I had the honor to serve as a judge once again in this year’s Best Practice Awards for the 2010 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference organized by the sustainability office in the University of California's Office of the President. With deadlines approaching for AASHE’s own awards program I neglected to help publicize the California winners, who are all deserving of recognition.
These best practices awards are intended to highlight the achievements that the California State University, University of California, and California Community College campuses have made through innovative and effective energy efficiency projects and sustainable operations. It is the goal that these projects will serve as showcases to other campuses and will assist campus staff with resources and ideas that they may be able transfer to their own campus.
The 2010 Best Practice Award Winners included many different categories. I have include the winners along with links to brief descriptions of their projects. More information is available on the Best Practice Awards website.
Overall Sustainable Design
- DeAnza College; Mediated Learning Center
- CSU Sacramento; American River Courtyard
- UC Irvine; Medical Education Building
HVAC Design/Retrofit
- Los Angeles Pierce College; Near Net-Zero Maintenance and Operations Complex
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Student Recreation Expansion and Remodel
- UC Irvine; Exhaust Stack Discharge Velocity Reduction
Lighting Design/Retrofit
- Copper Mountain College; Energy Savings Project
- San Jose State University; King Library Lighting Retrofit
- UC San Diego; Sustainability Resource Center
Monitoring-Based Commissioning
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UC Berkeley; Le Conte Hall
Additional award winner to be determined
Student Energy Efficiency
- West LA Community College; Green Campus Program
- Cal Poly Pomona; Green Campus Program
- UC Santa Cruz; Green Campus Program
Student Sustainability Program
- Santa Rosa Junior College; Students for Sustainable Communities
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Green Campus Program
- UC Santa Barbara; (PACES)
Water Efficiency & Site Water Quality
- San Diego Community College District; Standardization of Calsense Irrigation Control System
- CSU Northridge; Weather Based Irrigation Control System & Waterless Urinal Replacement
- UC San Diego; Clean Water Utility Initiative
- UC Santa Barbara; San Clemente Ecological Restoration & Storm water Management Project
Innovative Waste Reduction
Sustainable Foods Service
2010 Honorable Mentions:
Overall Sustainable Design
- West LA Community College; Athletics & Allied Health Complex
- CSU San Bernardino; College of Education
- UC San Diego; Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility 2
Lighting Design/Retrofit
