Sustainable Building Program and Design Practices

Learn about UCSD's sustainable building program and "best design" practices applied to newconstruction projects.

UCSD has implemented sustainable building practices by:

• Training Facilities Design & Construction and Facilities Management project managers as LEED-accredited design professionals
• Incorporating sustainable design costs into project budgets
• Requiring organizations submitting bid proposals to demonstrate expertise in sustainable building practices
• Awarding contracts to experienced sustainability design professionals
• Adopting an integrated design approach including eco-charette
• Maintaining Green Building Baseline Scorecards on all new buildings
• Developing letter templates to verify achievement of Green Building points
• Updating master specifications to include sustainability language
• Participating in San Diego Gas & Electric's Savings by Design program

• Developing building commissioning procedures that ensure all campus facilities are planned, designed, and constructed as high-quality, resource-efficient facilities

UCSD applies several best practices to all new construction projects, and design teams:

• Begin with the goal of constructing a "high-performance building"
• Factor into building designs environmental issues that affect UCSD (e.g., fog, airborne salt and particles, Santa Ana conditions, solar loads)
• Establish incentives to be achieved prior to the start of construction
• Use integrated performance-based assessment to measure achievement of established incentives
• Apply earned financial incentives to building budgets to help offset the cost of efficiency measures

Facilities & Services

Construction & Renovation

• Project Management Group
• Student Services Center
• Sustainable Building Design
• Sustainable Building Program
  • Green Building Scorecards