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Sustainability Engagement and Outreach
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Advance Student Sustainability Outreach Efforts
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Student Groups with Sustainability Focus
- Green Observer
- ActGreen
- Beyond Oil Campaign
- Design for America
- Eco Illini Supermileage
- Enactus
- Grow2Give
- Illini EcoConcept
- Illini EV Concept
- Illini Formula Electric
- Illini Solar Car
- Illinois Biodiesel Initiative (IBI)
- Illinois Solar Decathlon
- Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS)
- Student Sustainability Leadership Council (SSLC)
- Sustainability Living Learning Community (SLLC)
- Teens Turning Green
- THRUST
- Tikkun Chambana
- USGBC Student Chapter
- Water Environment Federation (WEF)
- Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)
- Diversity and Inclusion Center
- Support Youth Sustainability
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Student Groups with Sustainability Focus
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Build a Culture of Sustainability
- Certified Greener Campus Programs
- 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
- Sustainability Competitions
- Sustainable Events Program
- Local Collaborations through Give Pulse
- Provide Centralized Communication about Sustainability
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Advance Student Sustainability Outreach Efforts
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Educate Future Leaders
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Curriculum
- Develop Sustainability Learning Outcomes
- Sustainability Literacy Assessment
- Provide incentives for sustainability education
- Sustainability in Study Abroad
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Encourage Course Development or Modification
- Teaching Sustainability Workshop aka Prairie Project
- 100-Level Courses
- CEE Project Based Learning (PBL)
- ECI Educational Funding
- ENG 177 GFX Global Sustainability Scholars
- ESE 360 with Rob Kanter
- NRES 285: iCAP Sustainability Ambassadors
- NRES 285: Sustainability Metrics and Evaluation Techniques
- Rhet class interviews
- Scholarship of Sustainability Series
- Sustainable Studies in the Humanities
- Inventory Sustainability Courses
- Certificate in Environmental Writing (CEW)
- Development of Experiential Learning Sites
- Develop Sustainability Education definition
- Graduate Certificate in Sustainability
- Independent Student Projects
- Support sustainability courses through guest lectures
- Sustainability Gen-Ed Requirement
- Sustainability Minor
- Sustainable Design Major
- Co-curricular Sustainability Programs
- Broaden Sustainability Education
- Environmental Leadership Program (ELP)
- iSEE Collaboratory
- Sustainability Internship Program
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Curriculum
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Responsible Stewardship of Campus Land and Water
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Increase Pollinator-Friendly Areas
- Burrill/ Morrill Walkway
- Chi Omega native plants
- Davenport Hall Carbon Garden
- LAR Native Plants
- Low Mow Zones
- Meadow at Orchard Downs
- Native Plants at Arboretum
- Orchard Downs Multifunctional Landscape (ODMFL)
- Plantings at Dorner Drive Retention Pond
- Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard
- Small Prairie at Natural Resources Building
- The Illinois Path
- Uni High Butterfly Garden
- Vet Med Prairies
- Woodland Plants at NRB
- Campus Honors House
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Rainwater Management
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Green Infrastructure
- Green Infrastructure Conference
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Green Roofs on Campus
- Green Roof on KCPA
- Green Roof on Robert A. Evers Laboratory
- Green Roof on Art & Design Link Gallery
- Green Roof on Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Building (formerly called Foreign Language Building)
- Green Roof on Yeh Student Center NCEL addition
- Green Roof on Altgeld Hall
- Green Roof on Bousfield Hall
- Green Roof on Education Building
- Green Roof on iHotel
- Green Roof on Illinois Street Residence Hall
- Green Roof on Lincoln Hall
- Green Roof on the Business Instructional Facility (BIF)
- Green Roof on Undergraduate Library
- Porous Asphalt Parking Lot C-8 / C-9
- Rain Gardens on Campus
- Rainwater Capture Systems
- Vet Med Parking Lot Re-Design
- Boneyard Creek Management
- EPA RainWorks Challenge
- Inventory and Benchmark Existing Landscape Performance
- Medicine Take-Back Program
- Rainwater Management Program
- Reduce Nitrates from Agricultural Stormwater
- Clean up campus
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Green Infrastructure
- Root to Roof Program
- Sustainable Agricultural Practices
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Sustainable Landscapes Plan
- Bee Campus USA
- Benefits of a Large-Scale Prairie Experiment
- Campus Landscape Master Plan (CLMP)
- Committee on Natural Areas
- 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
- Reduce Potable Water Usage
- Obtain and Publicize Water Data
- Use of Non-Potable Water (such as Greywater)
- Water Conservation
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Increase Pollinator-Friendly Areas
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Funding for Sustainability
- Develop a Funding Solution for the iCAP
- Fossil Fuels Divestment - Support Letter
- Foundation/Donor Support
- Identify Internal Funding Sources
- Seek External Grant Funding for Research
- Utilize Carbon Credits
- Seek External Grant Funding for Implementation
- Sustainable Investment Policy
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Reduce Emissions from Transportation
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Encourage Active Transportation
- Appropriately Staff Sustainable Transportation Efforts
- Commuter Program: Bus, Bike, and Hike
- Emergency Ride Home
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Increase Bicycle Use
- Bicycle Education
- Encourage Bicycle Use
- Enforcement for Safe Cycling
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Engineer for Bikes
- Bicycle Parking & Storage
- Indoor Bike Parking
- Maintain and Improve Bicycle Network
- Provide Shower Facilities for Cyclists
- Evaluation & Planning for Bicycles
- Increase Public Transportation Use
- Increase Walking
- Multi-Modal Transportation Study
- Support Mobility Innovation (Fliss)
- Reduce Emissions from Travel
- Sustainably Manage Transportation Systems
- Encourage Low-Emission Vehicles and Renewable Fuel Options
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Encourage Active Transportation
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Build Resilience with Our Local Community
- Air Quality Monitoring Station
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Contribute to Regional Climate Action Plans
- Champaign County Hazard Mitigation Plan
- City of Champaign Plans
- Environmental Justice Plan
- Greenways and Trails
- Mahomet Aquifer Sole Source Aquifer designation
- Mapping Sustainability
- Rainwater Management Plans
- Urbana Climate Action Plan
- Urbana Park District (UPD) Climate Action, Resilience, Education and Sustainability (CARES) Plan
- Urban Biodiversity Master Plan
- Develop Local Carbon Offset Program
- Green Jobs
- Karma Trade
- Local Sustainability Issues
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Participate in Regional Green Teams
- Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC)
- Big Ten & Friends Sustainability
- Champaign County Sustainability Network (CCNet)
- IGBA Transportation Technical Advisory Group
- Illinois Geothermal Coalition
- Illinois Green Government's Coordinating Council
- Sustainability Advisory Commission (SAC)
- Sustainability Practitioners at RPC
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- USGBC IL Higher Education Sub-committee
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Support Regional Sustainability
- Climate & Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA)
- Climate Justice Forum - 2020
- Community Conversation on Energy Conservation
- C-PACE: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy in Champaign County
- Geothermal Urbana-Champaign
- Green Food Truck Certification
- Green My Crib
- Illinois Green Office Challenge
- Land Conservation Foundation
- Solar Urbana-Champaign
- Urbana-Champaign Energy Star Challenge
- Vision Zero
- Youth Sustainability Summit - 2018
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Achieve Zero Waste
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Decrease Wasteful Practices through Behavior Change
- America Recycles Day
- Annual International Sustainable Electronics Competition
- Campus Sustainability Month - Waste Reduction Challenge
- Campuswide Zero Waste events
- Project Paplet
- RecycleMania
- Reduce Single-Use Plastics
- Reusable Containers
- Zero Waste Messaging Campaign
- Zero Waste Outreach & Presentations
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Establish a Net Zero Waste Plan and Policy
- Appropriately Staff Zero Waste Efforts
- Measure Waste Levels in Dumpsters
- Plan for Organic Waste
- Track Waste from Frontload Trucks
- Use Landfills with Methane-capture Technology
- Waste Stream Characterization Study Phase 1
- Waste Stream Characterization Study Phase 2
- Waste Stream Characterization Study Phase 3
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Increase Recycling Rates
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Implement Solutions for Special Recyclables
- Pallet Recycling
- Address Electronic Waste (e-waste)
- Battery Recycling
- Diversion of Non-Recyclable Plastic using Pyrolysis Process to Produce Fuels for Campus
- Glass Recycling at Housing Catering Services
- Glove Recycling
- Handling waste chemicals
- Lamp & Ballast Recycling
- Mill Shop Sawdust Recycling
- Plastic Bag Recycling
- Printer Cartridge Recycling
- Recycle Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D)
- Reduce Plastic Film Waste
- Reuse and elimination of single-use plastics in labs
- Single-Use Mask (PPE) Recycling
- Styrecycle: Expanded polystyrene (EPS) recycling program
- Increase Recycling through the WTS
- Install Appropriate Waste Collection Infrastructure
- Recyclopedia
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Implement Solutions for Special Recyclables
- Reuse Surplus Goods and Valuable "Waste"
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Sustainable Food Practices
- Seafood Purchases
- Clean Meat at Illinois
- Confinement-Free Food Purchases
- Food Purchases from Local Sources
- Hormone-Free Food Purchases
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Reduce Foodwaste
- Compost at Illini Union
- Compost at National Soybean Research Center (NSRC)
- Environment-Enhancing Energy Paradigm for Food Waste to Biofuel and Biomaterial
- Enviropures
- Feasibility Research on Food Waste Biodigesters
- Food Donation
- Food Literacy Project
- Grind2Energy
- Large-Scale Food Waste Composting
- Project4less
- Vermicompost
- Vegetarian-Fed Food Purchases
- Sustainable Procurement
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Decrease Wasteful Practices through Behavior Change
- Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) Climate Action Plan
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Research Opportunities and Projects
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University of Illinois Research Programs/Opportunities
- Inventory Sustainability Research
- Interdisciplinary Research Seminar
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Research Supported through iSEE
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iSEE Campus as a Living Lab (CALL) Projects
- Adaptive Aluminum Tensegrity Structure as a Bike Parking Canopy
- Addressing Community Health Disparities from Hazardous Waste
- Agrivoltaics: Crop Production and Solar Panels on the Same Land
- City Traffic as a Reservoir System
- Creating Adaptable Autonomous Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings
- Environment-Enhancing Food, Energy, and Water Systems
- Faculty/Staff Crowdsourced Community Program
- Geothermal: Thermo-Hydraulic Properties of Glacial Tills
- Integrating Groundwater Resources and Geothermal Energy for Water-Energy Security and Resilience
- I-PLACES Living Laboratory
- Student Mobility on and around the Illinois campus
- Testing Geopolymer Performance in a Geothermal Exchange System
- Thermochemical Batteries: Turning Waste Heat into an Energy Source
- Towards Zero Waste: Automated Waste Classification via Computer Vision
- Wind Turbine/Pavilion Integration for Electricity Generation
- iSEE Scholars
- iSEE Thematic research
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iSEE Campus as a Living Lab (CALL) Projects
- Sustainability Fellows Research Program
- Sustainable Theatre- "The Tempest"
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National Research Programs
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
- Campus Cyberinfrastructure
- Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS)
- Coastal SEES
- Critical Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Systems (CRISP)
- Critical Zone Observatories (CZO)
- Cyber SEES
- Decision Frameworks for Multi-Hazard Resilient and Sustainable Buildings (RSB)
- Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)
- Dimensions of Biodiversity
- Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
- Energy for Sustainability
- Energy, Power, Control and Networks (EPCN)
- Engineering for Natural Hazards (ENH)
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Sustainability
- Hydrologic Sciences
- Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE)
- Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS)
- Prediction and Resilience Against Extreme Events (PREEVENTS)
- Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
- Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC)
- Structural and Architectural Engineering and Materials (SAEM)
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Department of Energy (DOE)
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Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
- Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (ADEPT)
- Full-Spectrum Optimized Conversion and Utilization of Sunlight (FOCUS)
- Innovative Development in Energy-Related Applied Science (IDEAS)
- INTEGRATE
- Methane Observation Networks with Innovative Technology to Obtain Reductions (MONITOR)
- Rhizosphere Observations Optimizing Terrestrial Sequestration (ROOTS)
- Office of Electricity Supply and Energy Reliability (OE)
- Office of Energy, Efficiency, and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- Office of Science
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Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program
- Food Waste Reduction
- Local Food Promotion Program
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
- Childhood Obesity Prevention Challenge Area
- Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE)
- Education and Literacy Initiative
- Food Safety Challenge
- Foundational Program
- Resilient Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate Challenge
- Sustainable Bioenergy Challenge
- Water for Food Production Systems Challenge
- Biomass Research and Development Initiative Competitive Grants Program (BRDI)
- Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants (BRAG) Program
- Community Food Projects
- Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM)
- Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants
- Higher Education - Institution Challenge Grants Program
- National Water Quality Program
- Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education (SARE)
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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
- Solid Waste Management Grants
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Air Research Grants
- Climate Change Research Grants
- Ecosystem Research Grants
- Environmental Education (EE) Grants
- Health Research Grants
- Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM)
- People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Student Design Competition
- Pollution Prevention (P2)
- Sustainability Research Grants
- Training and Technical Assistance for Small Water Systems
- Urban Water Small Grants
- Water Research Grants
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Broad Agency Announcement
- Coping with Drought in Support of the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
- Extreme Events: Preparedness, Planning, and Adaptation Within the Water Sector
- Office of Education Grants
- The Role of Reactive Nitrogen in Biogenic VOC Oxidation and Aerosol Formation
- Department of Interior (DOI)
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Department of Defense (DOD)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Institute of Health (NIH)
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
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University of Illinois Research Programs/Opportunities
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Report on Progress
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Make Climate Commitments
- Allerton Climate Action Plan (apCAP)
- Billion Dollar Green Challenge
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Carbon Commitment
- Illinois: A Climate Action Plan (2010 iCAP)
- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Reports
- Sustainability iCAP Portal
- iCAP 2020: Illinois Climate Action Plan
- Topical iCAP Teams
- Climate Leadership Commitments
- Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact
- Include iCAP in Strategic Plan
- Okanagan Charter
- President's Strategic Framework
- Resilience Commitment
- State Waste Reduction Plan
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Apply for Recognition
- EPA Green Power Partner
- Green Restaurant Certification
- Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award
- Illinois Green Office Challenge Leaderboard
- Second Nature Climate Leadership Award
- Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS)
- The Princeton Review Green Honor Roll
- Bicycle Friendly University Status
- Complete Surveys about Sustainability
- Formal Sustainability Procedures
- Issue Press Releases and Sustainability Reports
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Make Climate Commitments
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Reduce Emissions from Energy Consumption
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Energy Conservation Efforts
- Changing Usage of Individuals
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Building-Level Energy Efficiency
- Weatherization of Small Campus Buildings
- Plant Sciences Window Shades
- Building Envelope Pilot Project
- Convert Fume Hoods from CAV to VAV
- Energy-Efficient HVAC Infection Control
- Energy Models for Campus Facilities
- Graduate Dance Space
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LEED Certification
- Business Instructional Facility: LEED Platinum
- Illinois Fire Service Institute: LEED Silver
- Yeh Student Center: LEED Silver
- Lincoln Hall Renovation: LEED Platinum
- Bousfield Hall: LEED Platinum
- 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
- Ikenberry Dining Hall: LEED Silver
- Illinois Conference Center Expansion: LEED Silver
- Illinois Natural History Survey: LEED Silver
- 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
- Nugent Hall: LEED Silver
- 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
- Wymer Hall
- Reduce Active Fume Hoods
- Lighting Conservation Projects
- ECE Net-Zero Energy Building
- Facility Standards
- Improve Space Utilization
- Centralized Energy Efficiency Efforts
- Computers and Technology
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Carbon-Neutral Energy for Campus
- Clean Energy Plan
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Use Clean Power
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Solar Power on Campus
- ECE Rooftop Solar PVs
- Install Solar PVs on NCPD
- Solar Farm 1.0
- Rooftop Solar Potential
- BIF Rooftop Solar PVs
- Ground Mounted Solar PVs BRC Research Test Bed
- Agrivoltaic Research Solar Array at Energy Farm
- E37 Parking Lot Solar Lighting
- InSPIRE Solar Powered Outdoors Table (SPOT)
- KCPA Rooftop Solar Feasibility Study
- Solar at Willard Airport
- Solar Farm 2.0
- 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
- Clean Power Agreements Off-Campus
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Solar Power on Campus
- Energy Storage Solutions
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Use Clean Thermal Energy
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Geothermal on Campus
- Geothermal at President's House
- Geothermal at Allerton Park
- Geothermal at Gable Home
- Geothermal at the Campus Instructional Facility (CIF)
- Geothermal at the Energy Farm
- Geothermal at the Fruit Farm Admin Building
- Geothermal at WPP
- Geothermal Battery at Energy Farm
- Geothermal Monitoring Well on Bardeen Quad
- Geothermal Test Well at Energy Farm
- Hydro-Systems Lab Energy Foundations
- ISTC Geothermal Loop
- RIPE Greenhouse with Geothermal at Research Park
- Methane Capture on Campus
- Biomass use on Campus
- Grainger Engineering Microreactor
- Use Renewable Natural Gas
- Solar Thermal at ARC
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Geothermal on Campus
- Carbon Capture
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Energy Conservation Efforts