Matthew St. Clair

Matthew (Matt) St. Clair is an American environmentalist who is the Director of Sustainability for the University of California system of ten university campuses.[1]

Matthew St. Clair
Education
EmployerUniversity of California
Awards2020 LEED Fellow

Early life and education

St. Clair grew up in the Inland Empire region of Southern California.[2] He has a BA degree in Economics from Swarthmore College and an MA in Environmental Policy from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley.[3][4] From 1998 to 2000, he volunteered with Friends of the Earth in the Czech Republic, and gained experience and an appreciation for the impact of effective environmental activism.[5][2]

Career

As a graduate student, St. Clair led a student campaign for the University of California system to adopt a comprehensive green building and clean energy planning policy. The University of California then hired him to implement this policy.[5][6] This policy has included powering new buildings with electricity generated without carbon emissions,[7] and increasing the number of campus buildings that are LEED certified,[8] including every building on the new campus of the University of California, Merced.[9] It has also included creating its own utility company, including financing new solar power generation facilities.[10]

He is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.[6]

In 2020, he was named a LEED Fellow by Green Business Certification Inc.[9][11]

References
  1. "Sustainable Nation Podcast | Matt St. Clair - Sustainability Leadership at the University of California". Sustridge Sustainability Consulting. April 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  2. "Staff Snapshot: Matt St. Clair, fighting to keep UC, and the planet, healthy | UCnet". ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  3. "St. Clair, Matt". EEI. 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  4. "St. Clair, Matthew". Energy & Resources Group. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  5. "Our Board". SEI. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  6. "Matt St.Clair Shares How He Advances Sustainability at UC". The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  7. "California Universities Are Transitioning to All-Electric Buildings". www.greentechmedia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  8. "Matt St. Clair is named a 2020 LEED Fellow". Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  9. "University of California's Director of Sustainability: Matt St. Clair". GBES. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  10. "UC makes bold commitment to 100 percent clean electricity". University of California. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  11. "Green Business Certification Inc. Celebrates the 2020 Class of LEED Fellows | U.S. Green Building Council". www.usgbc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-11.


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