Matthew St. Clair

Matthew St. Clair
Education	Swarthmore College (BA) Rausser College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley (MA)
Employer	University of California
Awards	2020 LEED Fellow

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]

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. 9 November 2020. 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.