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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 Statussort descending Student Led? Category Associated Project(s)
Aquaponics System Demonstration Unit Fall 2015 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Bevier Café’s - Aquaponics System Demonstration Unit
Residential Native Plants Fall 2016 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water LAR Native Plants
Skip the Bag Spring 2016 Closed Yes Food and Waste Decrease Wasteful Practices through Behavior Change
Increased SSF Food Production (Tractor) Fall 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Student Farm
Sustainable Agricultural Food System - Juice Processing Spring 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Agricultural Food System
Thermal Response Test Unit for Geothermal Pilot Project Spring 2017 Closed Yes Energy Geothermal Test Well at Energy Farm
Gadget Garage ADA Access Spring 2016 Closed No Food and Waste
Reducing Water Waste in Talbot Laboratory Spring 2022 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Talbot Laboratory: LEED Silver
Sonified Sustainability Festival 2017 Spring 2016 Closed No Education and Justice
A Campus Circular Economy Spring 2016 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Student Farm
Demo Cargo Bike Spring 2015 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Increase Bicycle Use
IFSI Water Filtration System Spring 2015 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Illinois Fire Service Institute: LEED Silver
Student Space Systems Spring 2016 Closed Yes Transportation and Infrastructure
Illini Bikes Spring 2015 Closed No Transportation and Infrastructure Illini Bikes
Zero Waste Coordination Spring 2016 Closed No Food and Waste
Campus Contributions for Dump and Run Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Dump and Run
Illini Union Water Fountain Replacement Spring 2015 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Water Fountain Retrofit
Allerton Park Compost Toilet Spring 2015 Closed No Food and Waste
Makers UIUC Bike Seat Project Spring 2015 Closed Yes Transportation and Infrastructure Engineer for Bikes
NCSR Composting Project Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Compost at National Soybean Research Center (NSRC) [ARCHIVED]
Myco-Cycling Spent Coffee Grounds into Food for Fungi Spring 2023 Closed Yes Food and Waste ReImagine Our Future
Eco-Olympics Fall 2019 Closed Yes Education and Justice Eco-Olympics
Improved Recycling at CEE Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Increase Recycling Rates
Allerton Park Solar Array Spring 2020 Closed Yes Energy
Inner Voices: Environmental Justice is Social Justice Spring 2017 Closed No Education and Justice Inner Voices

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