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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Sustainability colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You will have previously received an invitation to comment on proposed updates to the existing Presidential Policy on Sustainable Practices, i.e. on the redline version
<a href="https://policies.ucmerced.edu/sites/policies.ucmerced.edu/files/documents/comment/sustainable_practices_policy_2021_update_2021-09-03_-_redline.pdf">
https://policies.ucmerced.edu/sites/policies.ucmerced.edu/files/documents/comment/sustainable_practices_policy_2021_update_2021-09-03_-_redline.pdf</a> rather than the policy as a whole. That said, if comments are made on the whole, we have heard they will
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<p class="MsoNormal">Everyone is welcome and encouraged to comment individually, if so inclined. In addition, the Faculty Advisory Committee on Sustainability (FACS) will compose a succinct response, and we will be happy to also collate comments from faculty
to represent and/or amplify your individual comments. If you would like your comments to be synthesized with the FACS report, please send your comments to the committee via me, at
<a href="mailto:mdawson@ucmerced.edu">mdawson@ucmerced.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With best regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#333333">Oct. 4, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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proposed revisions address the following key issues:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#333333">The updates to this policy section align with industry practice by providing an option for building design teams to further customize their use of energy efficiency
performance targets for laboratory buildings. The updates also specify a reporting procedure for the existing policy requirement for energy efficient new buildings.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#333333">First, this policy section is revised to add criteria addressing concerns around the quality of potential carbon offsets that locations may purchase to meet greenhouse
gas emissions reduction goals. Historically, no constraints have been in place for the purchase of offsets. Second, consistent with the expanded, more comprehensive and inclusive mission of the Carbon Neutrality Initiative and in response to input from many
faculty and students, campus climate action plans that have previously focused exclusively on emissions reductions will be required to also integrate environmental justice, adaptation and resilience. Third, in response to some confusion regarding whether the
policy would allow locations to increase greenhouse gas emissions after meeting the 2020 emissions target, the revisions clarify that greenhouse gas emissions reductions should be maintained after the 2020 target date.
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in this policy section. Secondly, changes in work and commuting patterns during the pandemic created an opportunity and need for campus sustainable transportation programs to promote telecommuting opportunities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#333333">Some health locations had not yet adopted waste and water reduction goals. All health locations will now have the same waste and water reduction goals.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#333333">The proposed policy can be found on UC Merced’s
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