Allan Robles Jordan Sager

1. UCSB’s LEED Portfolio:
A Platform for Green Curriculum
and Career Development
Allan Robles | Jordan Sager
UC Santa Barbara
allan.g.robles@gmail.com | jordan.sager@pf.ucsb.edu

2. What is LEED?
• Consensus-based green building
rating system
• Industry green building
standard
• Separate rating systems for
Design/Construction (NC) and
Operations/Maintenance
(EB:OM)

3. LEED-EB:O&M Portfolio Program
• Pilot program established in 2007
• UCSB is one of three Universities participating
nationally
• Documents many LEED credits based on
campus-wide sustainable practices
• Generates efficiencies by taking a ‘volume
certification’ approach to LEED
• Acknowledges campus sustainability and
individual building performance

4. LEED-EB Portfolio Approach
1) Campus characteristics & infrastructure
2) Policy & practice-based credits
3) Individual building performance

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6. Where does Green Campus fit?

7. Green Workforce & Academic Infusion
Facilities Green Campus Interns
Management
Internship Advisors Eager Students

8. Davidson Library
250,000 square feet
3,000,000 volumes

9. How does this fulfill the Green
Campus Program’s goals?
Green
Workforce
Development
The
Energy Savings Four Academic
Infusion
Pillars
Outreach

10. Great Results!
• Established several for-credit interns to assist
in on-campus energy audits.
• Managed to develop a paid position for one of
our Green Campus Interns – Brandon Kaysen
• Potential Energy Savings (SRB): 38,320kWh /
~$5,000

11. Thank You Very Much!
Questions?
Allan Robles | Jordan Sager
UC Santa Barbara
allan.g.robles@gmail.com|jordan.sager@pf.ucsb.edu