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The climate emergency is here, and UBC is committed to bringing our community together to confront this crisis.

Student-led market providing at-cost food and more to the campus community.

The Sustainability Hub is proud to announce the return of the Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Competition for 22-23. UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) program offers faculty and staff a unique opportunity to incubate, test and demonstrate innovative research ideas in a real-word setting, embedded on campus lands (its buildings, infrastructure, streets and spaces) or within its communities.

The Sticky Pi project is funded in part by UBC’s Campus as a Living Laboratory (CLL) program, managed by the Sustainability Hub, which aims to integrate academic research and teaching with campus planning, infrastructure, operations, and community development by using the campus as a place to test new ideas.

Meet project leads Dr. Ryan Ziels, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, and Jake Li, Green Infrastructure Engineer at UBC Campus + Community Planning. We asked them about their project, its impact, challenges, and lessons learned.