| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.77 |
| Liaison | Breeana Sylvas |
| Submission Date | April 15, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of California, Merced
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
John Elliott, Director of Energy and Sustainability at UC Merced, has presented at numerous sustainability conferences and meetings at academic institutions. Titles of his presentations include:
UC Merced Advanced Energy Information System: Deploying an Operational Energy Performance Platform (California Higher Education Sustainability Conference 2011); Piloting an Integrated Renewable Energy Portfolio for the UC Merced Community (California Integrated Renewable Energy Systems forum); Achieving UC Merced’s Triple Zero Commitment (UC Santa Cruz, 2012); Turning Sustainability Plans into Action with Jim Genes, Special Assistant to the Administrative Vice Chancellor (California Higher Education Sustainability Conference 2010)
The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), U.S. Green Building Council.
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
UC Merced collaborates with other University of California campuses, as well as other colleges and universities, in a number of ways. For instance, it participates in the annual California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC), which is a platform for California colleges and universities to share sustainability best practices and new innovations, and make contacts for future collaboration. UC Solar is a multi-campus research institute that focuses on improving solar technologies, and is located on the UC Merced campus. UC Merced hosted a Solar Research Symposium in 2011 to bring collaborators together on the issue of solar technology.
UC Merced developed a water-saving competition for its dormitories with local water management company Aquacue. The company provided water-use monitoring software that measured water consumption dorm by dorm and posted the results on Facebook. The competition was very popular and successful, and received national attention. Stanford University has now partnered with Aquacue to develop similar software for its campus.
The UC Merced Purchasing Department also participates in system-wide conference calls focusing on sustainable procurement strategies.
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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