How Green is Your Campus?: Tomorrow
UCLA's campus will get a complete eco-makeover over the next few years.
By Allison Hewitt
Photo by James de Juaregui
1 Vending machines will be free of one-use plastic water bottles
2 Street lights are gaining ever-more efficient bulbs
3 Campus fleet will use exclusively zero-emission vehicles
4 UCLA bike hubs will provide loaners for cross-campus and Westwood Village travel
5 Trash cans could be accompanied by not only recycling bins, but also compost bins
6 Rooftops of as-yet unselected buildings will host solar panels
7 Campus will save water with drought-tolerant landscaping
8 Students will have access to more locally grown produce
9 Green-tinted windows will let in more light, but not too much heat to cut back on the need for AC
10 A cross-campus HVAC retrofit will make heating, cooling and ventilation more efficient
11 More electricity will come from renewable sources
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Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009
