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The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) serves more than 36 cities covering an area of more than 882 square miles.
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| EVENT NEWS |
May 14, 2008
LACCD Sustainability Collaborative
TIME: noon - 1 p.m.
LOCATION:
LACCD Board Room
770 Wilshire Blvd.
Corner of Flower and Wilshire)
What does our future look like in Southern California? How can we live here comfortably, especially with another several million inhabitants joining us over the next several decades? Come hear about traffic, housing, air and water quality, and more challenges of Southern California.
Jacob Lieb, staff for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) will describe the Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP). The RCP sets sustainability goals and quantified outcomes for the Souther California region, and prescribes policies and actions to achieve those outcomes.
Please use public transit, we are near DASH, METRO, Red Line
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May 21, 2008
Los Angeles Mission College
Solar Energy Project Dedication
Time: TBD
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July 15, 2008
Los Angeles City College
MLK Library Dedication Event
Time: TBD
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| Hundreds Joined LACCD As It Celebrated Earth Day By 'Flipping the Switch' On the Newly Completed $9 Million Solar Project at East Los Angeles College |
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Project Marks Major Milestone in District's Efforts to Move Colleges "Off the Grid" and Declare Energy Independence with One of Nation's Largest Urban Solar Plans
 Celebrating Earth Day in style, hundreds of students, faculty and community members were on hand at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) to join officials as they “powered up” the campus' new solar project on April 22. The $9 million, 1.2 Megawatt (MW) project, which will provide almost half of the college’s daytime power needs, is part of the Los Angeles Community College District’s (LACCD) Renewable Energy Plan and is a major component in the sustained effort to take all nine of its colleges “off the grid.
” ELAC’s solar project is the largest solar facility within the district and marks the first major milestone in the LACCD's ambitious plan to declare its energy independence. When completed, LACCD’s project will comprise one of the largest urban solar generation facilities in the United States."
"We are excited about ELAC's solar project as it gives us an opportunity to focus on the District's commitment to building green, and to preparing our students for the coming green economy," said Dr. Marshall Drummond, chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District. “This project is a major step forward in our plan to self-generate power at each of our campuses."
The clean, renewable energy produced by ELAC's solar farm will meet nearly 45 percent of the college’s energy needs by generating 1.9 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, saving ELAC an estimated $270,000 annually. The Photovoltaic (PV) Farm, located in the Northwest Parking Lot, is compromised of 5,952 solar panels installed atop seven large-scale carports, which provide space for 530 vehicles. The solar project and generators occupy three acres and have a life expectancy of at least 40 years.
The ELAC solar project, a partnership with Chevron Energy Solutions (CES), MMA Renewable Ventures and Southern California Edison, is a successful example of how public and private agencies can work together to meet sustainability goals. For more information on the District’s Renewable Energy Plan or its Sustainability policy visit the website at www.LACCDBuildsGreen.org.
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| LACCD Officials and Guests Celebrate Fifth Anniversary of the Adoption of Benchmark Sustainability Policy
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LACCD First Community College District in the Nation to Adopt Such an Extensive 'Green' Building Policy
 District officials joined members of the Board of Trustees (BOT), college faculty and honored guests on April 23 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Board's green policy, which was adopted in 2002. Attendees were treated to a reception at Pierce College’s S. Mark Taper Foundation Life Science Botanic Garden, which was recently completed in part thanks to funding bond monies.
“With this beautiful sustainable botanic garden as our backdrop, we celebrate the Board’s courage to develop a blueprint of green design and construction for our District,” said Dr. Marshall E. Drummond, chancellor for the LACCD. “As a result of that benchmark decision, we are one of the first community college districts in the nation to implement such a policy, and today we have 44 new buildings and 2 satellite campuses that will be LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified."
The BOT adopted its benchmark sustainability policy after receiving more than $2.2 billion in bond funding to renovate and modernize all nine of its colleges. The sustainability policy mandates that all buildings funded with at least 50 percent bond dollars should be developed to fit Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, a national rating system developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). As a result, the District became the largest public sector sustainable building effort in the U.S.
For more information on the District's Sustainability Policy visit, www.laccdbuildsgreen.org/building_green_laccd_is_building_green.
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| L.A. Harbor College Commemorates the Official Opening of its Newly Completed FMO Building with a Barbecue and Open House |
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This is the first of several projects, set for completion this year, which will transform the landscape of the South Bay campus
 An overcast day could not dampen the spirits of members of Los Angeles Harbor College’s facilities and operations department s as they treated guests to a lunchtime barbecue to commemorate the official “open house” of their newly completed $11.6 million Facilities Management and Operations (FMO) building. Beyond its capacity to serve vital operations for the campus, the FMO building is one of several new “green” facilities in the College’s master plan and is home to the campus' plant facilities.
The 32,000 sq. ft. building was built to be meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) standards developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The FMO building is part of the College’s $201.4 million renovation effort to enhance and modernize its facilities and it includes a main office, workshop building, central receiving warehouse and storage facility, exterior elements area and landscape nursery area.
For more information on this and other projects at Harbor College, visit the college’s bond program webpage at www.laccdbuildsgreen.org.
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| Photo of the Month: In for a closer look... |
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Pierce College’s “living classroom,” the S. Mark Taper Foundation Life Science Botanic Garden, has become an ideal habitat for various wildlife including this Great Egret (center). In addition to Egrets, the garden is home to ducks, frogs and countless other animals.
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