Regental Sustainability Policy Principles
The Board of Regents issued sustainability policy principles in July 2003.
UC Policy on Sustainable Practices
In June 2004, the President formally issued the Presidential Policy on Green Building Design and Clean Energy Standards. This policy has since been expanded, revised, and renamed as the Policy on Sustainable Practices.
With guidelines and goals in the areas of Sustainable Transportation, Climate Protection Practices, Sustainable Operations and Maintenance, Waste Reduction and Recycling, Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, Sustainable Foodservice, Clean Energy, and Green Building, UC's Policy on Sustainable Practices is one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching institutional sustainability commitments in the nation.
Feasibility Study for Green Building and Clean Energy Standard
Responding to student requests, in January 2002 The Regents asked the President to undertake a feasibility study for the adoption of a Green Building Policy (pdf) and Clean Energy Standard (pdf) for all proposed and to-be-renovated buildings.