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Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects

The Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) has funded several projects over the years. This collection includes the proposed, in progress, completed, and/or ongoing projects that the SSC agreed to support.

Project Listing

Theme Project Status
Energy LED Bi-Level Lighting pilot Completed
Energy Occupancy and Daylight Sensors Ongoing
Energy Plant Sciences Window Shades [ARCHIVED] Completed
Energy Steam System Maintenance Ongoing
Energy Energy Dashboard Project Ongoing
Energy Fume Hood Shut the Sash Campaign Completed
Energy Illinois Fire Service Institute: LEED Silver Completed
Energy Kill a Watt Monitors at Libraries Completed
Energy Power Plant Carbon Sequestration via Algae Biodiesel Production Completed
Energy Green Allerton Wood-fired Boiler Completed

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Latest Updates

  • Eco-Counter data collected for March - June 2025

    7/8/2025
    Eco-Counter data collected for months of March to June of 2025 on July 8, 2025.

  • Signs, Electricity, and Locks Complete for Shipping Containers

    7/7/2025
    This morning, Sarthak, Emily, and Max visited the seven shipping containers to check their progress, attach a padlock to each shipping container door, and put an identifying sticker on each shipping container. Each shipping container now also has...

  • June Prairie Photos

    7/7/2025
    June 2025 photos of the Florida Orchard Prairie have been added to the box folder.

  • Weekly Digest

    6/30/2025
    Pretty uneventful week on the whole. Highlight was an 11-year-old coming in with his mom to fix up his beat-up bike. At 11 he had great tool instincts and was excited about getting his hands dirty. Good times!Our “For Sale” bike numbers are steadily...

  • Sustainability Short Film Festival

    6/27/2025
    The Sustainability Living Learning Community held a shorts film festival on April 19th. See attached a presentation given to attendees about sustainability education and opportunities. 

  • Weekly Digest

    6/23/2025
    All,The heat is upon us! The high temps have kept us less busy than we might have otherwise been. Still had some folks in and had a Build-a-Bike completed—which is always especially rewarding. Our new door has been working swimmingly, as folks have...

  • Campus Bike Center Weekly Digest Data 2019-May 2025

    6/18/2025
    The attached spreadsheet contains the sales, visitors, and memberships purchased data for the Campus Bike Center from 2019 to May 2025.

  • Ventilation System Installed and Electrical Work In-Progress for the Shipping Containers

    6/9/2025
    Ventilation systems were installed in each of the seven shipping containers last week and electrical work is currently being done to add power to the shipping containers. There are also hooks installed to hang bikes on one side of the wall in...

  • Work Order Created to Install 7 Metal Signs on the 7 Shipping Containers

    6/9/2025
    Work order #11257249 was created for for the Sign Shop to create and install seven (7) 18'x24' metal signs to be installed on each of the seven shipping containers for bicycle storage. These containers are located between the Abbott Chilling...

  • Weekly Update: Training new staff, Donated bikes

    5/28/2025
    All, Been slow but good here, as we’re in a lull between spring semester and summer sessions. Slow times allow us to provide better service to the folks that do come through, so that’s a positive.Training up new staff and trying to keep on top of...
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