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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)
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
VermiCUlture Spring 2021 Closed Yes Food and Waste Vermicompost
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
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
Woody Polyculture Work Study Spring 2020 Closed No Food and Waste Woody Perennial Polyculture (WPP) Research Site
Wymer Hall (2023-2024) Spring 2023 Closed No Energy Wymer Hall
Wymer Hall Geothermal Part 1 Spring 2023 Closed No Energy Wymer Hall
Zero Waste Coordination Spring 2016 Closed No Food and Waste
Zero Waste Event at State Farm Center Fall 2013 Closed No Food and Waste Zero Waste Gameday Challenge Spring 2014
Zero Waste Quad Days Fall 2018 Closed No Food and Waste
Zero Waste Red Bison T-Shirts Fall 2022 Closed Yes Food and Waste

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