Projects

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Piloting the future

Campus as a Living Lab uses university infrastructure, assets and resources to support innovative and applied research projects that improve our communities, region and world. They pilot new ideas, advance faculty research agendas and interdisciplinary collaborations, have an operational benefit for the university, and create opportunities for student learning and knowledge exchanges.

CLL projects link research to action. They include large-scale innovative capital projects with strong research programs, academic-industry partnerships advancing R&D for new technologies, specialized applied research programs within a variety of disciplines, real-world scale research infrastructure supporting broad range of academic research and operational benefits, and innovative student learning opportunities and programs connected to operational priorities.

Find out more these projects, and what we have learned from them.

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UBCV CLL Fund recipients

Browse our collection of projects by the recipients of previous CLL Fund Competition awards. These projects demonstrate collaborations between UBC faculty and staff, and were awarded seed funding to pilot new ideas.
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UBCO CLL Fund Recipients

Discover UBC Okanagan’s Campus as a Living Lab projects, where faculty and staff collaborate to test research in real-world settings. Learn more about past award recipients.
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Capital projects

These significant capital projects are testing innovations and supporting robust research programs, often through major partnerships with government and industry, to impact local, regional, and global sustainability.
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Featured projects
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Creating an inclusive, climate and COVID-resilient outdoor learning space @ UBC
The project aims to construct a pavilion that will serve as a place for gathering, communal learning, and inclusion for all future students. The project will also provide a new model for flexible, outdoor, liminal spaces for learning on the UBC campus.
Urban Forest Technologies Team deployed drones to capture urban forestry characteristics which would improve management of natural urban systems.
5G Natural Asset Management
The 5G Natural Asset Management and Integration project uses UBC campus to pilot the deployment of smart technologies for the management and planning of natural assets in support of healthier, climate resilient and sustainable communities.
A mass timber building with locally-fabricated CLT panels houses the facility.
Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility
UBC’s Bioenergy Research Demonstration Facility (BRDF) reduces UBC’s GHG emissions by turning waste wood biomass into clean energy and supports research on alternative energy technology.
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Project Library

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Clean UBC Okanagan’s Air through Wall-mount Air Filtering Devices

The pioneering project seeks to improve indoor air quality through the use of innovative wall-mounted Aerosol Removing Tapestry (ART) devices. These units effectively reduce harmful airborne particles and pathogens while improving energy efficiency. The project evaluates their performance, with potential applications in diverse settings such as classrooms, homes, and hospitals, extending beyond UBC Okanagan.

Climate Change & Energy
Human Wellbeing & Social Systems
UBC and People

Resilience Hubs for UBC Campus Communities

This visionary project at UBC Vancouver focuses on enhancing campus resilience in response to climate hazards, aligning with the Campus Vision 2050 Plan. It will develop a resilience hub framework to strengthen community connections and emergency support, and create a disaster risk reduction roadmap to improve UBC’s operational response to climate emergencies. 

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Climate Change & Energy
Project Bioenergy from Commercial-Municipal Organic Waste

Bioenergy from Commercial-Municipal Organic Waste

This innovative project at UBC Vancouver explores the potential of utilizing aerobically treated organic waste from commercial and municipal sources as a sustainable biomass for UBC's Bioenergy Research Demonstration Facility (BRDF).

Climate Change & Energy