Accomplishments

  • Over the last couple years UC Santa Barbara has increased its onsite renewable energy generating capacity tenfold through a multi-site Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
  • 2017 GHG emissions fell 19% below 1990 levels
  • In 2018 the Campus won a Best Practice Award in renewable energy for this project from the CHESC Higher Education Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards competition.
  • Won a 2017 Best Practice Award in Lighting Design and Retrofits for the Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building Advanced Lighting and Controls Project.