While the campus is a showpiece for natural materials, its capacity for being green goes far beyond aesthetics. Connectivity of the main campus buildings enables efficient distribution of heat, air conditioning, electricity, telecommunications, and water. A utility corridor links the main campus buildings to a central power plant and provided the infrastructure necessary for UNBC to make the transition to green energy sources.

 

 

	UNBC and Harvard: #1 Campus Sustainability Projects in North America
	The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act legally committed BC to reduce its GHG emissions by at least 33 percent below 2007 levels by 2020 and 80 percent below 2007 levels by 2050. The Act requires all public sector institutions, including UNBC, to be carbon neutral by 2010. Click here to view UNBC's 2009 Carbon Neutral Action Report.
	UNBC is undergoing a comprehensive assessment of sustainability across our teaching, research and operational activities. The framework we are using is called the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) that was developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
	UNBC's campus in Quesnel has been built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold standard and uses only 34% of the energy and 59% of the water than a building of the same size built to regular specifications.