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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)
Eco Illini Supermileage Fall 2017 Closed Yes Transportation and Infrastructure Eco Illini Supermileage
Illini Box (Microgrant) Fall 2019 Closed Yes Food and Waste
Local Grains and Locally Processed Foods for Dining Services Fall 2017 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Develop Local Foods Network
Sustainable Art & Design Exhibition Fall 2017 Closed Yes Education and Justice
Increased SSF Food Production (Tractor) Fall 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Student Farm
ISFP Tortilla Expansion Fall 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Agricultural Food System
Magnetically Driven Biodiesel Catalysis With Deep Eutectic Solvent-Functionalized Nanoparticles Fall 2025 Active No Education and Justice
Solar at Master Gardener Idea Garden Fall 2017 Closed No Energy Solar PVs at Idea Garden
Illini Formula Electric SiCVerter & Powertrain Fall 2022 Active Yes Education and Justice
Woody Perennial Polyculture Educational Outreach Fall 2017 Closed Yes Education and Justice Woody Perennial Polyculture (WPP) Research Site
Automated Waste Sorting via Computer Vision & Robotics: A Feasibility Study Fall 2025 Closed No Food and Waste
NCSR Composting Project Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Compost at National Soybean Research Center (NSRC) [ARCHIVED]
Improved Recycling at CEE Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Increase Recycling Rates
Solar Farm 2.0 Landscape Buffer Fall 2019 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Solar Farm 2.0
WaggleNet Fall 2025 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water
Biodesign at Illinois Fall 2020 Closed Yes Food and Waste Enactus
At-home Edible Gardening Education Program Fall 2022 Closed Yes Food and Waste Grow2Give
Student Driven recensus of the Trelease Woods Forest Dynamics plot Fall 2022 Closed Yes Education and Justice
Community-accessible Composting Fall 2025 Active No Food and Waste
Urban Farmers Hydroponics System Fall 2015 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water Illini Urban Farmers Hydroponics System
Dorner Drive Retention Pond Transformation Fall 2021 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water Plantings at Dorner Drive Retention Pond
Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) Geothermal Fall 2018 Closed No Energy Geothermal at the Campus Instructional Facility (CIF)
Low-cost Inspection and Sustainable Repair of Campus Pavements Fall 2021 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Low-cost Inspection and Sustainable Repair of Campus Pavements
Renewable Energy House Fall 2021 Closed No Energy
College of Fine and Applied Arts IT Electric Car/LINC Fall 2012 Closed Yes Energy Increase use of EVs and other Alternative Service Vehicles

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