2022 USGBC-LA Sustainable Innovation AwardPortfolio Award
Sustainable Development Strategy Award
Founded in 1926, the San Bernardino Community College District (SBCCD) is seeking to lead the journey in campus-wide sustainability to improve the affordable education and career training they provide to more than 24,000
students each year.They have turned their attentions to building a resilient and regenerative infrastructure using the Envision Sustainable Infrastructure framework. In line with the California's ambitious goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045, the District has undertaken a series of innovative approaches to how to retrofit expand, and prepare their campuses for a climate-fueled future of California droughts, wildfires, and heat waves that will affect their operations.
The District has undertaken a thorough strategic sustainability planning process to establish a set of sustainability goals to guide future campus investments. Their 24,000 students, staff & faculty are committed to doing their part to promote sustainable practices and policies.
As the District sought to invest in modernizing their campus infrastructure,there was a demand for a framework that captured a stakeholder-driven approach that connects back to benefiting their community, boosting quality
of life for all, economic prosperity and job creation, and supporting a climate-resilient future for the District.
The 3 net zero campus building projects were all done through an innovative approach to project delivery called “progressive design/build.” This allows for closer integration of design, scope, and budget (and frankly, is needed to pull off such complex projects.)By combining the Envision process into this progressive design/build approach, it increases opportunities for partnering with the community since the entire design team gets to work with them from the outset. Their voices and concerns are brought into the process at the beginning.