Sustainability

As part of the Campus Masterplan and funded by Next Generation Connecticut funds, the South Campus Infrastructure Project includes clean, renewable infrastructure that will extend deep underground to heat and cool the new South Campus Residence Hall.

Geothermal Project to Heat and Cool New South Campus Residential Hall

Sustainable technology is expected to begin operating in 2025

UConn landscape architecture students developed plans for preserving the historic Meadowood farm and presented their ideas at an open house at the Simsbury library.

UConn Students Imagine Potential Futures for a Remarkable Piece of Land in Simsbury

Designing for the future while also paying homage to the past

Boeing 737-sized airplane model

Research Team Develops Hybrid Propulsion Commercial Electric Aircraft

'Building a more sustainable future for our university, our nation, and the world is the great challenge of our lifetime'

4 UConn students share recycling facts on posters outside a football stadium.

UConn Earns High Marks in Global Sustainable University Ratings

GreenMetric releases global higher education sustainability rankings for 2023

US President Joe Biden stands behind a podium delivering a speech. The UConn and Dodd Center logos are visible on the wall behind him, and an American flag and flag with the presidential seal are visible to his right.

How UConn is Joining COP28 Commitments to Cut Methane Emissions

UConn, and UConn researchers, are dedicated to fighting climate change by helping to lower global greenhouse gas emissions

Entryway sign lit up green for St. Patricks Day and for Sustainability.

UConn to Audit Energy-Savings Options at Multiple Storrs Locations

A deep dive into energy conservation strategies at scores of sites on the Storrs campus, accelerating its drive toward carbon neutrality by 2030

Microalgae for Poultry Nutrition: UConn Researchers Receive NSF Future Manufacturing Grant

Researchers from the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources and the College of Engineering have received an NSF Grant to develop a sustainable, organic method for producing an essential amino acid for poultry feed

A group of seven people uses garden tools to make a clearing for rain garden installation on school grounds.

Extension Educators Launch School-Based Green Infrastructure Initiative

Supported by a $100,000 grant from the EPA, the program will partner with two CT school districts and three sustainable development organizations to bring hands-on projects to students and teachers

A great blue heron predating on a brown trout at a cold-water thermal refuge.

Thermal Refuges Help Trout Beat the Heat in Hot Weather

New research explores how cold-water fish handle extreme heat in Connecticut

Two offshore workers on the top of an offshore wind turbine.

UConn Receives Department of Energy Grant Supporting Offshore Wind Grid Integration

Project is part of a national effort to improve grid reliability, optimize electricity infrastructure, and facilitate grid connection with renewable resources