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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)
Red Oak Rain Garden 2.0 Fall 2017 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Red Oak Rain Garden
Root to Roof Spring 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Root to Roof Program
Solar at Master Gardener Idea Garden Fall 2017 Closed No Energy Solar PVs at Idea Garden
Wymer Hall Geothermal Part 1 Spring 2023 Closed No Energy Wymer Hall
Krannert Art Museum LED Lamp Retrofit Spring 2014 Closed No Energy LED Interior Lights
Vet Med Pipette Recycling Spring 2014 Closed No Food and Waste Implement Solutions for Special Recyclables
Coffee Ground Repurposing Fall 2013 Closed No Food and Waste
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall as an Energy Learning Laboratory Spring 2018 Closed No Energy Building-Level Energy Efficiency
Student Weatherization Program Fall 2010 Closed No Education and Justice
Science Policy Workshop Spring 2017 Closed No Education and Justice
Bevier To-Go Containers Spring 2016 Closed No Food and Waste Bevier Café Reusable Carry-out Program
Krannert Center Recycling Project Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Increase Recycling Rates
Brewing the Best Bankable Biodiesel Spring 2017 Closed No Energy Illinois Biodiesel Initiative (IBI)
Campus Bike Project Fall 2012 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Campus Bike Center
Educating Future Leaders Part 1 and 2 Fall 2012 Closed No Education and Justice Educate Future Leaders
Soil Sampling for Sustainable Landscapes Fall 2015 Closed No Land, Air, and Water
High Resolution Geothermal Profiling Spring 2016 Closed No Energy Geothermal on Campus
Lighting at the Foreign Languages Building Spring 2016 Closed No Energy Occupancy and Daylight Sensors
Aquaponics System Demonstration Unit Fall 2015 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Bevier Café’s - Aquaponics System Demonstration Unit
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
Diversion of Non-Recyclable Plastic using Pyrolysis Process to Produce Fuels for Campus Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Reduce Emissions from Transportation
Solar-Powered Lighting in Lot E37 Spring 2016 Closed No Energy E37 Parking Lot Solar Lighting
Sustainable Agricultural Food System - Juice Processing Spring 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Agricultural Food System
Engineering Assessment of HVAC Indoor AirQuality: Performance Verification for Energy Efficient Infection Control Fall 2021 Closed No Energy Energy-Efficient HVAC Infection Control
Plant Sci Lab Greenhouses Shade Curtain Retrofit Loan Spring 2010 Closed No Energy

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