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Sustainability Awards and Clean Energy Goals for UC San Diego Health

By District Energy posted 12-18-2018 00:00

  

Staff Reporter, UC San Diego Health 

Summary

UC aims for 100 percent reliance on clean electricity supplies across its campuses and medical centers by 2025.

Environmental and energy sustainability are high priorities for the 10 academic campuses and five medical centers of the University of California system. Recently, UC announced a system-wide goal  of 100 percent reliance on clean electricity supplies across its campuses and medical centers by 2025, complementing the university’s prior pledge to also become operationally carbon neutral, which means all the buildings and vehicle fleets would emit net zero greenhouse gases by 2025.

UC San Diego Health is on its way to achieving these goals, and received national recognition this year for environmental excellence and reducing energy usage.

Sustainability in the hospital setting has specific challenges. In addition to round-the-clock energy demands, hospitals have areas of environmental controls that are much more stringent than in non-clinical facilities. Heating, cooling, lighting, air circulation and infection prevention are all highly regulated in hospitals because they have measurable effects on patient care.

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