As part of a grant application, the environmental benefits and ecosystem services of UC San Diego's campus forest were assessed.

Urban Ecos provided the following services:

• Visit to campus to estimate the research and estimate the forest population
• Quantification of campus forest ecosystem services (energy conservation, greenhouse gas reductions, air quality improvement, stormwater mitigation) using iTree and the US Forest Service's Tree Carbon Calculator
• Qualitative assessment of other environmental benefits (reduced evaporative emissions, asphalt protection, wildlife habitat)
• Assessment of future opportunities for the use of trees in improving campus sustainability

The results of the study are available here.