Energy Efficiency

UC Irvine's aggressive energy management program focuses on reducing energy waste by implementing best practices and harnessing emerging technologies. UC Irvine is instalilng "smart" real-time air quality sensing in laboratories and pilot testing more than a dozen other pollution and energy reduction projects, which if successful, can be utilized at other institutions. Energy efficiency initiatives implemented in the last two fiscal years save an estimated 16 million kWh of electricity, 3.1 million therms of natural gas, and $3.8 million annually.

UC Irvine's 18 MW, base-loaded co-generation facility employs five energy recovery methods to efficiently capture and utilize heat produced by electrical generation in order to supply the campus' air-conditioning, power, and heating needs.