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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)
Illini Lights Out (2018) Spring 2018 Closed Yes Education and Justice
Illini Box (Microgrant) Fall 2019 Closed Yes Food and Waste
Soil Boring Database for UIUC Students Spring 2022 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water Geothermal on Campus
Dietary Leafleting On Campus (General) Spring 2016 Closed Yes Education and Justice Sustainable Food Practices
Eco-Olympics Energy Conservation Competition Marketing (Microgrant) Spring 2019 Closed Yes Energy Eco-Olympics
Fume Hood Pilot Study Spring 2016 Closed Yes Energy Fume Hood Shut the Sash Campaign
Thermal Response Test Unit for Geothermal Pilot Project Spring 2017 Closed Yes Energy Geothermal Test Well at Energy Farm
Student Space Systems Spring 2016 Closed Yes Transportation and Infrastructure
Illini Formula Electric SiCVerter & Powertrain Fall 2022 Active Yes Education and Justice
Myco-Cycling Spent Coffee Grounds into Food for Fungi Spring 2023 Closed Yes Food and Waste ReImagine Our Future
Illini Algae Club Sequestration Project Spring 2015 Closed Yes Energy
Revert to Earth; Student Recycling Behavior Research Spring 2023 Closed Yes Food and Waste Project Revert to Earth
Pollinator Garden (Beekeeping Club) Spring 2023 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water Bee Campus USA
Demonstration of Enerdrape Thermal Energy Exchange System in Steam Tunnel Spring 2023 Closed Yes Energy
Foreign Languages Building Garden Renovation Spring 2020 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water Green Roof on Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Building (formerly called Foreign Language Building)
Boring Illini Spring 2026 Active Yes Transportation and Infrastructure
2026 makesmewanna (put art into it) festival Spring 2026 Active Yes Education and Justice
Student Driven recensus of the Trelease Woods Forest Dynamics plot Fall 2022 Closed Yes Education and Justice
University of Illinois Investment Database Spring 2023 Closed Yes Education and Justice Fossil Fuels Divestment - Support Letter
Seed Bomb Bash Spring 2023 Closed Yes Education and Justice
Dorner Drive Retention Pond Transformation Fall 2021 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water Plantings at Dorner Drive Retention Pond
Ecofeminism Summit Spring 2022 Closed Yes Education and Justice
Illinois Space Society Hybrid Rocket Engine Fall 2019 Active Yes Transportation and Infrastructure
Illini Solar Car, 2nd Generation Vehicle Fall 2019 Closed Yes Energy Illini Solar Car
Native Prairie Planting (2012) Fall 2013 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water Increase Pollinator-Friendly Areas

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