Our university is home to groundbreaking sustainable energy research. Our daily operations also focus on reducing energy use and implementing sustainable practices for distributing energy across campus.
Strategic Priority #7 for institutional sustainability addresses existing and projected facility needs while incorporating goals for environmental, economic and social sustainability. We are always working toward greater efficiency throughout the university system.
The University of South Carolina’s Purchasing Department is committed to developing creative solutions for ‘closing the loop’ by actively identifying supplies made from recycled products. All bid documents include clauses for the proper disposal, by contractors, of all waste and packaging materials associated with shipping materials to the university.
Our College of Engineering and Computing is recharting the energy landscape, including driving efforts in nuclear, electric and fuel energy.
Our School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment studies of use and availability of energy resources, ranging from geosciences to political economy, and from traditional to renewable resources. Faculty are actively involved in research on basin analysis, geophysical exploration, tectonic frameworks, as well as wind energy, CO2 sequestration, and the political and social economics of developing energy grids.
This UofSC center is developing catalysts that allow fuels to be produced from renewable sources. These new catalysts are the next big thing as the transportation industry moves to less dependence on imported oil and carbon fuel.
This UofSC center spearheads the theory and practice of electrochemical power sources, electroplating and corrosion protection through education and research.
The SAGE (Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity) Center is working on cutting edge electricity production research to help provide sustainable solutions to industrial-based problems.
CERCAS is developing catalysts that allow fuels to be produced from renewable sources, which is especially important for a less oil or cabon fueled transportation sector.
The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Center is located in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the Horizon I Building at the University of South Carolina. Our research center is focused on the integrated study of electrolyzers and fuel cells.
The Nuclear Science and Energy Center provides leadership in research and teaching, assists small businesses, and collaborates with industry, universities and governmental research organizations nationally and internationally to advance nuclear science and energy.
As the only center of its kind in the nation, its mission is to apply science to drive engineering solutions to enable advanced clean energy systems for a bright and sustainable energy future. The scope of the center covers fundamental and applied research in energy materials, components and devices.