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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? Category Associated Project(s)
Sustainable Art & Design Exhibition Fall 2017 Closed Yes Education and Justice
Sustainable Food Catering at Divestment Educational Event Fall 2023 Closed Yes Education and Justice Sustainable Food Practices
Sustainable Food Event Fall 2024 Closed Yes Food and Waste Sustainable Food Practices
Sustainable Food Event and Wednesday Talks Fall 2023 Closed Yes Education and Justice Sustainable Food Practices
Sustainable Restoration and Growth of the South Arboretum Woods Spring 2020 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water
Sustainable Student Farm Educator Spring 2012 Closed No Education and Justice Sustainable Student Farm
Sustainable Student Farm Electric Vehicle/LINC Fall 2013 Closed No Energy
Sustainable Studies in the Humanities Spring 2011 Closed No Education and Justice Sustainable Studies in the Humanities
Sustainable Transportation Interns Fall 2024 Active No Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriately Staff Sustainable Transportation Efforts
Sustainable World Network Fall 2021 Closed No Education and Justice Sustainable World Network
Sustainapalooza 2025 Spring 2025 Active Yes Education and Justice Major Annual Events
Temple Buell Hall Lighting Project Spring 2013 Closed Yes Energy TBH Lighting Project
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall as an Energy Learning Laboratory Spring 2018 Closed No Energy Building-Level Energy Efficiency
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall DDC Upgrade of Room Equipment Spring 2023 Closed No Energy
The Hip-Hop Xpress Fall 2019 Closed No Education and Justice
Thermal Response Test Unit for Geothermal Pilot Project Spring 2017 Closed Yes Energy Geothermal Test Well at Energy Farm
The Safe Pyrotechnic Analyzer Reusable Kit (SPARK) Fall 2023 Active Yes Food and Waste
Thin Client - FAA Spring 2010 Closed No Energy
Towards a Battery-Free Environment Sensing System for Urban Heat Island Identification Fall 2022 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water
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
Transplant and Vermi-Composting Multiuse Greenhouse Spring 2013 Closed No Food and Waste Vermicompost, Sustainable Student Farm
UIUC Campus Wind Turbine Project Fall 2024 Active No Energy Wind Power on Campus
University of Illinois Investment Database Spring 2023 Closed Yes Education and Justice Fossil Fuels Divestment - Support Letter
Urban Farmers Hydroponics System Fall 2015 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water Illini Urban Farmers Hydroponics System
Valorizing Archived Soils and Long-Term Carbon Budgets Fall 2019 Closed No Land, Air, and Water

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