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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 ascending Category Associated Project(s)
Bike Parking on Campus (Hazelwood Path Improvements) Spring 2010 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Bicycle Parking & Storage
Bevier Café - Dishroom Sustainability Project Fall 2018 Closed No Energy
Campus Community Garden: Fostering Sustainable Food Production and Undergraduate Learning Spring 2014 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Food Practices
Diversion of Non-Recyclable Plastic using Pyrolysis Process to Produce Fuels for Campus Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Reduce Emissions from Transportation
Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) Geothermal - 2 Spring 2019 Closed No Energy Geothermal at the Campus Instructional Facility (CIF)
Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) Geothermal Fall 2018 Closed No Energy Geothermal at the Campus Instructional Facility (CIF)
KCPA Lighting Replacement Spring 2014 Closed No Energy
An Energy Saving Demonstration for Remolding Old Structures at the ABE Farm – Phase 2 Fall 2019 Closed No Energy
Engineering Assessment of HVAC Indoor AirQuality: Performance Verification for Energy Efficient Infection Control Fall 2021 Closed No Energy Energy-Efficient HVAC Infection Control
Single-day Campus-wide Composting Events Fall 2024 Closed No Food and Waste Plan for Organic Waste
Uni High Native Prairie Garden Fall 2025 Active No Land, Air, and Water
Solar Decathlon 2009 Spring 2009 Closed No Education and Justice Illinois Solar Decathlon
Magnetically Driven Biodiesel Catalysis With Deep Eutectic Solvent-Functionalized Nanoparticles Fall 2025 Active No Education and Justice
Automated Waste Sorting via Computer Vision & Robotics: A Feasibility Study Fall 2025 Closed No Food and Waste
Community-accessible Composting Fall 2025 Active No Food and Waste
Ecojustice Series Fall 2025 Active No Education and Justice
Census of Trelease Woods – Phase 2 Fall 2019 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Committee on Natural Areas
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
Preventing Window-Strike Bird Fatalities at Beckman Institute Fall 2025 Active No Transportation and Infrastructure
Digital Fashion Design: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future Spring 2024 Active No Education and Justice Reuse Surplus Goods and Valuable "Waste"
Evaluating the Educational Impact of the SSC-funded Reimagine Our Future Sustainability Competition for Undergraduate Students Fall 2025 Closed No Education and Justice
Illini Union Food Court Lighting Upgrade Fall 2025 Active No Energy
Faculty Insights Gateway (FIG) Fall 2025 Active No Education and Justice
Installing Ubiquitous Electric Charging Infrastructure on Campus for UIUC Students Spring 2026 Active No Transportation and Infrastructure
Composting at Welcome Lunch 2026 Spring 2026 Active No Food and Waste

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