Facility Executive
Summary
The University of California, Irvine and its health system, UCI Health, will install two solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays atop new parking structures at its innovative, all-electric, zero-emission medical campus in Orange County. UCI Health is working with Ameresco, Inc., a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, on the project.
The initiative represents a major step towards UCI Health’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality and procuring 100% clean energy. It will make the new UCI Health – Irvine Campus Medical Complex — in addition to The Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care — one of the most sustainable healthcare facilities in the nation.
In addition the parking structure’s rooftop solar panels, here are some sustainable and wellness elements incorporated at the UCI Health – Irvine Campus Medical Complex, including the all-electric central utility plant does not rely on natural gas combustion for primary building heat and domestic water heating.
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