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SSC Projects

Since 2008, the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) has funded hundreds of sustainability projects across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Filter and search the SSC Project listing below to learn more about the initiatives the SSC has supported.

Title Semestersort descending Year Started Status Student Led? Category Associated Project(s)
Part 6 Illini Solar Car Fall 2024 Active Yes Transportation and Infrastructure Illini Solar Car
Single-day Campus-wide Composting Events Fall 2024 Closed No Food and Waste Plan for Organic Waste
InSPIRE Solar Wireless Drone Charging Station Fall 2025 Active Yes Energy
The Hip-Hop Xpress Fall 2019 Closed No Education and Justice
Zero Waste Quad Days Fall 2018 Closed No Food and Waste
Waste to 3D Production Fall 2018 Closed Yes Food and Waste Implement Solutions for Special Recyclables
Sustainable Food Catering at Divestment Educational Event Fall 2023 Closed Yes Education and Justice Sustainable Food Practices
Uni High Native Prairie Garden Fall 2025 Active No Land, Air, and Water
E2E Paradigm for Food Waste to Biofuel and Biomaterial Fall 2017 Closed No Energy
Restoration of Florida Orchard Prairie and South Arboretum Woods Fall 2018 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard
WaggleNet Fall 2025 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water
Eco Illini Supermileage Fall 2017 Closed Yes Transportation and Infrastructure Eco Illini Supermileage
Census of Trelease Woods – Phase 2 Fall 2019 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Committee on Natural Areas
Fermentation Club (Microgrant) Fall 2019 Closed Yes Education and Justice
Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) Geothermal Fall 2018 Closed No Energy Geothermal at the Campus Instructional Facility (CIF)
Illini Box (Microgrant) Fall 2019 Closed Yes Food and Waste
Towards Zero Waste: Classification via Spectroscopy Enabled Computer Vision at Campus Waste Transfer Station Fall 2023 Active No Food and Waste Increase Recycling through the WTS
Bevier Café - Dishroom Sustainability Project Fall 2018 Closed No Energy
The Safe Pyrotechnic Analyzer Reusable Kit (SPARK) Fall 2023 Active Yes Food and Waste
Identifying the Campus Benefits of a Large-Scale Prairie Experiment (Part 2) Fall 2021 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Benefits of a Large-Scale Prairie Experiment
Biodiversity Improvements in the South Arboretum Woods Fall 2022 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water
UIUC Student Pollinator Garden Fall 2025 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water
Illini Formula Electric SiCVerter & Powertrain Fall 2022 Active Yes Education and Justice
LED Farming (Micro Grant) Fall 2018 Closed Yes Energy
Sustainable Art & Design Exhibition Fall 2017 Closed Yes Education and Justice

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