Sustainability Awards and Rankings

In FY 2019-2020, UC campuses were ranked as leaders in sustainability by a wide range of organizations and publications.

UC Irvine was ranked #1 in the nation in the Sierra Club's "Cool School" ranking.
UC Santa Cruz was ranked #11 in the Princeton Review 2021 Top Green Colleges ranking.
UC Merced ranked first in Buildings for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's (AASHE) Sustainable Campus Index (pdf).
UC San Diego ranked first in Research for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's (AASHE) Sustainable Campus Index (pdf).
UC Santa Barbara won the 2020 Best Practice Award in Interdisciplinary Academics for the UC-CSU NXTerra-California's New Climate Crisis Teaching Tool at the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC).
UC Davis won the 2020 Best Practice Award for Energy Demand at the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC).
UCSF Health received the 2020 Emerald Award and the Greening the OR Recognition Award from Practice Greenhealth (pdf).
UC Berkeley received the Seamless Bay Area Award from the Seamless Bay Area for promoting a rider-first transportation system.
UCLA Health Ronald Reagan University Medical Center received the Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award from Practice Greenhealth (pdf).

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