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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)
Illini Hillel Sustainability Project (Microgrant) Spring 2019 Closed Yes Education and Justice Reduce Single-Use Plastics
Illini Light Savers Fall 2018 Closed Yes Energy Occupancy and Daylight Sensors
Illini Lights Out (2016) Fall 2016 Closed Yes Energy Illini Lights Out
Illini Lights Out (2018) Spring 2018 Closed Yes Education and Justice
Illini Lights Out (2023) Fall 2023 Active Yes Energy Illini Lights Out
Illini Solar Car, 2nd Generation Vehicle Fall 2019 Closed Yes Energy Illini Solar Car
Illini Solar Car - 4th Generation Solar-Electric Vehicle Fall 2024 Active Yes Transportation and Infrastructure
Illini Solar Car - Project Brizo Fall 2020 Closed Yes Transportation and Infrastructure Illini Solar Car
Illini Student Musicals Rechargeable Batteries Fall 2023 Active Yes Food and Waste Rechargeable Battery Recycling
Illini Union Bookstore Retrocommissioning/Occupancy Sensors Loan Spring 2010 Closed No Energy Occupancy and Daylight Sensors
Illini Union Recycling Center Shadow Boxes Fall 2020 Closed Yes Food and Waste Recycling Bins at the Illini Union
Illini Union Revolving Loan Pool Fall 2011 Closed No Energy Illini Union Revolving Loan Pool
Illini Union Water Fountain Replacement Spring 2015 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Water Fountain Retrofit
Illinois Language and Linguistics Society 12th Annual Conference Fall 2019 Closed Yes Food and Waste
Illinois Language and Linguistics Society 15th Annual Conference Fall 2022 Closed Yes Education and Justice
Illinois Organic Internship Spring 2020 Closed No Education and Justice
Illinois Solar Decathlon Build Project (2024) Spring 2024 Active Yes Transportation and Infrastructure Illinois Solar Decathlon
Illinois Space Society Hybrid Rocket Engine Fall 2019 Active Yes Transportation and Infrastructure
Illinois Space Society Hybrid Rocket Engine Fall 2018 Closed Yes Transportation and Infrastructure
Illinois Water Day (Microgrant) Spring 2019 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water
Improved Recycling at CEE Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Increase Recycling Rates
Improving the Energy Efficiency of an Ultra-low Freezer Used to Store Biological Materials Spring 2022 Closed No Energy Freezer Challenge
Improving the Sustainability of the Freezer Room at the Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory Spring 2023 Active No Energy Freezer Challenge
Improving the Sustainability of the Freezer Room at the Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory Spring 2023 Active Yes Energy Freezer Challenge
Increased SSF Food Production (Tractor) Fall 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Student Farm

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