Cal Sustainability Projects
Funded by the Chancellor's Green Campus Fund
The annual Chancellor's Green Fund Grant program enables members of the UC Berkeley campus community to undertake projects that will create a greener, more environmentally sustainable campus -- while saving resources and money in the process.
This funding is given on a competitive basis, and many projects are proposed based on the opportunities identified in the 2008 Campus Sustainability Assessment to the new CACS assessment page or 2009 Climate Action Plan.
Grant applications are solicited each spring and selected recipients are announced at the Annual UC Berkeley Sustainability Summit in April.
Green Fund Grant Application
The 2010 award application will be available in spring 2010.
2009 Green Fund Grant Recipients
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (or conversion of a lawn to an educational native plant landscape) submitted by Theron Klos, Operations Manager, Grounds Service, PP-CS. The converted site will not only yield a colorful native landscape, but demonstrate that UC Berkeley is increasing the sustainability of its landscapes.
"It’s a Green Campus After All" (or expansion of Green Campus projects) by Christa Lim, Green Campus Program Coordinator, 3rd year student in Environmental Economics and Policy. For six years, the Green Campus team has educated the UC Berkeley community about energy conservation, and this project will continue their good work.
"Is it Just Hot Air or Time to Throw in the Towel?" by Terence Cadigan, Building and Grounds Manager, Lawrence Hall of Science. The project will evaluate hot air versus paper towel hand drying in high-volume public restrooms.
"You Gotta Carry that Weight" (or improved compaction of chemical waste) by Patrick Goff, Associate Director-Hazardous Materials and Radiation Safety, EH&S. This project will replace an unreliable, inefficient pneumatic trash compactor used for laboratory debris with a better drum compactor currently located in an inconvenient place.
"Taking Out the Recycling" by Stephen Pree, Grounds Supervisor, Housing Operations Maintenance and Environment, Residential and Student Services Programs. To improve the amount of recycling by residents of University Village and Smyth-Fernwald, this project will provide totes to allow easier separation of recyclables from non-recyclables, and will create graphic and multilingual signs at each recycling collection location.
See the 2009 Campus Green Fund Grant application for more information on criteria and eligibility.
See 2008 Grant Project Posters displayed at the annual 2009 Sustainability Summit.