University of California, Santa Barbara
EN-11: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), US Green Building Council (USGBC), and The American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).

Santa Barbara County Food Action Plan

CHESC: Title: Navigating the STARS 2.0 Concurrent Session Group A Experience: From Data Collection to Strategic Planning Description: Stanford University, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Santa Clara University have all submitted STARS 2.0 reports and received Gold ratings. Presenters from these universities carry unique perspectives on how institutions can successfully navigate the rigorous STARS 2.0 framework, ranging from data collection strategies to project management. All presenters will elaborate on how STARS 2.0 helped them learn about their campus sustainability performance and identify opportunities for improvement. Finally, each presenter will discuss his/her institution’s continued engagement with STARS after submission, from sharing results with the community to informing institutional strategic planning efforts. Title: Rethinking Waste: Innovative and Integrated Approaches to Waste Diversion Description: Meeting aggressive zero waste targets often requires significant operational shifts. Perhaps more challenging for the practitioner, however, is institutionalizing a culture of sustainability and developing a community of active participants in campuses’ zero waste programs. This session highlights three campuses that have effectively engaged students, faculty, and staff in waste reduction efforts. UC Berkeley utilized waste diversion behavior change as the context for learning in videography and marketing techniques. UC Santa Barbara overcame logistical challenges and increased participation in post-consumer food waste collection in campus buildings. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory engaged stakeholders and implemented a holistic approach to increase building waste diversion rates by 10-15%. Title: Implementing Deep Sustainability in Recreational Buildings Description: In this session, three campuses will focus on strategies, practices, and lessons learned in ensuring sustainability and energy efficiency in an unconventional building type: recreation buildings. San Francisco State will describe the development of their Mashouf Wellness Center, currently tracking to earn LEED Platinum. UC Santa Barbara will illustrate their process of incrementally retrofitting the existing campus recreation center with the goal of reaching zero net energy for the facility. UC Los Angeles will focus on how daylight and ventilation modeling influenced the design of their proposed gym and warehouse buildings in order to meet the new Title 24 building requirements Title: Management By Fact, Getting the Data to Make Good Water Choices Description: The drought in California has brought into focus the need to reduce water use and conserve this vital resource. However, gathering information and data on water use on a building-by-building basis is challenging. In order to track and monitor water consumption, you need “real” water data, the facts. This data needs to come from meters and meters are a costly endeavor. These presentations will provide examples that illustrate how to get the facts and make better water use choices through unique metering approaches and community engagement. UC Santa Barbara will also share how they saved water through eliminating single pass water cooling systems. Title: Student-Led Energy Efficiency Efforts in Housing, Labs, and the Restructuring of Financial Incentives Description: Learn more about student-led energy efficiency efforts from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara. Best Practice Award Winner UC Berkeley will present on how they reduced energy consumption by 235 kWh/y by retrofitting microscopes with LED lights. UC Santa Barbara in conjunction with PowerSave, won the California Campus Conservation Nationals and will discuss their experience and lessons learned. UCSB’s Bren School will present on the UCSB Operational Effectiveness: Energy Management Initiative, a program that rewards departments with a portion of energy savings and influences behavior change through a strategic messaging campaign. Title: Managing Local Landscapes through Education and Related Application Description: We are overexploiting and destroying the environment at an unprecedentedly rapid pace. As many people believe, it is up to the younger generations to fix the problem - and what better way for college students to take that first step than through education and experience? Several Californian universities, such as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Barbara, offers classes on restoring nature and about hands-on opportunities to apply such knowledge. Each speaker discusses the specific course and action his or her campus provides to students. Title: Hands-On Experiences for Future Green Building Professionals through Coursework Description: How can you engage students in green building? UC Santa Barbara and CSU Fullerton presents two approaches to LEED® Lab™. This presentation will explore two approaches to guiding students through the evaluation of existing buildings on campus and will explain some of the best practices and lessons learned in engaging students in a rigorous certification process. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo will present on how they transformed an instructional space and roof into a lab facility that features radiant floor cooling that is fed by night sky-exposed roof collectors. This project was planned by students in an Architecture course.

UCSB and UCM recently collaborated to publish a document titled “Best Practices Subcommittee on facilitating small growers’ ability to do business with UC.” This best practice details the collaboration between UCSB and a local distributor, Harvest Santa Barbara, to deliver fresh, local produce to UCSB’s dining commons. It goes on to describe UCM’s collaboration with several local farms and programs. This document can be found at the following web address: http://www.ucop.edu/global-food-initiative/_files/small_growers_best_practices_final.pdf

Mark Rousseau, Energy and Enviornmental Manager, Housing and Residential Services, UCSB: Mr. Rousseau is a member of the Community Environmental Council, UC Housing Sustainability Group (informal), and UC Housing Operations/Facilities Operations Groups (informal). Matthew O’Carroll, Refuse, Recycling, & Water Efficiency Manager, UCSB: Co-chair, UC Solid Waste and Recycling Working Group. Member, UC Water Working Group. Amorette Getty, UCSB: Dr. Getty is a member of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) Katie Maynard: Ms. Maynard is the Executive Director of the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference

UCSB frequently collaborates with other institutions. The following is one example: Tour: Tour of UCSB’s Sustainability Operations Details: Matt O’Carrol, the Refuse, Recycling, & Water Efficiency Manager at UCSB, organized a tour of UCSB’s sustainability operations what was given to staff from housing, custodial, and grounds from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The tour covered water conservation efforts and waste management efforts in facilities and housing.