{"id":69,"date":"2020-10-02T19:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T19:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu\/?post_type=location&p=69"},"modified":"2023-04-21T16:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T16:55:38","slug":"uc-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"location","link":"https:\/\/sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu\/2021\/locations\/uc-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"UC San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UCSF saw many achievements in fiscal year 2020\u201321 around energy and climate change. UCSF achieved a 6% reduction in emissions, exceeding the goal to meet the 1990 levels by 2020 for scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions, with significant impact from reduced business travel<\/a>. Building energy use was reduced by 8% for electricity and 9% for natural gas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, UCSF\u2019s energy use intensity target of 2% was exceeded, with utility consumption down 3.4% due to reduced occupancy and increased energy efficiency. Two Master Site certifications (Parnassus and Mission Bay) were submitted to the U.S. Green Building Council. The campus also implemented an ultra low temperature freezer replacement pilot<\/a> with a projected energy savings of $1.2 million over 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate Justice: UCSF Connects Climate Change, Health and Environmental Justice<\/a><\/h3>\n

UCSF\u2019s Office of Sustainability identified climate justice as a core theme for fiscal year 2020\u201321. With a goal of mobilizing the UCSF community to take action on climate change, programming aimed to build awareness of the connections between health, climate change and environmental justice. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n