Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 74.81
Liaison Kelli O'Day
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of California, Davis
OP-3: Building Design and Construction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.60 / 3.00 Camille Kirk
Director of Sustainability and Campus Sustainability Planner
Office of Sustainability
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Total floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space:
465,029 Square feet

Floor area of eligible building space designed and built in accordance with published green building codes, policies, and/or rating systems:
Floor area
Certified at the highest achievable level under a multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., LEED BD+C Platinum or Certified Living Building) 149,654 Square feet
Certified at the 2nd highest level under a 4- or 5-tier, multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., LEED BD+C Gold) 285,651 Square feet
Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier, multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., BREEAM Very Good) 0 Square feet
Certified at a step above minimum level under ar 4- or 5-tier, multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., LEED BD+C Silver) 14,413 Square feet
Certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., LEED BD+C Certified) 0 Square feet
Certified/verified at any level under a multi-attribute, non-GBC rating system for design and construction, a green building code, or a single-attribute rating system for design and construction 0 Square feet
Designed and built in accordance with a multi-attribute green building code, policy, guideline, or rating system, but not certified/verified 15,311 Square feet
Designed and built in accordance with a single-attribute green building code, policy, guideline, or rating system, but not certified/verified 0 Square feet
Total 465,029 Square feet

Percentage of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a green building rating system for design and construction:
96.71

A list of new construction and major renovation projects that indicates the green building code, policy/guideline, or rating system that applies to each building:

Attachment (OP3_ListofGreenBuildings2015-2019_UCD20)


An inventory of new construction and major renovation projects that indicates the green building code, policy/guideline, or rating system that applies to each building:
Website URL where information about the institution’s green building design and construction program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data reported includes;
- Only buildings certified between 1-1-2015 to 31-12-2019 based on the certification date
- Both LEED BD+C and LEED CI certified buildings
- Only the Davis campus.

For the following projects, construction was completed in the last two years and they are pending review certifications in LEED Online. These have not been considered in the reporting.
- Vet Med Student Services and Administration Center - 34,976 sf
- California (Large Lecture) Hall -16,652 sf
- Tercero Dining Commons 2 - 32,169 sf
- Recreation Pool Renovation - 5,518 sf
- Schall Aquatic Center - 3,942 sf
- Activities and Recreation Expansion: (e) 105,028+ (n) 14,250 sf
- Webster (Yosemite) Hall -101,603 sf

Floor area of 15,311 sq. ft. reported under ‘Designed and built in accordance with a multi-attribute green building code, policy, guideline, or rating system, but not certified/verified’ complies with CALGreen – California Green Building Standards Code.

Further, UC Davis obtained its first LEED certification in 2007 and the following floor area has already been certified in either LEED BC+C or LEED CI between 2007 and 2014.
Platinum Certified - 587,582 Sq ft (07 Buildings)
Gold Certified - 339,617 sq ft (06 Buildings)

Vindyani Jayasinghe, a visiting Humphrey Fellow with the Office of Sustainability, assisted in compiling this credit response.


Data reported includes;
- Only buildings certified between 1-1-2015 to 31-12-2019 based on the certification date
- Both LEED BD+C and LEED CI certified buildings
- Only the Davis campus.

For the following projects, construction was completed in the last two years and they are pending review certifications in LEED Online. These have not been considered in the reporting.
- Vet Med Student Services and Administration Center - 34,976 sf
- California (Large Lecture) Hall -16,652 sf
- Tercero Dining Commons 2 - 32,169 sf
- Recreation Pool Renovation - 5,518 sf
- Schall Aquatic Center - 3,942 sf
- Activities and Recreation Expansion: (e) 105,028+ (n) 14,250 sf
- Webster (Yosemite) Hall -101,603 sf

Floor area of 15,311 sq. ft. reported under ‘Designed and built in accordance with a multi-attribute green building code, policy, guideline, or rating system, but not certified/verified’ complies with CALGreen – California Green Building Standards Code.

Further, UC Davis obtained its first LEED certification in 2007 and the following floor area has already been certified in either LEED BC+C or LEED CI between 2007 and 2014.
Platinum Certified - 587,582 Sq ft (07 Buildings)
Gold Certified - 339,617 sq ft (06 Buildings)

Vindyani Jayasinghe, a visiting Humphrey Fellow with the Office of Sustainability, assisted in compiling this credit response.

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