Overall Rating Platinum
Overall Score 85.50
Liaison Breeana Sylvas
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2022

STARS v2.2

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

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space:
1,266,834 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) 1,266,834 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) 0 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) 0 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 0 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 1,266,834 Square feet

Percentage of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a green building rating system for design and construction:
100

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:

All BD&C Certified Buildings completed within the last five years;

Dining Expansion, LEED Platinum
Social Sciences and Management, Certified LEED Platinum
Student Services Building, Certified LEED Platinum
Housing 4, Certified LEED Platinum
Recreation Center North, Certified LEED Platinum
Science and Engineering 2, Certified LEED Platinum
Classroom and Office Building 2, Certified LEED Platinum
Granit Pass Resident Hall, Certified LEED Platinum
Glacier Point Student Resident, Certified LEED Platinum
Dining Pavilion, Certified LEED Platinum
Sustainability Research and Engineering Building, Certified LEED Platinum
Arts & Computational Sciences, Certified LEED Platinum
Biomedical Sciences & Physics, Certified LEED Platinum
Sentinel Rock, Certified LEED Platinum
El Portal, Certified LEED Platinum
Conference Center, Certified LEED Platinum
Administration Building, Certified LEED Platinum
Health & Athletic Center, Certified LEED Platinum

All Certified BD&C campus buildings;
Library Information Technology Center, Certified LEED Gold
Classroom Office Building, Certified LEED Gold
Science and Engineering 1,Certified LEED Gold
Sierra Terraces, Certified LEED Gold
Lakeview Dining (Valley Terraces), Certified LEED Silver
Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center,Certified LEED Gold
Central Plant and Telecommunications, Certified LEED Gold,
Facilities Support Building, Certified LEED Gold
Housing 3, LEED Platinum
Early Childhood and Education Center, Certified LEED Gold


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:
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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:

The GSF provided in this credit only takes into consideration buildings that are LEED certified based on LEED certification criteria. All LEED projects must be constructed and operated on a permanent location on existing land. No project that is designed to move at any point in its lifetime may pursue LEED certification. LEED Certification also does not allow for certification of temporary buildings per the minimum program requirements. The campus does include in its site boundary temporary buildings.


The GSF provided in this credit only takes into consideration buildings that are LEED certified based on LEED certification criteria. All LEED projects must be constructed and operated on a permanent location on existing land. No project that is designed to move at any point in its lifetime may pursue LEED certification. LEED Certification also does not allow for certification of temporary buildings per the minimum program requirements. The campus does include in its site boundary temporary buildings.

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