Green Leaf Award presented to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 13, 2025
We are delighted to announce that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been presented with the 2024 Conviron and Argus Controls Green Leaf Award™. Argus and Conviron’s Account Manager for the University of Illinois, Spencer Brason, was on hand to present the award to Dr. Andrew Leakey, Professor of Plant Biology and Director of CABBI, and the research team at their new facility’s official grand opening event on November 15, 2024.
About CABBI
CABBI is the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, a U.S. Department of Energy-funded Bioenergy Research Center. CABBI is a collaboration between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and 20 partner institutions.
Illinois partners with 20 other institutions to make CABBI possible.
About the Green Leaf Award™
The Green Leaf Award™ is presented to organizations that have undertaken significant technology expansions that will drive education and research in plant science and agricultural production. Conviron and Argus are delighted to have been chosen as the technology supplier for the greenhouse controls and the six plant growth rooms housed within the Plant Biology Innovation Greenhouse.
The Plant Biology Innovation Greenhouse is a new, state-of-the-art greenhouse on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus that supports CABBI research. The Argus controlled greenhouse features three zones, supplementary LED lighting, and a high-throughput plant phenotyping system.
This innovative facility will allow CABBI researchers to monitor the growth and water use of next-generation bioenergy crops. It will accelerate development of crops that are more productive, sustainable, and resilient to climate extremes as part of our work to produce feedstock for sustainable fuel and other bioproducts.
Dr. Andrew Leakey, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois
CABBI’s six Conviron model BDW160 plant growth rooms feature extended growth height and have been further modified by CABBI to support its advanced stable isotope research program.
To learn more about the new greenhouse and growth chambers and how it will accelerate CABBI's bioenergy research, click below:
