News Archive
2011
- Students Develop Website on How to Keep Holidays ‘Green’
- 40 Sustainability Sluggers: First-Ever All-Star Awards
- UC San Diego's Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center Combines Greenness with State-of-the-Art Treatment
- Sierra Magazine names UC San Diego third ‘coolest’ school for going green
- ‘Green’ goods, services, supplies have edge when university spends $450M/year with small businesses
- University Cutting Annual Lighting Costs $300K with Fluorescents, LEDs, Sensors, Controls
- Naomi Oreskes: Fierce Defender of Climate Change Science — and Scientists
- San Diego Renewable Energy Innovators Win Fellowships to Commercialize Inventions
- Solar Panels Keep Buildings Cool
- Popular San Diego Beach Sees Significant Reduction in Water Pollution from Land
- Potent Greenhouse Gas Eliminated from Routine Safety Test at UC San Diego
- UC San Diego Installing Another Megawatt of Solar Power, Boosting Renewable Energy Portfolio
- UC San Diego First California University to Achieve Gold STARS Sustainability Rating
- California Energy Commission Awards UCSD $2 Million for Biofuels Research
- Campus Shows Its Green Side for Earth Week
- Book on Global Warming: Replace Wishful Thinking with Bottom-Up Initiatives
- Campus Throws Open Doors to Reveal Green Spirit
- Nanoengineers Develop Novel Method Leading to More Efficient Fuel Cell Applications
- Renewable Energy Fellowships for San Diego Graduate Students and Postdocs
- Using Computers and Sensors to Curb Electricity Use in Buildings
- UC San Diego Chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World Wins Solar Grant
- UC San Diego Sustainability Center Awarded LEED Gold Certification
- Newest UC San Diego Campus Apartments Immerse Students in Sustainability
- The Smartest Grid of All: Power Network That Pays Its Own Way
- UC San Diego Gets Plugged In: Electric Cars, Charging Stations Coming to Campus
- Ground-breaking Collaboration Empowers San Diegans to Lead the Clean Energy Evolution
- UC Gets Greener During 2010
- SCRTTC Announces New University Member
2010
- With Solar Suitcase, UC San Diego Undergrads Dive into Humanitarian Engineering
- Engineering for the Earth
- Number of Students Majoring in Environmental Systems Continues on Upward Trajectory
- Jacobs School of Engineering Researchers Developing New Approaches to Saving Energy
- Wind Turbines Part of Future 'Green' Power
- Scripps Undergraduate Classes Focus on Pressing Environmental Challenges
- Turning a Deeper Shade of Green
- UC San Diego Installing 2.8 Megawatt Fuel Cell to Anchor Energy Innovation Park
- UC San Diego Vehicle Fleet One of America’s Greenest
- FuelCell Energy to Supply 4.5 Megawatts of Power Plants for Renewable Directed Biogas Project in San Diego, California
- UC San Diego Recognized for Sustainable Operations
- Survey: Green Jobs Offer Great Salaries and Promotion Potential
- EPA presents Energy Star award to UC San Diego
- UC San Diego Wins National Climate Leadership Award
- Viridity Energy and the University of California San Diego Awarded $1.6 Million to Optimize Solar Deployment on UCSD Campus Microgrid
- Solar Pioneer: Globe-trotting entrepreneur finds home heading strategic energy efforts at UC San Diego
- Newest UC San Diego Student Apartments: Green, Urban, Views, Amenities, Affordable
- Architecture award to Price Center for community space and sustainability
- Campus Buys 80 Percent Less Electricity during August Heat Wave
- Researchers Test Energy Saving in Data Centers Using DC Power Directly
- Sierra Magazine Names UC San Diego ‘Cool’ School for Going Green
- Collaboration on 'Sunlight-to-Fuels' Innovation
- Scripps Partnering on Study of Climate, Marine Ecosystems
- UC San Diego Signs Strong Fair Trade Policy
- UC San Diego Gains ‘Cool Planet' Membership for Cutting-Edge Energy Efficiency
- DOE Awards UC San Diego Consortium $9 Million for Algal Biofuels Research
- San Diego Region Awarded $4 Million Workforce Development Grant to Support Expanding Biofuels Industry
- UC San Diego Saving $8 Million Per Year, Wins EPA Energy Efficiency Award
- Students Recycle, Donate as Part of Zero Waste Move-out Campaign
- University of California wins 2010 Global Green USA Environmental Leadership Award
- UC San Diego and Sanyo Pioneer Next Generation Energy Management
- UC San Diego ‘Solar Soothsayer' on Fast Company's Most Creative List
- IPI 2010 Award of Merit: UC San Diego's Alternative Transportation Program
- Campus 2010 Sustainability Awards Recognize Collaboration
- 13 Professors, Students and Research Scientists Vie for $50k Clean Tech Commercialization Grants
- San Diego Trolley Extension Coming to Campus
- SDG&E Recognizes UC San Diego for Saving Additional $900,000 a Year in Energy Costs
- Campus-Operated Printers Stocked with Only Recycled Paper
- Scripps Researchers Outline Strategy to Limit Global Warming
- Going After Green Jobs
- Study Says Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Hurting Global Environment, Security
- $14 Million Biomedical Facility to Cut Water Use, 500,000 Killowatts of Electricity Annually
- UC San Diego Rated One of the Nation’s Most Environmentally Responsible Universities
- UC San Diego Biologist Receives 2010 World Ecology Award
- UC San Diego, Other UC Campuses Expanding Sustainable Foodservice
- EDSA, Viridity Building UCSD Microgrid
- Energy Dashboard Helps UC San Diego Curb Power Appetite
- Green Collar Economy: One Solution for Two Problems
- Meeting California's Renewable Energy Goals on Cloudy Days
- 240 UC San Diego Graduate Students on April 15 Will Display Sustainability Research Results
- Sustainability and Art on Display at Gallery@Calit2
- Senate-Administration Task Force to Enhance Sustainability Efforts
- 2nd San Diego Cleantech Initiative Taking Proposals
- Profile: UC San Diego's Director of Strategic Energy Initiatives
- Campus Awarded First LEED Gold Certification for 'Green' Remodel of Child Development Center Building
- Campus Urban Forest Becomes Living Laboratory
- 2010 Construction Projects at UC San Diego Total $568 Million
- UC San Diego Cuts Energy Use by $210,000 over Holidays
2009
- UCSD Environmental Pioneer Surfs a Long, Green Wave
- New "Green" Student Apartments Win 2009 Construction Award
- UC San Diego Students Gravitating to ‘Green’ Majors, Courses and Internships
- Campus Celebrates Opening of Sustainability Resource Center
- UCSD Researchers Discover That Defects in Carbon Nanotubes Could Lead to Improved Charge and Energy Storage Systems
- UC San Diego Embarks on $73 Million Energy Efficiency Program
- Engineering Students Help San Diego Region Secure $154 Million in Solar Bonds
- San Diego Region Secures $154 Million in Clean Renewable Energy Bonds
- UC San Diego Rated 'Sustainability Leader' in Green Report Card
- UCSD Becoming Lab for Energy Innovation
- Plasma Power: Turning Fusion Into a Renewable Energy Source
- UC San Diego Scientist's Work Will Contribute to Better Understanding of Nuclear Ignition
- UC San Diego Receives $11 Million in Incentives for Renewable Energy
- Members of Campus Community Recognized for Sustainability Efforts
- UC San Diego Video Wins National Wildlife Federation "Chill Out" Contest
- UC San Diego and UC Davis Team to Boost Solar Power in California
- UC San Diego Vice Chancellor and Transportation Department Receive Energy Awards
- Greening the Internet Economy
- UCSD Wins 7th Place for America's Greenest Campus
2008
- UC San Diego Adds Power Storage to Fuel Cell Project, Part of 'Smart Energy Grid'
- Solar Pioneer Joins UC San Diego
- UC San Diego Offers Cutting Edge Green Courses on Environment and Sustainability
- UC San Diego Shows Extraordinary Commitment to Climate Solutions
Viridity Energy and the University of California San Diego Awarded $1.6 Million to Optimize Solar Deployment on UCSD Campus Microgrid