Solar panel installation

UCI joins over 200 campuses in climate pledge

UCI was among more than 200 university and college campuses that signed the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge today at the White House to demonstrate support for strong climate action by world leaders. With less than two weeks until President Barack Obama attends the climate change conference in Paris, the U.S. administration is building […]

Jorge Cisneros

Jorge Cisneros named new chief of UCI Police Department

25-year veteran of law enforcement most recently led force in Huntington Park

Workers install solar panels atop the campus’s Student Center Parking Structure

UCI: We’re the coolest

Campus is first in Sierra magazine’s green schools ranking for second year in a row

Workers install solar panels atop the campus’s Student Center Parking Structure

We’re the coolest

Campus is first in Sierra magazine’s green schools ranking for second year in a row

Police Chief Paul Henisey

Campus police chief retiring

Paul Henisey, who has won accolades and earned admiration during his 10-year tenure at UCI, steps down April 17

UC Irvine increasing on-site solar power production fourfold

UC Irvine is quadrupling the amount of green power it generates on-site with the addition of solar photovoltaic canopies on three campus parking structure roofs.

UCI honored nationally, internationally for energy management

UC Irvine’s commitment to sustainability won accolades both nationally and globally last week.

UC Irvine is No. 1 ‘Coolest School’ in nation

UC Irvine has placed first in Sierra magazine’s eighth annual ranking of the country’s “Coolest Schools,” marking the fifth consecutive year the university has been included among the top 10 “greenest” campuses nationwide.

UCI exceeds energy reduction goal of federal Better Buildings Challenge

The U.S. Department of Energy has recognized UC Irvine for surpassing its Better Buildings Challenge goal of improving campus energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2020. UC Irvine is the first educational institution in the nation to meet or exceed this objective, and it did so seven years early.

UCI honored by EPA for exemplary climate leadership

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 25, 2014 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized UC Irvine with the 2014 Climate Leadership Award for Organizational Leadership for reducing carbon pollution and addressing climate change. The EPA announced the award in conjunction with the Association of Climate Change Officers, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, and The Climate Registry. “We […]