Project | Description | Award Amount |
| Pizza Box Composting | Awarded to staff in the UT Resource Recovery’s Zero Waste program to implement a pilot a pizza box composting program with campus partners. The pilot program is in response the campus community’s request to expand access to campus composting. The grant will provide funding for the supplies and materials needed to establish the infrastructure for a convenient program to collect pizza boxes for composting. | $25,475 |
| U-share-iT: The University of Texas at Austin Laboratory Equipment and Instrument Reuse Platform | Awarded to a faculty/staff partnership in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering and the Environmental Health and Safety Department to create an online platform to streamline and facilitate the rehoming and sharing of lab equipment and instruments among UT researchers, thus fostering a culture of reuse. | $30,375 |
| Bird Friendly Campus Initiative-The University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) | Awarded to the student organization UTMSI Green Team to install unobtrusive Feather Friendly window technology to prevent bird strikes at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute facility in Port Aransas. | $23,100 |
| Longhorns Don't Litter Awareness | Awarded to faculty to continue the Moody College of Communication School of Advertising and Public Relations’ partnership with the UT Environmental Health and Safety Department to promote the awareness and protection of Waller Creek. Funds will be used to develop and produce a “Creeky” mascot for public events. | $20,000 |
| Carbon Gardener | Awarded to the student organization The Negative Emissions Technology (NET) Project to collect data on enhanced rock weathering as a form of carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. | $1,950 |
| Implementing a Circular Economy of Plastics, Developing Continuous Recycling Processes to Reduce Campus Solid Waste, and Educating the New Generation of Sustainable Leaders | Awarded to faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Cockrell School of Engineering to develop a five-stage study that will allow the student project team to go from concept development to creation of a sustainable continuous process to recycle plastics produced on the UT campus. | $37,000 |
| Advancing Sustainable Transportation: The Texas Guadaloop Hyperloop Initiative | Awarded to the student organization Texas Guadaloop to design and construct a new hyperloop pod in the quest to continue research in hyperloop technology and sustainable transportation. Funds will be used for supplies and materials to construct the experimental pod design. | $25,800 |
| Agrivoltaics at UT Austin | Awarded to students to construct an experimental Agrivoltaic garden at the CEC Microfarm. Students will plant a vegetable garden using Agrivoltaic methods to test the viability of growing food bearing plants under photovoltaic panels. | $2,000 |
| Solar Powered Smoothie Cart Renovation | Awarded to the student organization Engineers for a Sustainable World to refurbish and reconstruct the Solar Power Smoothie cart to create hands-on engineering opportunities for students and to ensure the cart’s energy efficiency. | $600 |
| East Campus Bikeshare | Awarded to UT Parking and Transportation Staff to support a partnership with the City of Austin to install a Metrobike electric bike station east of I-35 near the UT Development Office and the UT Facilities Complex. | $50,000 |
| Sustainable Innovations in Architecture: AI-Driven Biomaterial Hybrids for Eco-Friendly Construction | The student research grant was awarded to a graduate for a study to address the critical issues of carbon emissions and raw material scarcity in the construction sector, employing artificial intelligence (AI) through analyses of Berkley’s Materials Project and Google’s GNoME databases. The research aims to create innovative organic material hybrids by integrating waste materials with conventional construction constituents. | $4,520 |
| Exploring the Viability of After-Market Window Treatments | The student research grant was awarded to a graduate student to utilize energy modeling and simulation techniques to assess the effectiveness of various after-market window treatments in reducing energy use while maintaining occupant comfort, historical value, aesthetics and visual comfort. | $5,000 |
| A literature review on psychological characteristics of Goldsmith Hall’s interior building materials to achieve thermal comfort without energy consumption | The student research grant was awarded to a graduate student to conduct a literature review preparing for a study to identify significant visual features and their psychological influences on thermal perception among indoor building materials in Goldsmith Hall. Ultimately, this approach intends to aid architects in designing energy efficient buildings that require less energy to maintain a comfortable temperature for building occupants. | $5,000 |
| Sustainability Course Awards | Awarded to staff in the Office of Sustainability to support partnerships with UT academic units such as the Bridging Disciplines program and others to offer financial incentives to UT faculty and departments to incorporate sustainability concepts into existing courses and to create new sustainability focused courses. | $60,000 |
| Sustainability Symposium | Awarded to staff in the Office of Sustainability to host a campus-wide sustainability symposium to inform the campus community on campus sustainability initiatives and research. | $20,000 |