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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 Semester Year Started Status Student Led?sort descending Category Associated Project(s)
CETACEAN (The Whale) Fall 2021 Closed No Education and Justice Sculptures
Recycling Pods Spring 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Install Appropriate Waste Collection Infrastructure
Production of Safe Leafy Greens via Hydroponics by Recycling of Wastewater Nutrients Spring 2020 Closed No Food and Waste Illini Urban Farmers Hydroponics System
Red Oak Rain Garden Sidewalk Phase Fall 2018 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Red Oak Rain Garden
Student Services Arcade Building Water Bottle Fillers Spring 2022 Closed No Food and Waste Reduce Single-Use Plastics
Magnetically Driven Biodiesel Catalysis With Deep Eutectic Solvent-Functionalized Nanoparticles Fall 2025 Active No Education and Justice
South Farm Draper Purchase Spring 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Agricultural Practices
Resuscitating Soil for Sustainable Futures Spring 2021 Closed No Land, Air, and Water
Pilot-Scale Implementation of E2E Fall 2018 Closed No Food and Waste Environment-Enhancing Energy Paradigm for Food Waste to Biofuel and Biomaterial [ARCHIVED]
South Farm Nitrate Monitoring Station Fall 2018 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Reduce Nitrates from Agricultural Stormwater
Zero Waste Quad Days Fall 2018 Closed No Food and Waste
Bevier Café - Dishroom Sustainability Project Fall 2018 Closed No Energy
Vision Zero for UI Spring 2019 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Vision Zero
Enhancing Learning and Volunteer Opportunities in SAW Spring 2018 Closed No Land, Air, and Water
BIF Solar Installation Spring 2017 Closed No Energy BIF Rooftop Solar PVs
Engineered Renewable Nuclease Biocatalyst for Degradation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes from Wastewater. Spring 2025 Active No Land, Air, and Water
Fly Ash Phosphorous Filtration Spring 2017 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Fly Ash Phosphorous Filtration
Corncrete Fall 2017 Closed No Food and Waste CornCrete
Bevier Hall Occupancy Sensors Fall 2017 Closed No Energy Occupancy and Daylight Sensors
Baler for Plastics Fall 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Increase Recycling through the WTS
Community-accessible Composting Fall 2025 Active No Food and Waste
ISFP Extrusion Coating Expansion Fall 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Agricultural Food System
E2E Paradigm for Food Waste to Biofuel and Biomaterial Fall 2017 Closed No Energy
ISFP Hand Wash Sink Replacement Fall 2017 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Sustainable Agricultural Food System
Allerton Park Solar Array-Phase II Spring 2014 Closed No Energy

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