Campus Climate Neutral Project

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• Campus Climate Neutral Project
• The Bren School, UCSB
• Visioning and Strategic Planning Session
• Betty Seto, David Felix, Fahmida Ahmed, Jeff
  Brown, Todd Haurin
• October 8, 2005

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Bren School of Environmental Science and
Management, UCSBMasters Thesis Group Project

• Changing the Campus Climate
• Developing a Plan for a Climate Neutral UCSB
• Student Group
• Betty Seto
• Fahmida Ahmed
• Todd Haurin
• Dave Felix
• Jeff Brown
• Faculty Advisor Professor Oran Young

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Project Significance
Need for accelerated U.S. action on Climate
Change

• U.S. Universities Several thousand strong
• Emit an enormous amount of greenhouse gases.
• Large influence on US economy
• Play a lead role in educating next generation of
  leaders

• UC Santa Barbara A snapshot
• Part of larger University of California system
• 60,000,000 kWh of electricity annually
• 1,900,000 therms of natural gas
• 133,600 vehicle miles travelled daily

Source 2001 Greening UCSB Group Project,
estimated from of parking permits issued and
average commuting distance
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Project Step-by-Step Approach

• Inventory of campus GHG emissions
• Actions to reduce GHG emissions
• Implementation strategy

• GHG emissions inventory
• Recommend methods for emissions reduction/offset
• Calculate costs and benefits
• Identify steps to achieve administrative support
  and cooperation
• Develop mechanisms for continuous reassessment

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Progress to date

• UCSB membership with California Climate Action
  Registry (CCAR)
• Preliminary GHG inventory
• Understanding UCSB campus
• Support from Chancellors Office
• Facilities Management and Sustainability Office
• Student organizations
• UC system wide sustainability policies

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GHG Emissions Inventory
Preliminary results (2004) using Clean Air Cool
Planet Inventory Worksheet

• UCSB developing own GHG inventory for CCAR
• Electricity
• Natural Gas
• Fuel consumption from fleet and on-campus
  equipment
• (Refrigerants)
• Nation-wide campus GHG inventories generally
  include commuting and solid waste

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Fall 2005 Actions to Reduce GHG Emissions

• Researching UCSB Institutional policy
• Incentives for behavioral change
• Funding and budget mechanisms
• Staff allocation
• Engaging UCSB decision-makers
• Chancellors Office
• Facilities Management
• Budget Office
• UCSB Office of Sustainability
• Environmental Affairs Board
• Education for Sustainable Living Program
• Academic Senate
• UC Office of the President

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Fall 2005 Research Priority

• A Policy Framework for UCSB Facilities
  Management based on UCSB processes, existing
  plans, outside literature and our original ideas.
  
• A framework for evaluating campus projects in
  terms of criteria we find are important (cost,
  GHG reduction, implementability durability) and
  against other reduction options (renewable energy
  purchases, external offsets). It will also
  include examples of
• Historic retrofits/projects that have been
  successful
• Retrofit/project ideas UCSB facilities team can
  analyze according to our framework
• Ideas we have (water conservation, reclaim) or
  from other campus reports (Oberlin,Tufts)
• Analysis of institutional barriers and how to
  overcome them

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Project Deliverables Spring 2006

• UCSB Campus Climate Neutral Action Plan Report
  containing
• UCSB emissions inventory and existing energy
  efficiency technology
• Strategic recommendation for UCSB Facilities
  Management (LRDP, building typologies, etc)
• Integration plan with campus sustainability
  initiatives
• Framework for campus energy efficiency projects
• Implementation plans for specific emission
  reduction ideas
• Mechanisms for long term monitoring process and
  reassessment
• Education plan to incorporate climate change,
  energy efficiency sustainability in academic
  curriculum
• Lessons Learned from the Project
• Best practices and implementation steps
• Suggestions for obtaining green funding
• UCSB Campus Climate Neutral Network
• Create a durable student and staff structure for
  short and long term GHG emissions reductions
  initiatives

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Contact Information

• Bren Campus Climate Neutral Team
• Email ccn_at_bren.ucsb.edu
• Homepage http//www.bren.ucsb.edu/ccn/
• UCSB Bren School
• http//www.bren.ucsb.edu