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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)
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
UIUC Student Pollinator Garden Fall 2025 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water
Uni High Native Prairie Garden Fall 2025 Active No Land, Air, and Water
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
VermiCUlture Spring 2021 Closed Yes Food and Waste Vermicompost
Vernal Pool and SAW Improvements Spring 2025 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water
Vet Med Pipette Recycling Spring 2014 Closed No Food and Waste Implement Solutions for Special Recyclables
Vet-Med Tallgrass Prairie Garden Spring 2009 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Vet Med Prairies
Vision Zero for UI Spring 2019 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Vision Zero
WaggleNet Spring 2019 Closed Yes Education and Justice
WaggleNet Fall 2025 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water
Waste to 3D Production Fall 2018 Closed Yes Food and Waste Implement Solutions for Special Recyclables
Wastewater Elimination & Scale Up Restoration Spring 2019 Closed Yes Transportation and Infrastructure Illinois Biodiesel Initiative (IBI)
Water Fountain Retrofit Spring 2013 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Water Fountain Retrofit
Woody Perennial Polyculture Educational Outreach Fall 2012 Closed No Education and Justice Woody Perennial Polyculture (WPP) Research Site
Woody Perennial Polyculture Educational Outreach Fall 2017 Closed Yes Education and Justice Woody Perennial Polyculture (WPP) Research Site

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