Client: California State University, Monterey Bay
Project: Sustainability and Energy Plan

California State University, Monterey Bay pledged carbon neutrality by 2030 by signing the Second Nature Climate Commitment. To help identify pathways to achieve carbon neutrality, Blue Strike (dba EcoShift) and Optony are collectively writing the Campus Sustainability and Energy Plan. The sustainability element of the plan identifies 27 goals and 59 strategies that relate to overall campus operations, addressing all Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions.. The Energy element compares energy scenarios that provide different roadmaps to reduce 100% of the campus’ energy emissions. Energy scenarios include the formation of a CSU-wide Community Choice Aggregator (CCA), the conversion of CSUMB’s Central Plant to an electric heat pump system and exploring distributed energy for buildings outside the campus core.