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Project Hierarchy Highlighting Collection: Living Lab Facilities / Programs

The following listing of all iCAP projects highlights the ones which are part of the Living Lab Facilities / Programs Collection. Click the "Expand all" link to show the entire listing of iCAP projects.

Sustainability Engagement and Outreach
- Advance Student Sustainability Outreach Efforts
  - Student Groups with Sustainability Focus
    - Green Observer
    - ActGreen
    - Beyond Oil Campaign
    - Design for America
    - Eco Illini Supermileage
    - Enactus
      - Toted
    - Grow2Give
    - Illini EcoConcept
    - Illini EV Concept
    - Illini Formula Electric
    - Illini Solar Car
    - Illinois Biodiesel Initiative (IBI)
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Illinois Solar Decathlon
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS)
    - Student Sustainability Leadership Council (SSLC)
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Sustainability Living Learning Community (SLLC)
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Teens Turning Green
    - THRUST
    - Tikkun Chambana
    - USGBC Student Chapter
    - Water Environment Federation (WEF)
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)
  - Diversity and Inclusion Center
  - Support Youth Sustainability
    - Sustainable World Network
- Build a Culture of Sustainability
  - Certified Greener Campus Programs
    - Certified Green Chapter Program
    - Certified Green Event Program
    - Certified Green Office Program (CGOP)
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Green Lab Program
  - Facilitate campus-wide sustainability events
  - Green Sports Alliance (GSA)
  - Guest Speakers for Sustainability Topics
  - Major Annual Events
  - Offer Tours of Sustainability Facilities
  - Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN)
  - Support Campus Green Teams
  - Sustainability Art Displays
    - Sculptures
    - Utility Boxes: Art and Sustainability
  - Sustainability Competitions
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Green Your Dorm
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - ReImagine Our Future
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - U.S. Department of Energy's Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition
  - Sustainable Events Program
- Local Collaborations through Give Pulse
- Provide Centralized Communication about Sustainability
  - Center for a Sustainable Environment (CSE)
  - Environmental Change Institute
  - iCAP Working Group (iWG)
  - Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Office of Sustainability
  - Sustainability Best Practices Video
  - Sustainability Council
Educate Future Leaders
Responsible Stewardship of Campus Land and Water
- Increase Pollinator-Friendly Areas
  - Burrill/ Morrill Walkway
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Chi Omega native plants
  - Davenport Hall Carbon Garden
  - LAR Native Plants
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Low Mow Zones
  - Meadow at Orchard Downs
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Native Plants at Arboretum
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Orchard Downs Multifunctional Landscape (ODMFL)
  - Plantings at Dorner Drive Retention Pond
  - Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard
  - Small Prairie at Natural Resources Building
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - The Illinois Path
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Uni High Butterfly Garden
  - Vet Med Prairies
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Woodland Plants at NRB
  - Campus Honors House
- Rainwater Management
  - Green Infrastructure
    - Green Infrastructure Conference
    - Green Roofs on Campus
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Porous Asphalt Parking Lot C-8 / C-9
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Rain Gardens on Campus
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Hartley Garden Renovation
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Vet Med Rain Garden
      - Red Oak Rain Garden
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Rainwater Capture Systems
    - Vet Med Parking Lot Re-Design
  - Boneyard Creek Management
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - EPA RainWorks Challenge
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Inventory and Benchmark Existing Landscape Performance
  - Medicine Take-Back Program
  - Reduce Nitrates from Agricultural Stormwater
    - Construct Tile-Drainage Wetlands
    - Let It Flow
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Clean up campus
    - Storm Drain Murals
- Root to Roof Program
- Sustainable Agricultural Practices
  - Assess and Reduce Agricultural GHG Emissions
  - Bevier Café Herb Garden
  - Cover Crops on South Farms
  - Fly Ash Phosphorous Filtration
  - Growing Local Foods
    - Orchard Downs Community Gardens
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Sustainable Student Farm
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Tomato Processing and Packaging
    - Woody Perennial Polyculture (WPP) Research Site
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Monitor Soil Health
  - Sustainable Agricultural Food System
  - Sustainable Land Management Committee
- Sustainable Landscapes Plan
  - Bee Campus USA
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Benefits of a Large-Scale Prairie Experiment
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Campus Landscape Master Plan (CLMP)
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Committee on Natural Areas
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Implement Resilient Landscape Strategy
  - Incorporate Sustainability Principles into Campus Master Plan
  - Preventing window-strike bird fatalities with energy efficient window decals
- Tree Campus Higher Education
  (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Campus Tree Inventory
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Increase Agroforestry on Campus
  - Increase Number of Trees
- Reduce Potable Water Usage
  - Install Low Flow Fixtures throughout Campus
    - Green Nozzles
  - Campus Rec Water Conservation Incentives
  - Pipe Leakage Assessment
  - Reduce Cooling Tower and Chiller Plant Water Use
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Turner Greenhouse water cooling systems
  - University Housing Trayless Dining
  - Water Audit / Inventory
  - Water Reduction Challenge
- Obtain and Publicize Water Data
  - Charge for "true cost of water"
  - Conduct True Cost of Water Study for Chiller Plants
- Use of Non-Potable Water (such as Greywater)
  - BIF Greywater Pipe System
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Connect Raw Water System
  - State Laws for Non-Potable Water
- Water Conservation
Funding for Sustainability
Achieve Zero Waste
Build Resilience with Our Local Community
Reduce Emissions from Transportation
Research Opportunities and Projects
- University of Illinois Research Programs/Opportunities
  - Inventory Sustainability Research
  - Interdisciplinary Research Seminar
  - Research Supported through iSEE
    - iSEE Campus as a Living Lab (CALL) Projects
      - Adaptive Aluminum Tensegrity Structure as a Bike Parking Canopy
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Addressing Community Health Disparities from Hazardous Waste
      - Agrivoltaics: Crop Production and Solar Panels on the Same Land
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - City Traffic as a Reservoir System
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Creating Adaptable Autonomous Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Environment-Enhancing Food, Energy, and Water Systems
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Faculty/Staff Crowdsourced Community Program
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal: Thermo-Hydraulic Properties of Glacial Tills
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Integrating Groundwater Resources and Geothermal Energy for Water-Energy Security and Resilience
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - I-PLACES Living Laboratory
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Student Mobility on and around the Illinois campus
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Testing Geopolymer Performance in a Geothermal Exchange System
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Thermochemical Batteries: Turning Waste Heat into an Energy Source
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Towards Zero Waste: Automated Waste Classification via Computer Vision
      - Wind Turbine/Pavilion Integration for Electricity Generation
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - iSEE Scholars
    - iSEE Thematic research
  - Sustainability Fellows Research Program
    - FY14 Sustainability Fellows Program
  - Sustainable Theatre- "The Tempest"
- National Research Programs
Report on Progress
Reduce Emissions from Energy Consumption
- Energy Conservation Efforts
  - Changing Usage of Individuals
    - Energy Dashboard Project
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Presentations with Energy Liaisons
    - Energy Conservation Incentive Program (ECIP)
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - ECIP Championship Challenge
    - Building-Level Energy Usage Report
    - Eco-Olympics
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Freezer Challenge
    - Green Research Committee
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Illini Lights Out
    - Kill a Watt Monitors at Libraries
    - Fume Hood Shut the Sash Campaign
  - Building-Level Energy Efficiency
    - Weatherization of Small Campus Buildings
    - Plant Sciences Window Shades
    - Building Envelope Pilot Project
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Convert Fume Hoods from CAV to VAV
    - Energy-Efficient HVAC Infection Control
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Energy Models for Campus Facilities
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Graduate Dance Space
    - LEED Certification
      - Business Instructional Facility: LEED Platinum
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Illinois Fire Service Institute: LEED Silver
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Yeh Student Center: LEED Silver
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Lincoln Hall Renovation: LEED Platinum
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Bousfield Hall: LEED Platinum
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Campus Instructional Facility: LEED Platinum
      - Center for Veterans in Higher Education: LEED Gold
      - CERL Main Building Addition: LEED Silver
      - Chemistry Annex Renovation and Addition: LEED Gold
      - Demirjian Park Stadium LEED Silver
      - Electrical and Computer Engineering Building: LEED Platinum
      - Everitt Laboratory Renovation: LEED Gold
      - Football Performance Center: LEED Silver
      - Huff Hall, Khan Annex: LEED Silver
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Ikenberry Dining Hall: LEED Silver
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Illinois Conference Center Expansion: LEED Silver
      - Illinois Natural History Survey: LEED Silver
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Illinois Street Residence Dining Renovation Addition: LEED Silver
      - Illinois Street Residence Wardall Hall Renovation: LEED Silver
      - Illinois Street Resident Townsend Hall: LEED Silver
      - Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL): LEED Silver
      - Mechanical Engineering Building: LEED Gold
      - Natural History Building: LEED Gold
      - NCSA Petascale: LEED Gold
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Nugent Hall: LEED Silver
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Siebel Center for Design: LEED Gold
      - State Farm Center: LEED Gold
      - Surveying Building: LEED Gold
      - Talbot Laboratory: LEED Silver
      - Ubben Basketball Complex Expansion LEED Silver
      - Wassaja Hall: LEED Gold
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Wymer Hall
    - Reduce Active Fume Hoods
    - Lighting Conservation Projects
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - ECE Net-Zero Energy Building
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Facility Standards
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Implement Energy Standards
  - Improve Space Utilization
    - Building Demolitions
    - Space Marketplace
  - Centralized Energy Efficiency Efforts
    - Retrocommissioning (RCx)
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - FY08 RCx
      - FY09 RCx
      - FY10 RCx
      - FY11 RCx
      - FY12 RCx
      - FY13 RCx
      - FY14 RCx
      - FY15 RCx
      - FY16 RCx
      - FY17 RCx
      - FY18 RCx
    - Smart Grid for Campus
      - DDC Command Center
    - Energy Use Policy
    - Energy Performance Contracting / ESCO
      - Vet Med ESCO
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Oak Street Chiller Plant ESCO
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Variable Speed Drives
    - Vending Machine Sensors
    - Occupancy and Daylight Sensors
    - Building Maintenance Department Projects
    - Energy Recovery Wheels
    - Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Tank
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - SAIC projects
  - Computers and Technology
- Carbon-Neutral Energy for Campus
  - Clean Energy Plan
    - Utilities Master Plan for Energy Production and Distribution
      - Stop Burning Coal at Abbott Power Plant
    - Explore Options for 100 Percent Clean Campus Energy
  - Use Clean Power
    - Solar Power on Campus
      (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - ECE Rooftop Solar PVs
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Install Solar PVs on NCPD
      - Solar Farm 1.0
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Rooftop Solar Potential
      - BIF Rooftop Solar PVs
      - Ground Mounted Solar PVs BRC Research Test Bed
      - E37 Parking Lot Solar Lighting
      - InSPIRE Solar Powered Outdoors Table (SPOT)
      - KCPA Rooftop Solar Feasibility Study
      - Solar at Willard Airport
      - Solar Farm 2.0
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Solar Panels on Everitt Lab
      - Solar PVs at Idea Garden
      - Solar PVs on Fruit Farm Admin Building
      - Solar PVs on I Hotel and Conference Center
      - Solar PVs on President's Garden Shed
      - Speech and Hearing Rooftop Solar PVs
      - Uni High Gym Rooftop Solar PVs
      - Wassaja Hall Rooftop Solar PVs
      - SSC Solar Feasibility Study
    - Wind Power on Campus
      - Rooftop Wind Generators
        
        Rooftop Wind Vertical Turbines on PPSB
      - Wind Turbine Generator(s) on South Farms
    - Clean Power Agreements Off-Campus
  - Energy Storage Solutions
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
  - Use Clean Thermal Energy
    - Geothermal on Campus
      - Geothermal at President's House - Study
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal at Allerton Park
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal at Gable Home
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal at the Campus Instructional Facility (CIF)
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal at the Energy Farm
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal at the Fruit Farm Admin Building
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal at WPP
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal Battery at Energy Farm
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal Monitoring Well on Bardeen Quad
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Geothermal Test Well at Energy Farm
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Hydro-Systems Lab Energy Foundations
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - ISTC Geothermal Loop
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - RIPE Greenhouse with Geothermal at Research Park
    - Methane Capture on Campus
      - Anaerobic Digester at Beef and Sheep Study
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Biomass use on Campus
      - Biogasification
      - Biomass Boiler at the Energy Farm
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Biomass co-firing pilot at Abbott Power Plant
        (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
      - Green Allerton Wood-fired Boiler
      - Vet Med Miscanthus CHP Boiler
    - Grainger Engineering Microreactor
    - Use Renewable Natural Gas
    - Solar Thermal at ARC
  - Carbon Capture
    (Living Lab Facilities / Programs)
    - Power Plant Carbon Sequestration via Algae Biodiesel Production