Editing University of California, Davis (section)

==Sustainability==
UC Davis has implemented many environmentally sustainable features on campus. In the Fall of 2010, UCD opened a renovated Dining Commons in the Cuarto living area. The dining hall uses local produce and promotes sustainability. The university operates twenty [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]]-certified buildings across three of the five overarching LEED categories.<ref name="UC Davis: Campus Progress in Green Building Ratings">{{cite web| title = UC Davis: Campus Progress in Green Building Ratings| publisher = UC Davis| url = http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/progress/buildings/ratings.html| access-date = June 5, 2016 }}</ref> Examples include the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, the first brewery, winery or food-processing facility in the world to achieve Platinum-level certification and the [[Tahoe Environmental Research Center]] (TERC) at [[Lake Tahoe]], one of only five laboratories in the world to achieve Platinum-level certification.<ref name="UC Davis: Green Buildings">{{cite web| title = UC Davis: Find Green Buildings| publisher = UC Davis| url = http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/progress/buildings/map.html| access-date = February 28, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110505181220/http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/progress/buildings/map.html| archive-date = May 5, 2011| url-status = dead}}</ref> It developed UC Davis West Village as a "zero net energy" community.<ref name="UC Davis: West Village">{{cite web| title = UC Davis West Village| publisher = UC Davis| url = http://westvillage.ucdavis.edu/|access-date = September 28, 2010 }}</ref>

The university received two Best Practice Awards at the 2009 annual Sustainability Conference, held by the University of California, California State University and the California Community Colleges, for the campus's lighting retrofit project and sustainable design in new construction.<ref name="UC Davis: Best Practices">{{cite web| title = UC Davis receives 2 best practices awards at sustainability conference| publisher = Dateline, UC Davis| url = http://dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lasso?id=11639| access-date = September 28, 2010 }}</ref>
[[File:Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. Hall - University of California, Davis - DSC03441.JPG|thumb|225px|Gallagher Hall, one of the many [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]]-certified buildings on campus]]
UC Davis harvests olives from the old trees on campus to produce olive oil<ref name="UC Davis: Olive oil">{{cite web| title = UC Davis olive oil| publisher = Olive Oil Center, UC Davis| url = http://oliveoil.ucdavis.edu/| access-date = September 28, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070601164339/http://oliveoil.ucdavis.edu/| archive-date = June 1, 2007| url-status = dead}}</ref> and table olives for use in campus dining rooms.<ref name="UC Davis: Table Olives">{{cite web| title = UC Davis table olives| publisher = Campus Grown, UC Davis| url = http://campusgrown.ucdavis.edu/olives/table_olives.html| access-date = January 6, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110813025629/http://campusgrown.ucdavis.edu/olives/table_olives.html| archive-date = August 13, 2011| url-status = dead}}</ref> It has designed landscaping with drought-tolerant trees and other plants.<ref name="UC Davis: Landscaping">{{cite web| title = UC Davis: Water and Landscaping| publisher = UC Davis| url = http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/progress/water/index.html
| access-date = September 28, 2010 }}</ref> The campus operates its own landfill, where it converts landfill (methane) gas to energy.<ref name="UC Davis: Energy">{{cite web| title = UC Davis: Energy Systems| publisher = UC Davis| url = http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/progress/energy/index.html| access-date = September 28, 2010 }}</ref> For its efforts in campus sustainability, UC Davis earned an A− on the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card, one of 27 universities to achieve this, the highest grade awarded.<ref name="greenreportcard.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-california-davis |title=University of California–Davis – Green Report Card 2011 |publisher=Sustainable Endowments Institute |access-date=October 11, 2015 |archive-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423140752/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-california-davis |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In February 2014, UC Davis and Diamond Developers formed a joint venture to create a [[sustainable city]] in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url = http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510547487-diamond-developers-u-s-university-extend-sustainability-effort|title = Diamond Developers, U.S. university extend sustainability effort|last = Daw|first = Daniel|date = June 1, 2015|work = Gulf News Journal|access-date = June 4, 2015}}</ref> The draft design for the sustainable city in Dubai called for an "eco-village" on 120 acres with enough housing for 1,200 people. The plan called for K-12 education, apartments, single family homes, and retail shops.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/sustainability-research-training-program/the-sustainable-city-dubai|title = The Sustainable City-Dubai|access-date = June 4, 2015|website = Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis|last = Joseph|first = Suad|archive-date = June 4, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150604024417/http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/sustainability-research-training-program/the-sustainable-city-dubai|url-status = dead}}</ref> In May 2015, UC Davis and Diamond expanded the joint venture to include sustainability professional training program.<ref name=":0" />

UC Davis became the first university to implement requiring payment of a fee for all single-use bags distributed on campus; it is working to become the first university campus to ban plastic bags entirely.<ref>{{cite news| title=Have some SWAG, bring your own BAG| url=http://www.theaggie.org/2011/11/30/%E2%80%9Chave-some-swag-bring-your-own-bag%E2%80%9D/| newspaper=The California Aggie| access-date=March 22, 2012| archive-date=May 22, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522084445/http://www.theaggie.org/2011/11/30/%e2%80%9chave-some-swag-bring-your-own-bag%e2%80%9d/| url-status=dead}}</ref>

UC Davis is also home to the Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://asi.ucdavis.edu/index.htm |title=Welcome — ASI |publisher=Asi.ucdavis.edu |access-date=August 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003171205/http://asi.ucdavis.edu/index.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which is part of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES). ASI provides leadership for research, teaching, outreach, and extension efforts in agricultural and food systems sustainability at the Davis campus and throughout the UC system.

UC Davis hosted the Governors' Global Climate Summit 3 (GGCS3),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ces.ucdavis.edu/ggcs3 |title=GGCS 3 at UC Davis |publisher=Ces.ucdavis.edu |access-date=August 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710162353/http://ces.ucdavis.edu/ggcs3/ |archive-date=July 10, 2014 }}</ref> an international climate forum for the top leaders of local, regional, national and international entities, as well as those from academia, business and nonprofits. The summit worked to broaden national partnerships in continuing to grow a clean, green economy. The summit included more than 1,500 attendees from more than 80 countries.