the university of nevada, las vegas has created an urban sustainability initiative that strives to implement sustainable practices on campus and in the larger las vegas community. in addition to having two campus buildings in the process of leed silver certification and one building in the process of leed gold certification, unlv has reduced its use of electricity and natural gas by 38% per square foot since 2001 by retrofitting older campus buildings. in the 2009 edition of the sustainable endowment institute's college sustainability report card, university of nevada-las vegas received a grade of "c".