To lay the groundwork for more significant and longer-term reductions in emissions from the campus fleet, the campus could perform a study of the potential to transition the fleet to renewable fuels. This study could be conducted by a task force formed under iSEE, with a faculty chair and appropriate campus representation.

Additionally, there has been research done by an undergraduate student group, about using methane-laden biogas from the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District wastewater treatment plant as a fuel source for fleet and/or MTD bus system. In this research, they found 18,444 lb CO2/day emissions produced by UI fleet, and after utilization of biogas, there can be a net CO2 per day reduction of 5,275 pounds, accounting for 28% of fleet emissions. The payback period of converting vehicles and facilities using Unison technology is just 6.5 years, which shows it’s a hopeful fuel option.