You are here

  • Home
  • Living Lab Facilities / Programs

Living Lab Facilities / Programs

These projects offer opportunities to connect campus sustainability efforts with new or existing research and teaching programs.

Project Listing

Theme Project Status
Research Integrating Groundwater Resources and Geothermal Energy for Water-Energy Security and Resilience In Progress
Research City Traffic as a Reservoir System In Progress
Research Wind Turbine/Pavilion Integration for Electricity Generation In Progress
Research Faculty/Staff Crowdsourced Community Program In Progress
Research Geothermal: Thermo-Hydraulic Properties of Glacial Tills In Progress
Research Student Mobility on and around the Illinois campus In Progress
Research Agrivoltaics: Crop Production and Solar Panels on the Same Land In Progress
Research Creating Adaptable Autonomous Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings In Progress
Research Testing Geopolymer Performance in a Geothermal Exchange System In Progress
Research Thermochemical Batteries: Turning Waste Heat into an Energy Source In Progress

Pages

View this collection in project hierarchy »

 

Map of projects

This map is interactive! Click (or touch) and drag to pan; scroll (or pinch) to zoom.

Latest Updates

  • Weekly Update: Bike donations

    4/29/2024

    All, I’ll venture that the rain/cold kept folks away most of the week. I attended an academic lecture about bike lanes on Thursday, and we made some progress on the bike barn clear out on Friday, despite the rain.

  • Weekly Update: Sustainapalooza, bike rental, Lincoln Avenue Corridor Study Open House

    4/23/2024

    All, Sorry for the delay, I was out yesterday. My staff tabled at the Sustainapalooza yesterday on the quad.

  • Weekly Update: bike sale, TBP community ride

    4/15/2024

    All, Getting busier with the warmer temps. Working our way through a glut of single speed bikes, which are both easy to fix (thus far; knock on wood) and will be in demand come the fall.

  • Weekly Update: Walking Tour

    4/8/2024

    All, Slow week with the bad weather. This week looks better. Friday we’re helping with the Campus Recreation Walking Tour and so will show off our space to some folks that probably wouldn’t visit otherwise—that’ll be fun.

  • Weekly Update: Donation, Busier week, Staff training

    4/1/2024

    All, It’s April! Busier week over here with the warm spell. Tues/Thurs continue to be slower days and the 4 – 6p side of our hours remain more popular—anecdotally. I’ll dig into the numbers and see if that bears out.

  • Weekly update: M-F hours, IU sustainability visit

    3/25/2024

    All, First week of being open M – F wasn’t blow-the-doors-off-busy. Tuesday was a dud, but Thursday picked up a little.

  • Dump and Run digital graphics

    3/22/2024

  • Dump and Run posters

    3/22/2024

    I have attached files for the digital sign and the posters. I will get our marketing staff to add the digital sign to our boards in the next couple weeks, and I have asked them to add it to a future issue of Housing Insider.

  • Eastern Illinois Foodbank Update

    3/22/2024

    Hi Jenna,

     

  • Weekly Update: Spring break, M-F open

    3/18/2024

    All, We were closed for Spring Break, and I guess mother nature decided that was when it would actually be spring, and now it’s back to winter. This week we reopen to M – F 2 - 6p.
View all updates for projects in this collection »