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Welcome to UC Berkeley's Climate Action Partnership

The Cal Climate Action Partnership (CalCAP) is a collaboration of faculty, administration, staff, and students working to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at UC Berkeley. CalCAP's work includes:

  • Conducting and third-party verifying an annual ten-source greenhouse gas emissions inventory to track our progress.
  • Engaging the community and guiding action through climate planning and reporting.
  • Developing and implementing infrastructure and behavioral strategies to reduce the climate impacts of buildings and transportation.
  • Setting and meeting a series of emission reduction targets until climate neutrality is achieved.

Recent CalCAP Highlights

  • The 2010 greenhouse gas inventory shows an increase in emissions of 0.8% relative to the 2009 inventory. Even with this small increase emissions are still 5% below 2008 levels.
  • The campus Strategic Energy Plan (SEP) has completed numerous lighting, HVAC, and commissioning energy efficiency projects. The SEP projects are anticipated to reduce 17,500 metric tons CO2e.
  • The campus is launching a comprehensive energy management program that includes departmental incentives to reduce energy use and a behavioral campaign to engage the community in energy conservation.
  • The CalCAP Steering Committee developed draft UC Berkeley guidelines for acquiring Renewable Energy Certificates and Carbon Offsets.







 

CalCAP Features

This plan examines campus progress to date on climate action.

2009 Climate Action Plan

This graduate student report explores what more we can do.

Making Campus Buildings Energy Efficient

See the new greenhouse gas emissions report.

GHG Emissions Report