Under the impact of California's legislation such as AB 32 and CEQA, Environmental and Sustainability Management has emerged as a critical field. UC Berkeley Extension is committed to an interdisciplinary approach to providing practical sustainability knowledge to professionals and businesses. Upcoming certificate programs and courses highlight macro-management skills as well as specific tracks in green building design and construction, energy, water and natural resources, land use planning, waste management, and remediation strategies. New! Solar Industry Orientation reviews solar electric and thermal technologies, industry economics and dynamics, policy drivers, utility structure, and careers and business opportunities for a comprehensive orientation to the solar technology industry.
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New! Solar Energy: Understanding Policy Driven Markets presents key solar policy drivers and major solar markets in the United States, real-world case studies of successful solar programs, and policy and advocacy processes.
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New! Investment Grade Solar System Feasibility Studies helps you understand, analyze, plan, and produce an investment grade solar feasibility report—a tool in which commercial photovoltaic projects are evaluated and justified.
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New! Sustainable Biofuels and Biorefineries examines methods for producing chemical feedstocks from plant waste and from byproducts of photosynthetic growth, and analyzes various methods of production that can be used by existing chemical industries.
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Environmental Law and Regulation summarizes federal, state, and local environmental regulations from the perspective of permitting and operational compliance.
(Under Development) Environmental and Sustainability Systems Management addresses urban sustainability issues in building/construction, energy management, and natural resource management. Please call (510) 642-4151 for more information.

Subject Areas

Environmental Management

Environmental Management in Business

Land Use Planning

Sustainability Systems

Water & Natural Resources Management

Art & Design

Engineering

Landscape Architecture

Certificates & Series

Environmental and Sustainability Systems Management
(under development)

Solar Energy
(under development)

Call for Instructors and Course Proposals

UC Berkeley Extension invites highly qualified instructors to submit course proposals to academic and professional departments within Extension. Areas of interest include Life Cycle Assessment Green Project, CSR Reporting, and Green Accounting Geo-Spatial: GIS Sustainable Waste Management Homeland Security Sustainable Food System Management Appointments are by agreement for the length of the academic term. Send letters of interest, course proposals, and résumés or CVs to jobs@unex.berkeley.edu. Letters of reference are also accepted, if included with your submission; please refer to the University's statement on confidentiality found at http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html. This call for instructors and course proposals will remain open indefinitely. The University of California Berkeley Extension is committed to diversity in its staff, faculty, and student body, and invites all qualified people to apply, including minorities and women, veterans and individuals with disabilities. AA/EEO.