Projects
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.
Project Library
This Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) ecosystem project explores the potential application of these new technologies on the UBC Vancouver campus, with the aim of contributing to greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
The NEWateR3 project will install a state-of-the art facility at UBC to advance the development of sustainable technologies that recover valuable products from wastewater, such as carbon, nutrients, and water.
This project will contribute to the creation of resilient design solutions for the UBC Vancouver campus neighborhood of Acadia Park. Through the use of design charettes — intensive, hands-on workshops that bring together community members and people from diverse disciplines — residents will explore different options for future development.
The Digital Detection Web project will deploy insect monitoring devices (involving high-resolution optics, machine learning, and the Internet of Things) to understand how changes in insect population indicate changes in local biodiversity and ecosystem services.
UBC’s Brock Commons Tallwood House is one of a growing number of mass-timber buildings around the world. Our Tallwood House takes advantage of new engineered wood products and construction techniques to showcase more sustainable building practices.