UC Davis is using less energy today than twenty years ago. This reduction occurred concurrent with a period of large campus growth (over 2.6M square feet of new building space and 6,300 additional students).
How does the campus keep energy use low while maintaining this growth? The University has been proactive in diversifying energy sources in order to meet the campus demand. Explore graphs to see the story of the University’s energy reduction over the last several decades.
Use the buttons below to see the relationship between campus energy use intensity to the student population or building square footage.