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Things To-Do Before

Spring Break

Turn off all lights - lighting

accounts for up to half of a build-

ing's total energy use.

Turn off computer moni-

tors.

Turn off computers if possible

(check with your IT folks).

Turn off all copying ma-

chines, typewriters, coffee

pots, and other appliances.

Unplug the equipment and appli-

ances if possible.

Turn off hand-operated ra-

diator valves in work areas.

Make sure all windows are

closed tightly.

During Spring Break and the

campus closure period from

Monday March 22

through Friday March 28

most of the campus will be

quiet. A campus-wide en-

ergy curtailment is not

possible during the week

due to the fact that the

campus committed to hosting anational forensics tournament be-

fore the closure was confirmed.

There is still opportunity to reduce

energy use we all can play a role

in saving energy on campus during

this time. Before you leave for the

break, please make sure you review

this check-list for

your office, lab, or campus resi-

dence. These may seem like small

actions but together our efforts add

up and will make a differ-

ence! During the winter curtail-

ment, the campus saved almost

$215,000 in heating and elec-

tricity costs. We hope to see

another drop in use next week

and with everyones help we

will.

Help the Campus Save Energy dur ing Spr ing Break!

Bright Green NewsThe Campus Sustainabi l i ty Newsletter

VOLUME 13

March 2010

Please encourage your friends

and colleagues to join our list

serve.

Become a fan of ourFacebook

Page!

Contact us:

[email protected]

Meet OurSustainability

Team!

Check out our website:

http://sustainability.berkeley.edu

The Off ice

IN THIS ISSUE

Help Save Energy During Spring

Break

CalDay Sustainability Tour

Try Zimride FREE for Spring

Break Travel

CACS Green Fund Grant andChancellors Sustainability

Awardsdue April 2nd

April 14th Sustainability Forum

Earth Week Events April 19-23

Sustainability Summit-April 21st

Update on Green Departments

and Events

PLAYgreen Festival II Recap

Next Bus on AC Transits 52L

Refill Revolution

TGIF Dashboard Project

Join the Cal com-

munity April 17th

for UC Berkeleysannual open

house, CalDay.

The Office of

Sustainability is

proud to offer

one-hour student

led Sustainabil-

ity Walking Tours. Through

actions such as installing semi-

Cal Day Welco mes Sustai nabil ity Walkin g Tours

permeable pavers to reduce

pollutants in storm water runoff,

to creating re-use centers formaterials exchange, to increasing

natural light in buildings, passion-

ate staff, faculty, students, and

alumni have created hotspots on

campus

that

demon-

strate

and

foster envi-

ronmental

awareness

and commit-

ment. Come

gain insight

on these sights and learn more about

campus sustainability from Vickie Ly,

Joanna Young, and Nicole Campbell,students who make up the Commu-

nications Associate team for the

Office of Sustainability. Take the tour

on CalDay2pm to 3pmmeet us

in Dwinelle Plaza.

We look forward to seeing you

April 17th!

Article byNicole Campbell
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TheChancellors Advisory Committee on

Sustainability(CACS), which promotes envi-

ronmental management and sustainable develop-

ment on campus, is now accepting nominations

for Sustainability Awards and applications for

Green Fund Grants. Applications and nomina-

tions are due Friday, April 2nd.

CACS Sustainability Awards-

Call for Nominations!

CACS provides annual awards to faculty, staff, and

students that have done outstanding work in

helping the campus meet its sustainability goals.

The campus community is

indebted to the hard work

of students, staff, and fac-

ulty making Berkeley a

more sustainable place to

work, live, and play. Nomi-

nations are solicited each

spring, can be made for

groups or individuals, and are open to the entire

Cal community. There is a great amount of flexi-

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CACS Green Fund Grants and Sustainabi l i ty Awards

VOLUME 13 March 201Bright Green News

bility as to what groups or projects qualify, and

creativity is welcome.

Some of last years sustainability awardees in-

cluded Building Sustainability @ Cal (Group

Award) which trains students on reducing the

environmental footprint of campus buildings andDan Kammen (Faculty Award) who teaches many

sustainability courses and is actively engaged in

increasing campus sustainability.

Award winners will be announced by the Chancel-

lor at this years Sustainability Summit in April.

CACS Green Fund Grants-

Submit Applications!

If you have an idea that can help make UC Berke-

ley greener and more environmentally sustainable

and need funding, then the annual Chancellor's

Green Fund Grant program may be for you! Ena-

bling members of the UC Berkeley campus com-

munity to undertake green initiatives, the grant

program gives up to $2,000 per project to be

implemented for the 2010-2011 school year.

Funding is given on a competitive basis and many

projects are proposed based on the opportunities

identified in the 2009 Campus Sustainability

Reportand2009 Climate Action Plan.

Awardees must demonstrate the following: com-

mitment to campus greening and environmental

sustainability, potential to achieve green results,

relevant work or volunteer experience, cost ef-

fective use of funds, and measurable benefit. Grant

applications are solicited each spring and recipi-

ents are announced by the Chancellor at the an-

nual UC Berkeley

Sustainability

Summit in April.

Past grant pro-

jects have in-

cluded "Is it Just

Hot Air or Time

to Throw in the

Towel?" by

Terence Cadigan,

which is evaluat-

ing hot air versus paper towel hand drying in high-

volume public restrooms, and "Taking Out the

Recycling" by Stephen Pree, which aims to im-

prove the amount of recycling by residents of

University Village and Smyth-Fernwald through

totes that allow for easier separation of recycla-

bles from non-recyclables and increased signage at

each recycling collection location.

Article byJoanna Young

All forms must be submitted electronically as

attachments to Steve Maranzana

([email protected]) by 5:00pm on Friday,

April 2, 2010. For more information about the

awards or past awardees, clickhere.

Submit your application electronically to

Sarah Nathe ([email protected]) by

5:00pm on Friday, April 2, 2010. For

more information about the grant program

or past grants, clickhere.

2009 CACS Winners- BS@Cal Photo credit: K. Stoll

Try Zimrid e FR EE for Sprin g Brea k Travel

Go ahead and WOOHOO sharing a ride

this Spring Break. Make a ride-match with

Zimride, which just launched for UCB late

February, to get you where you need to go.

Join Cal the community and use Zimrides

simple interface that allows members to par-

ticipate in a ride-share

program by indicating

when and where a ride is

needed. Ride matches

can be one-time or on-

going and Zimride will

notify other members

that you are looking for

or offering a ride to the

same place or some-

where nearby.

Ridesharing is an eco-

nomical and environ-

mentally friendly way to

buddy up and share the

ride home or to other travel destina-

tions. With a verified Berkeley email

address, students can access a more

secure and safer carpool search.

Article byNicole

Campbell

Photo credit:Zimride
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Apri l 2010 Susta inabi l i ty Forum Wed, Apri l 14th!

TheOffice of Sustainabilityis hosting its 2nd

Sustainability Forum of the spring semester

for students and environmental clubs to come

together, discuss, get updated, and exchange

information while munching on delicious snacks!

The format of the April 2010 Sustainability Forum

will be for clubs to share what they have accom-plished this semester and what is planned for the

rest of the semes-

ter. The forum will

function as a mixer

and networking

session for those

interested in the

environment to collaborate and increase campussustainability efforts.

UC Be rkeley Eart h Week Apri l 1 9th-23rd

April 2010 Sustainability Forum

Get updated on student sustainability efforts!

Wed, April 14, 2010

6:00-7:30pm | 60 Evans

All Students Welcome! Snacks!

Throughout the nation,

Earthweek is celebrating

its 40th anniversary! April

19th through 23rd,

Berkeley is going big, and

going green! Our very own Tony Kingsbury from

Haas Center for Responsible Businesswill

hold a lively discussion about Corporate SocialResponsibility. Come on out to our Memorial

Glade Picnic; frolic in the sunshine while enjoying

produce from the farmers market and yummy

sandwiches from BSFC (Berkeley Student

Food Collective). And check out the Chancel-

lors Advisory Committee on Sustainability organ-

ized events that include the 7th Annual Sustain-

ability Summit and the screening of a new movie -

Oceans. There will also be a con-

cert, and an art display, and more

Bring your desire

to learn about our

impact on earth,

your inquiries about Cals sus-

tainability efforts, any burning

questions, and a willingness to

enjoy engaging events alongside others concerned

about our environment! Sponsored by ASUC,

TGIF, and STeam (Sustainability Team).

Prelude to Earthweek

Influential marine

biologist and activist

Riki Ott will be

showing her film and

speaking about the

devastating impact of

the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. The local

economy, communities, and thousands of miles of

environment were devastated. And then ignored.

Since then, Riki has devoted her life to justice for

everyday people, their livelihood, and the environ-

ment.

Join us on April 8th, 6pm-9pm, for the movie

screening and discussion at the Bancroft Hotel.

More information will be postedhere! RSVP!

Details & schedule will be available soon on

http://earthweek.berkeley.edu/

Article byMandy Jones

CACS 7th Annual Susta inab i l i ty Summit Wed, Apri l 21

Presented by the Chancellors Advisory

Committee on Sustainability (CACS)

7th Annual

Sustainability Summit

Wed, April 21st | 4-6pm

Banatao Auditorium(on the third floor of Sutardja Dai Hall)

Light refreshments will be served.

Please bring your own mug!

This years summit focuses on actions taken by

campus members to increase the sustainability of

the UC Berkeley campus. CACS welcomes all

campus members to attend and engage with each

other.

The summit consists of four portions. The first is

a poster session, which will provide an interactive

space during which staff, students, and faculty will

stand by their posters and describe the projects

they worked on. This year, CACS is opening the

poster session to the campus community. If you

would like to submit a poster of a project you

worked on over the past 12 months, please con-

tactIrene Seliverstov. The top three submitted

posters will be printed and displayed with the

rest of the CACS funded projects for the year.

Following the poster session is the Panel on Cam-pus Sustainability. This is an opportunity for cam-

pus members to ask Vice Chancellor Ed Denton,

Vice Provost Cathy Koshland, ASUC Senator

Christina Oatfield, and Graduate Assembly repre-

sentative Corinne Scown questions pertaining to

the work their organizations have done and gen-

eral sustainability questions. The panel will be

moderated by Dean Wolch of the College of

Environmental Design. You can submit questions

in advance toIrene Seliverstov. The panel will be

recorded and posted on the summit website.

During the last portion of the summit, Chancellor

Birgeneau will discuss the results from the CACS

water working group which has been meeting for

the past year. He will also announce Green Fund

Grant and Sustainability Award winners.

Finally, CACS - in association with Participant

Media and The Marketing Division - is hosting a

preview screening of the movie Oceans in

Wheeler Auditorium at 8:00pm following the

main summit program. To get your free ticket, go

here and take a pledge.

Article byIrene Seliverstov

Do you have pictures of sustainability-

related activities you or your organization

partook in? Wed love to show them! These

pictures will be displayed on a television monitor

throughout the summit. For more information

and to submit photos contact Claire Evans at

[email protected].
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Updates on Green Departments and Events

There has been a lot of certification going on at

the Office lately because departments and events,

both large and small, are going green! Weve

recently added four new departments,Capital

Projects, Architects & Engineers, Physical Plant-

Campus Services, andCenter for

Latin America Studies and eight newgreen events, three of which were

large ones.

Green Departments

Joining Capital Projects, a depart-

ment that was certified Gold with 17

points last December, Architects &

Engineers (A&E), a small 22 person

building housing Facilities Services

staff and the Office of Sustainability,

has been certified Gold with 17

points through initiatives such asconducting an appliance audit and a

transportation survey, offering reus-

able kitchenware, recycling batteries and cork,

holding a designated clean-up day, and monitoring

communal lights. Following A&Es certification,

the 450-person department ofPhysical Plant-

Campus Servicesbecame the first department

to be given the highest level certification, known

as the Green level, with 20 points! They accom-

plished their goal by eliminating bottled water and

encouraging the use of tap water, installing bike

racks, using 100% post-consumer content copy

paper, offering reusable kitchenware, and con-

ducting an appliance audit and a transportation

survey. This makes all of UC Berkeley Fa-

cilities Services Green Departments! These

four new Green Departments bring the total

number certified to 9

(representing over 3,000employees).

Green Events

With the addition of three

new small events, two me-

dium events, and three large

events, the Office now has a

running total of 25 events

green certified. Recent small

event certifications have

included the UGIS Holiday

party, LEED EBOM Work-ing Session, and RCSA

Overnight Host program.

The holiday party earned an innovation point by

having a gift exchange that used recycled gift-

wrapping paper, while the LEED Working Ses-

sion received an extra point by notifying its

guests a day ahead to remind them to bring their

own mugs. Most small and medium events cover

the basic outline of a green event, which includes

not offering water bottles, providing recycling

and composting, and notifying guests of the green

aspects of the event. The two new medium

events were a movie screening that offered vege-

tarian dishes and a faculty reception that had at

least 30% of its food ensured as organic, local, or

fair-trade. The Office also certified three large

green-themed events, which were the PLAY-

green Festival II, BERC Energy Symposiums

Innovation

Expo, and

BERC Energy

Symposium.

PLAYgreen

Festival II,certified with

9 points,

earned its

innovation

points by setting up a Reuse. Repurpose. Recy-

cle Workshop and posting an online event

guide. Held at the Haas Business School in the

Bank of America Forum, the BERC Innovation

Expo, certified with 10 points, featured food that

had at least 25% local, organic, or fair-trade and

utilized electronic invites. The following day, the

BERC Energy Sympo-

sium, certified with 11

points, attracted ap-

proximately 700 atten-

dees, limited its num-

ber of handouts that

were printed on 50%

recycled content pa-

per, and earned an

innovation point by

asking registrants

online to donate $5 to theUCB Climate Action

Fund. To date, there have been 13,000 people

who have attended green events.

Article byJoanna Young

The Off ice of Sustainabi l i ty PLAYing Green

ThePLAYgreen Festival II was a great suc-

cess for the Office of Sustainability. We handed

out information with water and energy conser-

vation tips and details on UC Berkeley's efforts

in making a more sustainable campus. Going

along with the "Play Green" theme, we set up a

photo booth where students, staff, and visitors

could play and creatively posed with the Office's

cricket mascot, Mark. We

raffled off a gift baskets to

the our photo booth par-

ticipants full of fresh vege-

tables and fruit from the

student-run produce stand,

The Local. Thank you all for participating and

supporting the Office!

You can see the pho-

tos on our Facebook

pageand become a

fan!

Article byVicky Ly

PLAYgreen Fest iva l

S ign-up Basket Winner!

Congratulations to

Michelle Lowe,

winner of our PLAY-

green Festival news-

letter sign-up raffle!

Photo credit: Kira Stoll

Throwing an event? Get Green Event

Certified! To learn more clickhere.

Follow the trend and get your depart-

ment certified today! To learn how to get

certification, clickhere.

Photo credit: Farah Ereiqat
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NextB us Reach es AC Transi t s 52L

Use your Class PassorBear Passto minimize

your environmental impact and NextBus to

achieve maximize public transit convenience and

efficiency. UC Berkeleys Class Pass Advisory

Committeecomposed of representatives from

various student organizations, AC Transit, and

the Universitys Parking & Transportation De-partmentrecently helped fund and implement

NextBus on AC Transits 52L line.

NextBus uses satellite technology and advanced

computer modeling to track vehicles on their

routes. The 52L is now fitted with its own satel-

lite tracking systems that allows passengers to

obtain real-time arrival information. With the

52L being one of UCBs more popular lines -

serving the south campus entrance at Bancroft

and Telegraph, Berkeley BART, and Albany Vil-

lage this new system will come in handy to

many campus transit users.

NextBus is readily accessible from many different

information avenues:

Use a computer or cell phone with Inter-

net access

Set uptext message

alerts that notify you

when your bus is

near

Scheduleemail alerts

View electronic sign inside bus shelter at

San Pablo Ave. and Gilman St.

Knowing when buses arrive at a bus stop is

time saver and makes transit more convenient.

And, with NextBus already offered on other

popular campus routes like the 1 Rapid, con-

nections between buses should be more seam-

less.

This last year the Class Pass Advisory Committee

analyzed technology options to improve busservice for UC students and determined that

supporting NextBus expansion to the 52L made

good sense

Note: effective March 28th, the 52L will be re-

named the 52 and some route and schedule

changes will be made. For more information on

this change, and other AC Transit service changes

go tohttp://actransit.org.Article byNicole Campbell

Stop B ottl ed Water, Star t Refi l l in g!Refill Revolutionis a

new social enterprise

started by two Cal grad

students. The groups

Facebook application is a

great platform for stu-

dents to track their sus-

tainable behavior. Right now, during their Cal-

only pilot phase, you can track the number of

times that you refill a re-usable water bottle

this being an incredibly sustainable action because

choosing tap or filtered water means that you donot have to buy a single-use plastic bottle.

As you report your actions, Refill Revolution

does a few things. First, they give you information

about the positive impact you are making on the

environment (as well as

on your wallet!). Sec-

ond, they show you

how you are doing com-

pared to your friends

its a competition of Green-ness. Third, they have

a raffle for great prizes. And finally, they make a

donation to a non-profit partner that invests in

clean water projects in the developing world.

That is, they take your GREEN actions here and

turn them BLUE overseas.

Refill Revolution received internship funding from

theChancellors Advisory Committee on Sustain-

ability to hire a student to study how her peers

use and feel about tap water and water fountains

on campus.Earn prizes while helping with

this study:

1. Complete this quick 2-minute survey:

http://bit.ly/CalWaterSurvey. You will earn a

chance to win one of 15 Klean Kanteens AND a

pizza party!

2. Participate in a focus group: Refill Revolu-

tion is looking for 10 undergraduate students (5

juniors / seniors, 5 freshman / sophomores) --

who do not carry reusable water bottles. The

focus group partici-

pants will be asked

to record their bev-

erage intakes (soda,

water, etc.) in a

beverage journal for

a week. If you meet

the above criteria and love free food (brownies

and pizza), please send an email toelizabeth-

[email protected].

Article byElizabethChan and

Aaron Schwartz
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Berkeley Campus Dash board Makes Cal s Consumption Vis ible

Have you ever wondered how much energy and

water are being used on campus? Have you con-

templated what your portion of the consumption

is? Could

you use

data to

bettertrack your resource consumption and work to

reduce it? These are the type of questions that

have been motivating a small group of Berkeley

students to develop theBerkeley Campus

Dashboard.

TheTGIF funded project uses a web-based sys-

tem to collect, aggregate, and visualize data on

energy and water use across campus. So far, the

system visually displays monthly electricity and

water usage in campus buildings dating back to

the 1970s and, where available, has high resolu-

tion and real time data on energy (and sometimessteam and water) consumption in a handful of

wired buildings.

For many people, energy calculations are often

represented with intimidating numbers and units.

As TGIF coordinator Nicole Leung admitted

herself, I know that a kilowatt hour is a set

amount of energy, but it's still an abstract concept

for me; the Dashboard project has tried to incor-

porate that information into the design to show

exactly how much a kilowatt is to put the campus

use into context. Nicole thinks that Dashboard

is breaking down energy conservation to metricsthat everyone can understand.

The Dashboard team headed by Sam Borgeson

and Omar Khan worked to design the platform

to help students visualize the amount of energy

used on campus. The focus has been on providing

relevant data to the end-user, to initiate change

from the bottom-up.

As this team voiced, With just the electricity

data were getting from some of the more wired

buildings, we can see daytime and night time,

weekdays and weekends, spring break, hot days,

retrofits, fire drills, and finals crunch time and the

associated all nighters. But we also see energy

wasted 24 hours a day. By looking at the data,

you can observe what problems exist and tackle

how those problems can be solved. This includes

heating and cooling systems, high and low flow

toilets, and more. Moreover, this awareness has

the potential to improve buildings based on un-

derstanding the needs of the occupants.

UCB has a commitment to building commission-

ing in most of the larger campus

buildings in the next five years

through theStrategic Energy Plan.

The Dashboard team hopes that

the availability of data will help

direct the attention of educators, researchers,

staff, and student advocates. Energy reduction is

a campus effort!

The Berkeley Campus Dashboards can be

seen at:

The Free Speech Movement Caf: The

demonstration features a colorful string of LEDs

running up the side of a pillar that show the

cafs energy use in real time, broken out by

categories like lighting, coffee, and electrical out-

lets.

Wurster Hall: A set of three informational

panels and a touch screen kiosk use Campus

Dashboard data to detail the relationship be-

tween Wursters electricity and water use in real

time and explore its past consumption.

Student team members include:

Sam Borgeson (ERG), Omar Khan (CS), Eric

Kaltman (CS), Nathan Brown (Architecture),

Elizabeth Good-

man (I-School),

Elliot Nahmen

(Building Science),

Deidre Fogg

(Architecture),

and Josiah Johns-

ton (ERG).

Contributed bySam Borgeson

Edited byVickie Ly

Want to see more?

Be sure to visit their website to

search for all the data available on

specific buildings:

http://dashboard.berkeley.edu/

If you are interested in

learning more, sharing

data, or getting involved,

contact Sam Borgeson at

[email protected].
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