Several classes, community groups, and conference developers request guest speakers regarding various aspects of campus sustainability.  From specific topics, such as the Red Oak Rain Garden, to more general efforts, such as renewable energy use on campus, the sustainability staff and certain topical experts are available upon request to provide a 30-50 minute presentation or discussion.

The Cyber-Innovation for Sustainability Sciences and Engineering (CyberSEES) program aims to advance interdisciplinary research in which the science and engineering of sustainability are enabled by new advances in computing in areas such as optimization, large scale data management and analytics, advanced sensing techniques, etc. 

The National Science Foundation is a major government agency responsible for supporting basic research and education in science and engineering. 

It is one of the main funding sources for federally supported basic research conducted in American colleges and universities, particularly in the fields of mathematics, computer science and the social sciences.  

Masters of Urban Planning student, Holly Nelson, worked with F&S Transportation Demand Management to create conceptual drawings for each segment of the 2014 Campus Bike Plan.  These files are available as pdf, and posted here.

The 2009 Campus Bike Plan was started as a student project, and completed by Transportation Demand Management Coordinator, Morgan Johnston.  This document was used to prioritize street improvements for bicyclists, and it was a contributing factor in reaching Bicycle Friendly University - bronze level status.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is helping to promote and encourage participation in the Solar Urbana-Champaign program. 

The successful Solar Urbana-Champaign group purchasing program is available again in 2018. Since 2016, the program led to the installation of over 2 megawatts of solar on 241 properties in Champaign, Piatt, and Vermilion Counties. The program educated over a thousand individuals about solar and helped people save on solar through volume purchasing.
 
In 2021, the program will conduct its sixth round of bulk purchasing.

The local Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy community is actively moving toward a more sustainable future.  The University participates in several community-wide sustainability events and programs and supports regional sustainability efforts. There are also larger-scale programs with other colleges, both state-wide and with our Big Ten peers.

This project aims to create a building-level energy usage report with information about each specific building.  The initial pilot case will be Lincoln Hall, and behavior change strategies will be incorporated into the final product.

Energy Billing System (EBS) Access

To gain EBS access, download the forms "FASTNET" and "User_Request_Form-EBS". Read these forms, fill out any require fields, then submit those forms back to fandsebsrequests@mx.uillinois.edu.

Facilities & Services established “Low Mow Zones” in 2010 to support sustainability, increase pollinator support, and decrease maintenance costs.  Due to the continuous presence of invasive species and undesirable tree saplings, all campus areas need to be mowed occasionally to help further balance and maintain the environment. 

In FY16, the Retrocommissioning teams completed six buildings.