Brownfields Training,  Research,

     and Technical Assistance

           Grant  Fact Sheet


   University of Illinois at

                Chicago

EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, tribes.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. EPA
funds eligible applicants  through assistance agreements to
provide training, research, and technical assistance to
facilitate brownfields revitalization.

Organization Description

The Institute for Environmental Science and Policy
(IESP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago advances
cooperative research, scholarship, and service that
support a sustainable environment. IESP facilitates
interdisciplinary collaboration by teaming scholars with
their  counterparts in the public and private sectors to
devise workable solutions for complex environmental
challenges. This university-wide environmental institute
promotes collaboration across colleges and departments,
catalyzes the formation of interdisciplinary research
groups on campus, and investigates various
environmental areas, including human and natural system
interactions, urban sustainability, and environmental
manufacturing.

Project Description

IESP will identify best management practices for
sustainable redevelopment of brownfields, and analyze
the environmental, public health, and economic benefits
of sustainable brownfields redevelopment compared to
conventional brownfields redevelopment. It also will
identify policies and incentives that can promote
sustainable brownfields redevelopment. Life-cycle
analyses of the components of sustainable redevelopment
will include materials and energy flow, ecological
  Best Management Practices
  and  Benefits of Sustainable
  Redevelopment of
  Brownfield Sites
 Grantee:
 University of Illinois at Chicago

 Project Focus:
 Identifying Best Management Practices and Providing
 Technical Assistance for Sustainable Brownfields
 Redevelopment

 Project Period:
 October 2008 to September 2013

 Estimated Annual Funding Amount:
 $150,000
   Contacts
 For further information about the Institute for
 Environmental Science and Policy at the University of
 Illinois at Chicago and its brownfields technical assistance
 activities, visit http://www.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/iesp/. For
 more information about this project, call 312-996-7055.

 For further information, including specific grant contacts,
 additional grant information, brownfields news and
 events, and publications and links, visit the EPA
 Brownfields web site at: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields
 or call 202-566-2777.

 * The information presented in this fact sheet comes from
 the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of
 this information. The implementation plan for the grant
 has  not yet been finalized. Therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
footprints, and energy analysis. IESP will quantify the
benefits of cleanup and redevelopment activities in the
Midwest, including the potential for differential benefits
from low impact or other innovative forms of site
redevelopment. IESP will develop a web site, guidebook,
and workshop describing best management practices for
sustainable brownfields redevelopment and highlighting
case studies and models from around the country.
                                                           Solid Waste and
                                                           Emergency Response
                                                           (5105T)
                          EPA560-F-08-288
                          September 2008
                          www.epa.gov/brownfields

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