Creating a Sustainable Future

Lisa R. Shaffer

Rady School of Management and

Sustainability Solutions Institute

April 16, 2010

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UC San Diego students are learning to create a more sustainable future

Political Science • Materials Science and Engineering Physics • Bioengineering • Economics • Communication Chemical Engineering • Ethnic Studies • Anthropology Environmental Studies • Chemistry and Biochemistry Urban Studies and Planning • Sociology • History Electrical and Computer Engineering • Visual Arts Structural Engineering • Literature • Management

Many courses; many teachers

28,200 students

188 undergraduate &72 graduate sustainability courses offered

Student Learn Through Doing

• Practicum Projects

– Financing Photovolatic Systems

– Condenser Water Capture

• Academic Internship Program

• Research Opportunities

– Decision Making using Real-time Observations for Environmental Sustainability (DEMROES)

– Using campus shuttle to evaluate biodiesel combustion and emissions

• Rady: Lab-to-Market projects in clean tech

Undergraduates Can Choose Traditional or Interdisciplinary Majors

• Environmental Systems

• Environmental Studies

• Urban Studies and Planning

• Environmental Engineering

• Biology - Ecology, Behavior and Evolution

• Environmental Chemistry

• Earth Sciences

• Marine Studies

Innovative Graduate Programs

• Master of Advanced Studies and Interdisciplinary PhD in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation

– Science, Economics, Communications, History

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography-Rady School of Management MBA/PhD Program

– Science and Management

Sustainability research is happening across UC San Diego

Arts & Humanities • Biological Sciences • Engineering International Relations and Pacific Studies • Physical Sciences

Social Sciences • Scripps Institution of Oceanography Rady School of Management

“UCSD scholars in the humanities and the arts are pioneers in new research leading to deeper and more

profound understanding of civilization and humankind’s role in the world”

History of Science, Naomi Oreskes

Visual Arts, Teddy Cruz: mixed-use developments that reuse and adapt existing structures and recycled materials

Biological Sciences change the world through our research into the causes and cures

for the major health, environmental, and economic challenges facing us

How are human developments, including engineered structures, affecting coastal ecosystems? Kaustuv Roy

Algae BiofuelsSD Center for Algae Biotechnology

The Jacobs School of Engineering mission is to educate tomorrow's technology leaders and to seek

discoveries that fuel economic prosperity of the nation, and enhance the quality of life for people everywhere

California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology

International Relations and Pacific Studies

Economics of health, the environment, and international development

Josh Graff Zivin

Physical SciencesWe are working on new frontiers of science that not only

impact the present but will also solve highly complex problems for future generations

Atmospheric chemistryAerosols

The Rady School of Management is at the nexus of research, development and innovation — it underlies our curriculum and our academic

model. The Rady School has a special interest in the life sciences and technology sectors, which are revolutionizing business and the world.

Innovation and commercialization processes

Behavioral economics

Supply chain optimization

“Cutting-edge research in the Social Sciences links science and technology to society and policy

in San Diego and beyond”

Environmental SociologyIvan Evans

Urban Studies and Planning,Regional EcologyKeith Pezzoli

“The Center for Environmental Economics promotes research in environmental economics and provides a

community for scholars, faculty, graduate students, and others interested in various topics on environmental economics”

Mark JacobsenTheodore Groves

Richard Carson

Scripps Institution of Oceanography“To seek, teach, and communicate scientific understanding of the

oceans, atmosphere, Earth, and other planets for the benefit of society and the environment”

Roger Revelle

Charles David Keeling

Established in January 2009, building on campus initiatives over past few years

Initial focus on:

• integrated water management,• built environment, • sustainability innovation

at local, regional, national, and global scales. Opportunities for student involvement in research, learning, and community service

The campus as a living laboratory – student engagement in research; data used for more

sustainable operations

DEMROES ProjectUCSD Student and Faculty collaborators

Climate Data from Rooftop SensorsProf. Jan Kleissl

Campus InnovationGreen cyberinfrastructure, clean energy

The renewable methane fuel for UC San Diego’s 2.8-megawatt fuel cell will be collected at the city of San Diego’s Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Campus Quick Facts

ElectricityPeak demands (MW)

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As a research and medical institution, we have a higher consumption of energy than comparable communities.

With a daily population of over 45,000, UC San Diego is the size and complexity of a small city.

Square Feet of Facility Space(in millions)

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13 million sq. ft . of facility space, if we were a landlord, we would be one of the largest in San Diego

Included in the daily population of 45,000, we have over 8,000 student residents living on campus

Campus Quick Facts

Carbon Footprintmetric tons/yr CO2 (in thousands)

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UC San Diego

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UC San Diego produces 197,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year

UC San Diego is a charter member of, and first university in the California Climate Action Registry

….and one of 7 university members of the Chicago Climate Exchange

Campus Quick Facts