Buildings & LEED
Monitoring Based Commissioning, MBCx
As part of the campus Strategic Energy Plan, Student Housing will be performing monitoring-based commissioning, MBCx, on Alder, Kearney, Laben , Miller, and Thompson Halls this fall. MBCx is an element of the UC/CSU/IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership and considered to be a beneficial, cost-effective process to ensure optimal building performance, reduce energy use, and improve indoor air quality and occupant comfort. Anticipated savings, per area, are 5% of annual electric use and 10% of annual natural gas use.
3 Registered LEED Projects
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognized green building certification system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. The University of California has a policy to design and build all buildings to a standard equivalent to a LEED New Construction rating of Silver.
Tercero South Phase II will be built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. After completion, the project is expected to be awarded LEED New Construction Gold certification.
The new Segundo Services Center is also a LEED New Construction registered project and expected to achieve Gold. The Oxford Circle Dining Commons renovation is a registered LEED Commercial Interiors project.
Aside from rating systems for construction and design, LEED has a rating system for operations, Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance. Student Housing uses this system as a guide for maintenance of existing buildings and hopes to identify a building to achieve certification.