Welcome to the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Sustainability

The Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS) promotes environmental management and sustainable development on campus.  Membership is drawn from faculty, staff, students and alumni and all meetings are open to everyone.

Announcements

Energy Efficient Refrigerator Pilot Program

Do you have an inefficient refrigerator in your department? Join in a campus-wide effort to reduce energy usage and costs! Participate in a pilot program where 100 refrigerators will be offered on a first come-first serve basis at a steep discount ($275 off/almost 50% discount). The campus has partnered with PG&E to offer this incentive, as part of our Strategic Energy Partnership. You can also sign up to be notified of future discounts or to give feedback on the program. Go to the Business Services website to express interest in the pilot program, learn more details and find out if your old refrigerator is eligible to participate. The program ends on November 30, 2009. For additional questions, please email brightgreenenergy@lists.berkeley.edu or review the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). This program is only open to UC Berkeley staff or academic departments.

UC System Strengthens Sustainability Commitment

The University of California has expanded its sustainability policy, raising the bar on green building requirements and establishing one of the most comprehensive sustainable food service policies of any university in the country. The Policy on Sustainable Practices applies to all 10 UC campuses, the five UC medical centers and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Read the press release.

TGIF Now Accepting Applications for 2010!

Every year The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) grants $250,000 to campus projects which address sustainability, and we are now accepting applications for the 2010 grant cycle! Applicants are now required to submit a project abstract to the committee prior to submitting an application – visit http://tgif.berkeley.edu to download the guidelines for submission. All students, staff, or faculty can apply, deadlines for abstract submission are January 19th and February 15th. Questions? Contact Nicole Leung, TGIF Coordinator, at nicole.leung@berkeley.edu / 510.643.2992. Or join their email list to get messages in your inbox about deadlines and events to meet current and past grantees.

The Berkeley Green Campus Program is Hiring - Energy Efficiency Paid Internship

The Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program seeks a student with an interest in energy efficiency for the position of Green Campus Program Coordinator beginning the spring semester 2010. The Program Coordinator is responsible for the successful implementation of the Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program, the goal of which is immediate energy savings on the Berkeley campus, primarily through low-cost technologies and no-cost behavior changes, as well as the education of campus students, staff, and faculty members on energy conservation. Resumes, cover letters, and writing samples can be sent to BerkeleyGreenCampus@gmail.com. For more information, click here

City of Berkeley Green Gathering & Summit

The City of Berkeley and the Ecology Center are joining forces to bring you this fun and stimulating event. Learn about a wide variety of exciting sustainability efforts in Berkeley, savor tapas from some of Berkeley's best green caterers, listen to keynote speaker Robert Reich discuss economic recovery, and mingle with the movers and shakers of the local green business realm and the sustainability movement. $35. Thursday Nov. 19, 4-8PM. 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley CA. For more information, click here.

Past Announcements

 

UN-sustainability at Cal?

Sprinklers on in the rain, lights left on all night...Please let us know by contacting sustainability@berkeley.edu or the Communications Manager for Facilities Services.