St. Clair County Community College is improving its campus this summer with several construction and renovation projects.

• College Center lot — Being resurfaced. Will feature bio swales and rain gardens that will soak up and clean rain water, instead of allowing it to wash into surrounding waterways.
• A.J. Theisen/Main Building lot — Being resurfaced and expanded. Also will feature rain gardens.
• Faculty and students will use the green environments to study biodiversity and other topics.

• The North Building is receiving a geothermal heating system.
• Water will be pumped from the North Building to wells beneath the College Center parking lot.
• During the summer, warm water heated from the building is piped into the ground, where it is cooled by the earth. The cooled water is pumped back into the building for air conditioning.
• During the winter, cooled water from the building is piped to the wells, where it is warmed by the earth. It is pumped back into the building to warm the air.

This camera is located on the A.J. Theisen Building, looking northwest at the A.J. Theisen/Main Building parking lot.

This camera is located on the Acheson Technology Center, looking east at the College Center parking lot.