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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 descending Category Associated Project(s)
Student Intern for Sustainable Transportation Spring 2023 Active No Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriately Staff Sustainable Transportation Efforts
Wymer Hall Geothermal Part 1 Spring 2023 Closed No Energy Wymer Hall
South Farm Draper Purchase Spring 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Agricultural Practices
An Energy Saving Demonstration for Remolding Old Structures at the ABE Farm – Phase 2 Fall 2019 Closed No Energy
Vision Zero for UI Spring 2019 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Vision Zero
Bee Research Facility Sustainable Auxiliary Building Spring 2019 Closed No Education and Justice Bee Campus USA
Baler for Plastics Fall 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Increase Recycling through the WTS
Low-cost Inspection and Sustainable Repair of Campus Pavements Fall 2021 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Low-cost Inspection and Sustainable Repair of Campus Pavements
Renewable Energy House Fall 2021 Closed No Energy
Identifying the Campus Benefits of a Large-Scale Prairie Experiment (Part 2) Fall 2021 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Benefits of a Large-Scale Prairie Experiment
iCAP Resilience Theme Project Management Fall 2021 Closed No Education and Justice Resilience iCAP Team
Land Addition to Vermilion River Observatory Spring 2020 Closed No Land, Air, and Water
Single-use Plastics Reuse and Elimination Protocols Fall 2021 Closed No Food and Waste Reuse Surplus Goods and Valuable "Waste"
Improving the Energy Efficiency of an Ultra-low Freezer Used to Store Biological Materials Spring 2022 Closed No Energy Freezer Challenge
Intelligent Mobile Sensing Unit for Building Energy Efficiency Spring 2022 Closed No Energy Building-Level Energy Efficiency
Reducing Water Waste in Talbot Laboratory Spring 2022 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Talbot Laboratory: LEED Silver
Single-day Campus-wide Composting Events Fall 2024 Closed No Food and Waste Plan for Organic Waste
Purchase and Install New Eco-Counters Spring 2022 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Pedestrian and Bicycle Counts
Sheltered Bicycle Parking for Chemical Life Sciences Building and Roger Adams Laboratory Spring 2014 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Bicycle Parking & Storage
Krannert Art Museum-East Gallery Lighting Systems Replacement Fall 2018 Closed No Energy LED Interior Lights
Media Commons Video Production Studio Lighting Replacement Fall 2018 Closed No Energy LED Interior Lights
Expansion and Increased Utilization of Biomass Heating at the Energy Farm Spring 2019 Closed No Energy Biomass Boiler at the Energy Farm
Biomass Burner at Sustainable Farm Spring 2014 Closed No Energy
Uni High Native Prairie Garden Fall 2025 Active No Land, Air, and Water
Soil Sampling for Sustainable Landscapes Fall 2015 Closed No Land, Air, and Water

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