Bright Green News from the Office of Sustainability and Energy

[Kira STOLL]

JUNE NEWSLETTER
		Sustainability Summit Showcases Campus Greening   Sunil Chacko, Susanne Wiesman, the ASUC Sustainability Team, and the Solar Powering Cal team were honored at the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS) Sustainability Summit for their exemplary sustainability projects.   11 Departments Green Certified and Celebrated!   In May 2016, 11 departments gathered to celebrate their recent certification as Green Departments.  The departments vary in size, mission, and location, but share a common goal of making the campus more green.  Their Green Teams worked to make improvements and to educate their colleagues.
		Space Sciences Laboratory Implements Composting and Recycling Programs Thanks to the dedicated efforts of its staff members, UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) now has a recycling and composting system in place for its over 300 employees. SSL also participates in Terracycling, a cash-for-trash program that accepts traditionally non-recyclable items.
		Students Vote to Renew The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) for 10 More Years   The Green Initiative Fund referendum will implement a $8 student fee funding campus sustainability projects, and will last for the next ten years. The fee will provide up to $300,000 a year in grant funding available to all students, staff, and faculty for their campus sustainability projects.
		Graduating Seniors Reflect on their Experiences with the Office of Sustainability and Energy   After working with the OS&E for three years, graduating seniors Ben Rushakoff and Lindsey Agnew take a moment to reflect back on the experiences they’ve had and share their plans for the future.
YEAR IN REVIEW: As the school year comes to a close, the Office of Sustainability and Energy would like to take a moment to review the remarkable sustainability progress that has been made this past year. UC Berkeley Makes the Green Rating Honor Roll The Princeton Review rated colleges based on their sustainability-related practices, policies and academic offerings – and UC Berkeley mades the top 24! Cool Campus Challenge Brings Carbon Savings to UC At Berkeley 1,750 faculty, staff and students joined the challenge!  Our collective actions will reduce 1,021,720 million of pounds of carbon emissions each year.   Cal Wins Sustainability Best Practice Awards for Jacobs Hall and Brown's Cafe UC Berkeley won two 2016 Best Practice Awards: Jacobs Hall for Energy Efficiency in Construction/Renovation, and Brown's for Sustainable Food Systems. UC Berkeley Goes Solar Solar PV systems at MLK Student Union, the new Eshleman, the Recreation Sports complex, and the University Village apartments are now generating 1 MW of power from the sun.
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Kira Stoll
Sustainability Manager
Office of Sustainability & Energy
University of California, Berkeley
510-642-0074
st...@berkeley.edu
http://sustainability.berkeley.edu

A&E Building
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1382

UC Climate Change Working Group Co-Chair, 2013-2016

UC Global Climate Leadership Council Member, 2014-2016