LACCD is Building Green
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), serving over 185,000 students, is currently undertaking the largest public sector sustainable building effort in the United States, funded by its voter-approved $2.2 billion Bond Construction Program.
Numerous projects, all sustainably designed, are underway at all nine colleges of the LACCD, which is demonstrating its leadership by:
- Building more than 40 new buildings will meet or exceed USGBC LEED certification standards.
- Implementing an innovative Renewable Energy Program will take all nine colleges "off the grid" by generating all day and evening power needs through renewable energy sources on site.
- Incorporating strategies to conserve natural resources, including water-saving technologies, native-plant landscaping, and use of natural light and air wherever possible.
- Participation in the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment
- Using the size of the program to develop a deep pool of LEED-conversant architects, engineers, and contractors.
