Big Shift Content / Big Shift Content for ٺƵ en ٺƵ Tops Nation in Sustainability Rankings /news/uc-davis-tops-nation-sustainability-rankings-0 <p><span>The University of California, Davis, is the “greenest” campus in the United States for the ninth year in a row, according to the </span><a href="https://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/rankings/overall-rankings-2024"><span>2024 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings</span></a><span> published today (Dec. 12).</span></p><p><span>The rankings, established by the University of Indonesia in 2010, also place ٺƵ as the world’s seventh most sustainable university, the 12th consecutive year the campus has been in the world’s top 10.</span></p> December 12, 2024 - 6:00am Julia Ann Easley /news/uc-davis-tops-nation-sustainability-rankings-0 Dive Into Decarbonization at ٺƵ /climate/blog/dive-decarbonization-uc-davis ٺƵ highlighted among three University of California campuses phasing out fossil fuels ahead of UC's schedule. February 01, 2024 - 9:44am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/blog/dive-decarbonization-uc-davis Funding and Pathway Plan Are Steps Toward Reducing Fossil Fuel Use /news/funding-and-pathway-plan-are-steps-toward-reducing-fossil-fuel-use <p><span><span>ٺƵ is making progress on its move away from fossil fuels, primarily through a multi-year project on the Davis campus to switch the central district energy plant from natural gas to electricity. Last month, Chancellor Gary S. May and the Chancellor’s Committee for Campus Planning and Design endorsed moving forward with a $55.5 million investment of campus funds for the project’s next phase. This is on top of the $56 million invested for the project’s first phase. </span></span></p> October 09, 2023 - 1:28pm Cody Kitaura /news/funding-and-pathway-plan-are-steps-toward-reducing-fossil-fuel-use Big Shift Toward Carbon-Neutral Future /news/big-shift-toward-carbon-neutral-future <p>The ٺƵ Big Shift hot water conversion project&nbsp;will shift the energy source we use to heat many of our buildings from natural gas (using steam)&nbsp;to electricity (using hot water), reducing&nbsp;the university’s reliance on fossil fuels while immediately decreasing energy and water use — significant steps toward meeting the goal set by the UC Board of Regents for each campus to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2025.</p> June 02, 2020 - 11:48am Kristin P Burns /news/big-shift-toward-carbon-neutral-future