Best Practice Awards

The Best Practice Awards highlight successful and cost-effective projects on UC and CSU campuses that implement green building technologies, sustainable design strategies, and energy-efficient operations. The awards are presented each summer at the annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference. The Best Practice case studies showcase each award-winning project, making the strategies and achievements available as an educational tool to assist all campuses in achieving energy-efficiency and sustainability goals.

2008 Award Winners

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2008 Best Practice Awards competition.

Download list of winners

Program Support

The Best Practice Awards are funded by the UC/CSU/IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership Program, a unique state-wide partnership between the UC and CSU campuses and California’s four large investor-owned utilities. The program’s goals include accomplishing immediate and long-term peak energy and demand savings, and establishing a permanent framework for comprehensive energy management programs at the
campuses.