

UC Santa Barbara's Life Sciences and Engineering II buildings have been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is the USGBC's rating system for designing and constructing the world's greenest, most energy efficient, and high-performing buildings. Read more...

This Way to Sustainability Conference - Call for Proposals

This Way to Sustainability VI ~ "Connecting Communities"

A partnership between CSU, Chico and Butte College will be held November 4-6, 2010. Over three days and two campuses, we hope to bring together people who care deeply about the future of the North State and our planet, to learn about pressing sustainability issues, and to create a space for dialogue and action.

Please visit our web site at http://www.csuchico.edu/sustainablefuture/conference/ to submit your conference proposals online NOW through August 15th!

UCSB Receives Its Best Practice Awards

On Monday, June 21 during the Awards Luncheon at the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference, UCSB received its three Best Practice Awards.


Pictured from left to right: Jill Richardson, Jordan Sager (Student Sustainability Program, PACES), Dave Harris (Water Efficiency & Site Water Quality, San Clemente Villages, CCBER), Mark Rousseau, Bonnie Crouse (Sustainable Food Service, Housing & Residential Services), and Mo Lovegreen

Life Science Building Receives LEED-EB Silver

Message from Jordan Sager, LEED Program Manager for UCSB:

Good morning All,

I'm excited to report that the final LEED for Existing Buildings application review for the Life Sciences Building has come back from the US Green Building Council, and LSB has achieved a LEED Silver certification.

This marks UCSB's fourth successful LEED EB project as well as our second laboratory certification, and is the result of a collaboration between our Physical Facilities division and UCSB's Laboratory Research and Technical Staff (LabRATS), the dedication of a handful of student volunteers, and the commitment of the EEMB and MCDB communities.

Notable achievements at LSB during the LEED assessment include:
• Water savings of 29% from code due to installation of waterless urinals and high-efficiency restroom faucets.
• Exemplary performance in environmentally preferable purchasing - 100% of paper purchases with high recycled-content.
• Waste minimization strategies including copy paper reuse.
• Design for daylighting of lab and office spaces, an efficient lighting strategy and integration with UCSB's chilled water loop put the Life Sciences Building in the 90th percentile in energy efficiency among laboratory facilities in its climate zone.

Great job and congratulations to everybody who had a hand in the certification process!