Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 71.74
Liaison Carrie Metzgar
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of California, San Diego
OP-4: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.02 / 5.00 Michelle Perez
Energy and Sustainability Manager
Utilities and Sustainability
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Total floor area of existing building space:
20,988,051 Square feet

Floor area of existing building space operated and maintained in accordance with a sustainable management policy/program and/or a green building rating system:
Existing floor area
Certified at the highest achievable level under a multi-attribute, Green Building Council (GBC) rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Platinum) 24,000 Square feet
Certified at the 2nd highest level under a 4- or 5-tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Gold) 88,900 Square feet
Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., BREEAM-In Use Very Good) 0 Square feet
Certified at a step above minimum level under a 4 -or 5–tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Silver) 186,000 Square feet
Certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., BREEAM In-Use Pass or LEED O+M Certified) 0 Square feet
Certified at any level under a non-GBC rating system or single-attribute rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings 0 Square feet
Operated and maintained in accordance with a multi-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system 20,689,151 Square feet
Operated and maintained in accordance with a single-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system
 0 Square feet
Total 20,988,051 Square feet

Percentage of existing building space certified under a green building rating system rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings:
1.42

A brief description of the sustainable operations and maintenance policy/program and/or O+M rating system(s) used:
All buildings follow the UC Sustainable Practices Policy which delineates sustainable operations and maintenance in all areas of sustainability including: energy and water. https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/3100155/SustainablePractices
Furthermore, UC San Diego received LEED O+M Master Site approval for sustainable polices in Sustainable Sites, IPM, Green Cleaning, and Environmental Tobacco & Smoke.

In addition, the following buildings have been certified:
LEED O+M PLATINUM
- UCSD/SDSU Mission Bay Aquatic Center (2013): OGSF 24,000

LEED O+M GOLD
- UCSD Supercomputer Center (2012): OGSF 88,900

LEED O+M SILVER
- UCSD RIMAC (2015): OGSF 186,000

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable operations and maintenance program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://sustainability.universityofcalifornia.edu/policy.html

http://sustain.ucsd.edu/focus/water.html

https://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/facilities-mgmt/

http://blink.ucsd.edu/safety/occupational/indoor/index.html#Indoor-air-quality

LEED O+M contacts: Sustainability and Energy Manager Michelle Perez

Indoor air quality contacts: EH&S Daphne Thaung, CIH, MPH

Energy contacts: FM John Dilliott and Michelle Perez

Water conservation contacts: Valerie Fanning and Kimberly O'Connell

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