UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2008 The Best Practice Awards Program is created by the UC/CSU/IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership Program and funded under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission

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BERKELEY GREEN CAMPUS PROGRAM University of California, Berkeley Student Energy Efficiency Best Practice Award Winner Desirae Early, Berkeley Green Campus Intern

BERKELEY GREEN CAMPUS – OVERVIEW Goals: –Educate students, staff, faculty, and the local community on the importance of energy conservation –Realize substantial energy savings through ongoing environmental projects Started in May 2004 Ongoing projects

PROJECTS Housing Light Bulb Exchange Blackout Battles Energy Competition Hall Staff Training Student Education Energy DeCal Course ER199 Course Campus-wide Green Events On- Campus “Shut the Sash” Fume Hood Campaign Vending Miser Installations Haas Energy Challenge

HIGHLIGHTS – RESIDENCE HALL OUTREACH Light Bulb Exchanges –Incandescent for CFL –4 annual exchanges –6,050 total bulbs exchanged –Methods: tabling, door-to-door, mail offices

HIGHLIGHTS – RESIDENCE HALL OUTREACH Seven competitions Fall 2007: –Oct & Nov –114 MWh –9.49% reduction Spring 2008: –Feb –92 MWh –12.19% reduction

HIGHLIGHTS – RESIDENCE HALL OUTREACH Success Factors: Collaboration: Housing Managers –Residential Life Managers –Student Hall Staff –Facilities Managers –Marketing –Cal Dining –Residential Sustainability Education Coordinators Building the RSSP Green Committee Continuity

HIGHLIGHTS – ENERGY DECAL COURSE 2 Unit Course –Guest speakers –Energy debates –Field trips –Current event discussions –Personal energy audit –Group projects Seven consecutive semesters 165 students Success Factors –Sponsorship by Professor Dan Kammen –Advertising

HIGHLIGHTS – ER199 COURSE 3 Unit Course Applications of energy efficiency and conservation –Lighting systems –Green building, LEED –Efficiency in buildings and labs –Behavior change programs Guest Speakers –Faculty –Graduate students –Campus specialists –Non profits LEED building field visit

HIGHLIGHTS – ER199 COURSE Building Projects: Eight Buildings Energy Star building assessment Occupant surveys Lighting audits –Lighting retrofits –De-lamping Sustainability Plan Educational programs –“Take the Stairs” Days –Newsletters

HIGHLIGHTS – “SHUT THE SASH” CAMPAIGN 107 VAV hoods in Tan Hall Program components: –Stickers on all hoods –Competition between floors –Building energy challenge Energy savings (since Oct 2007) –207,000 kWh –$20,700 –7.3% reduction (480/270v meter) –5.4% reduction (whole building)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

LESSONS LEARNED Collaboration = Key Continuity Establishing relationships and credibility –Starting small –Pilot projects –Following through –Finding champions Building projects Measuring savings

TEAM Green Campus Interns Desirae Early Kameron Kitajima Vi Do Shawn Orgel-Olson Lamia Mamoon Jessica Huang Special Thanks To: Alliance to Save Energy Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability UC Berkeley Staff and Faculty

CONTACT INFORMATION Desirae Early, Team Leader Kameron Kitajima, Team Leader General Website:

QUESTIONS? Please stop by the Higher Education Partnership booth for hard copies of 2007 Best Practice case studies. Or visit best_practices.htm to view an online archive of case studies. best_practices.htm This concludes the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems Program. QUESTIONS?