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UCSF has a robust sustainability program covering sustainability activities across the entire campus and medical center.  Formal and grassroot efforts are happening in many areas of the organization.  Find out more about these efforts at the Sustainability Dashboard above.

 

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FY11-12 Annual Report - Green Building Work Group

US GBC
Co-chairs: Patti Mitchell, Campus Capital Programs and Deepak Dandekar, Medical Center Design and Construction, 

Mission
To incorporate best practices in sustainable strategies for new construction and renovation of UCSF facilities.

UC Policy

  • All new buildings, other than acute care facilities, built to outperform Title 24 by at least 20 percent. Strive for 30 percent.
  • All new buildings to be LEED-NC “Silver“ rating at minimum but strive for “Gold” rating or higher.
  • All laboratories to be LEED-NC “Silver” or better and meeting Lab’s 21 criteria.
  • All new buildings will achieve at least two LEED-NC’s water efficiency credits.
  • All renovation projects over $5 million to be LEED-CI certified.FY10-11

FY 11-12 Accomplishments

  • Tracking of Construction & Demolition waste for reporting
  • Facilities Services, Capital Programs, Med Center worked on template for sustainable design standards/specifications
  • Completion of eight LEED projects in FY10-11
  • HSE 15 S/D Craniofacial & Mesenchymal – LEED-CI Gold
  • Mount Zion Medical Center Osher Bldg – LEED-NC Silver
  • Institute for Regeneration Medicine Building – LEED-NC Gold
  • Owens Street Pharmacy – LEED-CI Gold
  • Osher Building – Mt. Zion Medical Office Bldg – LEED-NC Silver
  • Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building – LEED NC Gold
  • Cardiovascular Research Building – LEED NC Gold
  • UCSF Telemedicine and PRIME US – LEED-CI Gold
  • Development of Master Spreadsheet for tracking of LEED projects, certification dates, certification levels, square footage


FY 12-13 Goals

  • Aldea Community Center on Mount Sutro – LEED NC seeking Silver
  • MSB 13 Anatomy Department Lab – LEED CI seeking Silver
  • MSB 13 Anatomy Teaching Lab – LEED CI seeking Silver
  • Neurosciences 19A – LEED NC seeking Silver
  • Ensuring Construction Waste documentation is provided for all Capital Projects
  • Capital Programs to integrated sustainability measures into Division 1 specifications as a standard
  • All new projects to integrate sustainability criteria into project specific specifications both Medical Center and Campus
  • Real Estate will work with partnerships to incorporate sustainability criteria


Metrics

  • Total Gross Square Footage of LEED certified space by level over time

Related Links and Resources
http://www.usgbc.org

LivingGreen at UCSF articles:
UCSF Mission Bay Solar Energy Project
UCSF Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building
UCSF Laboratories Go for the Gold
The New UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay: Leading UC in Sustainability in a Hospital Setting
The Aldea Center on Mount Sutro