Bright Green News from UC Berkeley's Office of Sustainability

[Kira STOLL]

SEPTEMBER 2017 

	Sustainability in new Golden Bear Orientation The Office of Sustainability is a proud contributor to this year's Golden Bear Prep, a required on-line orientation for new students. Over 7,000 new undergraduates completed a learning module about campus sustainability and ways to get involved. This is the first time we've showcased our points of pride to so many incoming students!
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	We met our first solar power goal, see it on real-time dashboards Bringing solar power to the campus has been a top priority for the Office of Sustainability. This year we met our goal of fully realizing four new solar sites and ushering in an era where campus renewable electricity systems are part of our carbon reduction program! Check out our two largest solar sites on these real-time solar power dashboards: University Village Apartments  Recreational Sports Facility
	Chou Hall Opens: green, healthy & zero waste This new campus building features efficient heating, cooling, and lighting systems, rainwater cisterns and 24,300 square feet of exterior windows. All of that make it the first academic building in the U.S. designed for LEED Platinum certification and WELL certification. The goal is to divert 90 percent of waste and achieve zero waste certification by summer 2018, becoming the first business school in the country to do so.

RECENT SUSTAINABILITY NEWS

• Berkeley ranks 27 out of 227 universities in the Sierra Club's Cool Schools 2017
• Ever wonder what goes on when a campus building is renovated? Check out photos of the Wheeler Hall project
  
• Mayor, campus chancellor, UC president join pledge to support Paris Agreement 
  
• UCTV Launches New Portal to Sustainability for California
  
• Cal’s main attraction? For nesting peregrines, it’s the Campanile
  
• UC/VOX video series takes on climate change
• EPA recognizes the University of California as a national ‘green power’ leader
• New bike and bus lanes are coming to Bancroft Way in Berkeley

UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES

• Student Environmental Resources Center Events Calendar
  
• Glimpse six UC Berkeley gardens and then visit them!
  
• Check out the Berkeley Ecology Center Calendar

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Kira Stoll
Office of Sustainability
Physical & Environmental Planning
st...@berkeley.edu
sustainability.berkeley.edu

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