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Resources : Partners

The Office of Sustainability is proud to partner with the following USF research centers, offices, and student activist groups to promote sustainable, healthy communities at USF and beyond.


Center for Urban Transportation Research
Mission: to serve as a resource for policymakers, transportation professionals, the education system, and the public by providing high quality, objective transportation research

Clean Energy Research Center
Mission: to develop, evaluate and promote commercialization of new environmentally clean energy sources and systems such as hydrogen, fuel cells, solar energy conversion, biomass utilization, etc., that meet the needs of the electric power and the transportation sector through multi-disciplinary research, technical and infrastructure development and information transfer

Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions
Mission: to promote and support nonpartisan, independent applied research that leads to the discovery, dissemination and application of new knowledge about the sources of and solutions to problems of global concern

Emerging Green Builders
Mission: to create a mutually beneficial relationship among USF students, the Tampa Bay community, and local business leaders in the area of green building and sustainability

Engineers for a Sustainable World
Mission: to engage a multidisciplinary group at the University of South Florida in actively reducing poverty by improving environmental, social, and economic sustainability worldwide

Engineers without Borders
Mission: to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life

Facilities Planning and Construction
Mission: to provide leadership through comprehensive, professionally based management services in the development of university facilities and a collegial environment conducive to research, education and community service

Necessary Improvements to Transform our Environment
Mission: to advocate continuous campus safety and student health

New North Transportation Alliance
Mission: to improve transportation to the highest level for all travelers in the New North area

Physical Plant
Mission: to maintain and improve a physical environment conducive to teaching, learning, and research

Student Environmental Association
Mission:to educate the community about the environment and work towards making USF more environmentally-friendly