"The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus is designed to be net-zero energy, or to produce as much energy as it consumes annually. It opened in the fall of 2014, and achieved LEED Platinum certification in 2019. In February 2023, the ECE Building became the university's first zero energy certified facility.

The ECE Building is meant to be a living laboratory, allowing students and faculty members to research its sustainable features. It’s also meant to be a model for net-zero energy design in the Midwest, proving you don’t have to live in a tropical climate to produce more energy than you consume within a building."