PowerSave Campus and Long Beach
State Athletic Partnership
2014 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference
Natalie Espinoza & Cruz Garcia
PowerSave Campus Interns
California State University, Long Beach
Espinoza.natalie10@gmail.com &
cruz.b.Garcia@gmail.com
CSULB PowerSave Campus

PowerSave National
Program

Across 16 California
campuses

Long Beach Program

Mega Energy
Competition

I Heart Green Jobs

Tabling: Week of
Welcome, Eco Week,
Earth Day
Pyramid Collaboration

Spring 2013

Meeting to plan out
“Greening of the
Pyramid”

Decided on three
separate components
1.
Energy Star Portfolio
2.
Green Office
Certification
3.
Go Green Game
No need to reinvent the
wheel

Green Office
Certification

Excel document

Signage

Energy Star Portfolio

Using the program in
relation to our very
own Pyramid
Planning for Game Day

Many meetings with Pyramis Management

Collaboration:

Pyramid Management

Long Beach State Athletics Marketing

Long beach State Transportation

Physical Planning and Facilities mangemnet
Go Green Game Day
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February 27th, 2014

Televised game against University of Hawaii

Bike and skateboard valet
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Vendors and student groups on concourse
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No paper programs
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Special shirts for staff
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Dimming lights before game and during half time

Energy Hog
Outreach to 3100 attendees.
Lessons Learned

Working with athletics

Another campus entity

Working with other interns

Untapped resource
Challenges and Successes

T-shirt Giveaway

Televised Game

Getting students to
recognize the purpose of
the game

Volunteers

Green Campus Club

Greek Organizations
Accomplishments

Able to reach many different types of students on
campus

Created a relationship with athletics

The game will most likely become annual

Identified Potential savings for future games

Hopefully able to improve upon actual savings for future
games
Acknowledgements

Cameron Ungar and Amir Rana of Long Beach State
Pyramid Management

Paul Wingco of Long Beach State Physical Planning and
Facilities Management

PowerSave Program
Contact Information
Natalie Espinoza & Cruz Garcia
PowerSave Campus Intern
California State University, Long Beach
Espinoza.natalie10@gmail.com & cruz.b.Garcia@gmail.com