Engineering and Technical Services

Engineering and Technical Services helps develop the vision, strategy, incentives, and initiatives that will align operations, planning and design processes, and resource management with the principles of sustainability.

Building Automation Systems Management

The BAS group uses proprietary building automation systems to control and monitor the heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems in 75+ campus buildings. BAS is currently transitioning their...

Building Ventilation and Filtration

UC Berkeley is working to make sure that campus ventilation and filtration systems provide appropriate air-borne pathogen risk mitigation. HVAC systems cannot prevent the spread of pathogens, but they...

Cogeneration Plant

The Cogeneration Plant provides approximately 90% of the electricity and 100% of the steam needs of the main campus. This used to be the boiler plant until its expansion in 1987 when cogeneration was...

Energy Office

Established in 1978, the Energy Office tracks, monitors, and manages energy usage campus-wide to reduce energy costs; improve design, performance, and operation of buildings; and provide feedback on...

Engineering Services

The Utilities Engineering group provides technical support relating to the distribution of electricity, steam, natural gas, water, and sanitary & storm sewer systems, manages the purchased utilities &...

Fire Life Safety Services

The Fire Life Safety team works to ensure that fire protection systems in buildings are properly functioning in order to effectively evacuate campus buildings in case of emergency. Fire alarm...

Preventative Maintenance

The Preventative Maintenance (PM) team maintains campus equipment in satisfactory condition through conducting routine inspection and maintenance on any campus equipment defects. They ensure that...

Water Conservation

Facilities Services has taken many steps to ensure our campus is conserving water. In addition to addressing leaks, Facilities Services also works to investigate water use in the highest consumption...

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Energy Dashboards

The energy dashboard homepage which showcases a sunset photo above the campus, with the campanile centered and looking out over the golden gate bridge