Green Buildings
UCI currently has a total of 33 LEED-certified buildings on the main campus. Of these buildings, 22 are LEED Platinum and 11 are LEED Gold. Within the nation, UCI has among the most LEED-certified Platinum and Gold buildings for new construction on a college campus.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification provides independent, third-party verification that a building was designed and built using strategies aimed at achieving high performance in key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
LEED Platinum for New Construction:
- College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing Building
- Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
- Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
- Middle Earth Housing Expansion
- Anteater Learning Pavilion
- Mesa Court Student Housing Expansion
- Continuing Education Classroom Building
- Merage School of Business II
- Newkirk Alumni Center
- Claire Trevor School of the Arts Contemporary Arts Center
- Claire Trevor School of the Arts Production Studio
- Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway
- Biological Sciences III
- Verano Place Infant Toddler Center
- Verano Place student housing complex – Cedar unit
- Verano Place student housing complex – Aspen unit
- Verano Place student housing complex – Poplar unit
- Verano Place student housing complex – Alder unit
- Engineering Hall
- Medical Education Building
- Sue & Bill Gross Hall – A CIRM Institute
- Humanities Gateway
LEED Gold for New Construction:
- Plaza Verde
- Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center Scientific Building
- Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center Efficiency Building
- Clinical Laboratory Building at UC Irvine Medical Center
- Puerta del Sol student housing complex
- Camino del Sol student housing complex
- Anteater Recreation Center expansion
- Donald Bren Hall
- Student Center expansion
- Anteater Instruction and Research Building
- Palo Verde student housing complex expansion
LEED for Commercial Interiors and Existing Buildings:
- Existing Buildings (EB:OM)
- Croul Hall
- Frederick Reines Hall
- Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility
- Hewitt Hall
- Humanities Instructional Building
- Natural Sciences II
- Social Ecology I
- Commercial Interiors (CI)
- Office of Global Engagement
Following completion of construction, the following buildings plan to seek LEED certification:
Under Construction:
- North Campus Center for Advanced Care
- Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences & Sue and Bill Gross Nursing and Health Sciences Hall
- Verano 8 Graduate Student Housing
Map of LEED-Certified Buildings
To find out where our green buildings are on campus, click here or the image below.