Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects

The Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) has funded several projects over the years. This collection includes the proposed, in progress, completed, and/or ongoing projects that the SSC agreed to support.

Project Listing

Theme	Project	Status
Energy	LED Classroom Upgrade	In Progress
Energy	Solar Farm 2.0	In Progress
Energy	Solar PVs at Idea Garden	In Progress
Energy	Biomass use on Campus	Ongoing
Energy	Chip PC Thin Client	Ongoing
Energy	Geothermal on Campus	Ongoing
Energy	Occupancy and Daylight Sensors	Ongoing
Energy	Solar Energy on Campus	Ongoing
Energy	Steam System Maintenance	Ongoing
Energy	BIF Rooftop Solar PVs	Completed

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8/18/2020

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Sustainability Outreach
- Advance Student Sustainability Outreach Efforts
  (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Student Groups with Sustainability Focus
    - Green Observer
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - ActGreen
    - Beyond Oil Campaign
    - Illinois Biodiesel Initiative (IBI)
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Illinois Solar Decathlon
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Students for Environmental ConcernS (SECS)
    - Teens Turning Green
    - Tikkun Chambana
    - USGBC Student Chapter
  - Student Sustainability Leadership Council (SSLC)
- Build a Culture of Sustainability
- Contribute to a Regional Climate Action Plan
- Provide Centralized Communication about Sustainability
Educate Future Leaders
- Curriculum
  - Develop Sustainability Learning Outcomes
  - Sustainability Literacy Assessment
  - Provide incentives for sustainability education
  - Sustainability Immersive Experience
  - Encourage Course Development or Modification
    - Teaching Sustainability Workshop aka Prairie Project
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Prairie Project Instructional Workshop
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - CEE 398 Project Based Learning (PBL)
    - CEE 598 SUS with Barbara Minsker
    - ECI Educational Funding
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - ESE 360 with Rob Kanter
    - NRES 285: Sustainability Metrics and Evaluation Techniques
    - Rhet class interviews
    - Scholarship of Sustainability Series
    - Sustainable Studies in the Humanities
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Inventory Sustainability Courses
  - Certificate in Environmental Writing (CEW)
  - Development of Experiential Learning Sites
  - Develop Sustainability Education definition
  - Independent Student Projects
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Support sustainability courses through guest lectures
  - Sustainability Minor
  - Sustainable Design Major
- Co-curricular Sustainability Programs
  - Eco Illini Supermileage
  - Enactus
  - Friday Forums
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Illini EcoConcept
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Illini Formula Electric
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Inner Voices
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - LAS Honors College - Sustainability Partners
  - Parapro Training in Sustainability
  - Science Policy Workshop
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Student Sustainability Educators Program
    - Eco-Reps
  - Sustainability in New Student Orientation
  - Sustainability Living Learning Community (SLLC)
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)
- iSEE Collaboratory
  (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
Responsible Stewardship of Campus Land
- Carbon Sequestration
- Incorporate Sustainability Principles into Campus Master Plan
- Root to Roof Program
  (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Sustainable Agricultural Practices
  - Assess and Reduce Agricultural GHG Emissions
  - Bevier Café Herb Garden
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Fly Ash Phosphorous Filtration
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Growing Local Foods
    - Orchard Downs Community Gardens
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Sustainable Student Farm
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Tomato Processing and Packaging
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Woody Perennial Polyculture (WPP) Research Site
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Sustainable Agricultural Food System
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Sustainable Landscapes Plan
  (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Bee Campus USA
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Committee on Natural Areas
  - Low Mow Zones
  - Native Plantings & Prairies
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Burrill/ Morrill Walkway
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Chi Omega native plants
    - Davenport Hall Carbon Garden
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - LAR Native Plants
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Native Plants at Arboretum
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Orchard Downs Multifunctional Landscape (ODMFL)
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Small Prairie at Natural Resources Building
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - The Illinois Path
    - Uni High Butterfly Garden
    - Vet Med Prairies
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Woodland Plants at NRB
    - Campus Honors House
  - Tree Campus USA
    - Campus Tree Inventory
Funding for Sustainability
Reduce Transportation Emissions
(Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Pavement Maintenance and Management
- Reduce Cars (Vehicle Miles Traveled) on Campus
  - Discourage Vehicles on Campus
    - Parking Master Plan
    - Traffic Calming
  - Encourage Ride-Sharing
    - Support a Ride-Matching Program
  - Encourage Active Transportation
    - Appropriately Staff Sustainable Transportation Efforts
    - Increase Bicycle Use
      - Bicycle Education
        
        Bicycle Safety Classes
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Cycling Savvy Courses
        
        League of American Bicyclists Courses
        
        Bicycle Safety Materials
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Bicycle Safety Posters by CCB
        
        C-U Area Bicycle Map
        
        C-U Sharing the Road Video
        
        Motorist Education about Bicycles
        
        Bike at Illinois Website and Campaign
        
        Campus Bike Center
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Mechanics Classes at the Campus Bike Center
        
        Light the Night
        
        Integrate Bicycles into Course Curriculum
        
        TakeTheBike.com
        
        'UI Bikes' LINC Class
      - Encourage Bicycle Use
        
        Bike Sharing
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Bike Sharing at Sustainability Living Learning Community
        
        Bike Sharing Feasibility Study
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Departmental Bike Sharing
        
        Dockless Bike Sharing
        
        Illini Bikes
        
        Illinois Cross-Campus Bicycles (ICCB)
        
        Y-Cycles
        
        C-U Bike to Work Day
        
        Incentives for Biking
        
        Bicycle Ambassador Program
      - Enforcement for Safe Cycling
        
        Bicycle Registration
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Lock Your Bike Right (LYBR)
        
        Traffic Citations
        
        University Bicycle Ordinance
        
        Reduce Bicycle Theft on Campus
      - Engineer for Bikes
        
        Bicycle Parking & Storage
        
        Bike Lockers
        
        Japan House and Arboretum Bicycle Parking
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Sheltered Bike Parking at CLSL
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Upgrade Bike Parking U-loops
        
        FY09 SSC Bike Parking Upgrades
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        FY10 Bike Parking Survey
        
        FY11 SSC Bike Parking Upgrades
        
        FY12 SSC Bike Parking Upgrades
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Indoor Bike Parking
        
        F&S Indoor Bike Parking
        
        Option for Bikes in Buildings
        
        Provide Shower Facilities for Cyclists
      - Evaluation & Planning for Bicycles
        
        2009 Bicycle Master Plan
        
        2014 Campus Bike Plan
        
        Bikeway Conceptual Designs
        
        Bicycle Counts
        
        Collect Cyclist Feedback
        
        Improve Reporting and Metrics for Bicycles
    - Increase Public Transportation Use
    - Increase Walking
      - Encourage Walking
        
        Pedestrian and Bicycle Counts
        
        Walking Tours and Events
        
        iWalk Toolkit
      - Engineer for Pedestrian Safety
        
        ADA Transition Plan
        
        Implement Lighting Committee Recommendations
        
        Install Curb Bump Outs for Pedestrian Safety
        
        Crowd Management for Quad Day: Living Lab Project
        
        University District Crosswalk Project
        
        Walkability Study
    - Multi-Modal Transportation Study
    - Vision Zero Campus
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Encourage Low-Emission Vehicles
  - Install Public Use Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - SmartWay Transport Partnership
- Reduce Business Travel Emissions
Research Opportunities and Projects
Zero Waste
(Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Decrease Wasteful Practices through Behavior Change
  - Annual International Sustainable Electronics Competition
  - Bevier Café Reusable Carry-out Program
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Project Paplet
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - RecycleMania
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Zero Waste Gameday Challenge Fall 2014
    - Zero Waste Gameday Challenge Spring 2014
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Skip the Bag Campaign
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Water Fountain Retrofit
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Establish a Net Zero Waste Plan and Policy
  - Appropriately Staff Zero Waste Efforts
  - Measure waste levels in dumpsters
  - Use Landfills with Methane-capture Technology
  - Waste Stream Characterization Study Phase 1
  - Waste Stream Characterization Study Phase 2
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Increase Recycling Rates
  - Campus-Wide Bottle/Can Deposit Program
  - Encourage Use of Recycling Bins
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Indoor Bin Update
    - Outdoor Recycling Bin Update
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Recycling Bins Pilot at Ikenberry
    - Recycling for the Quad
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Implement Solutions for Special Recyclables
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Pallet Recycling
    - Address Electronic Waste (e-waste)
    - Battery Recycling
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Rechargeable Battery Recycling
      - Single-Use Battery Recycling
    - Glass Recycling at Housing Catering Services
    - Glove Recycling
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Handling waste chemicals
    - Lamp & Ballast Recycling
    - Mill Shop Sawdust Recycling
    - Plastic Bag Recycling at Illini Union Bookstore
    - Printer Cartridge Recycling
    - Recycle Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D)
    - Reduce Plastic Film Waste
    - Styrecycle: Expanded polystyrene (EPS) recycling program
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Increase Recycling through the WTS
- Reduce Foodwaste
  - Compost at National Soybean Research Center (NSRC)
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - E2E Paradigm for Food Waste to Biofuel and Biomaterial
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Enviropures
  - Food Donation
  - Large-Scale Food Waste Composting
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Vermicompost
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Reuse Surplus Goods and Valuable "Waste"
  - Allow Salvage of Campus Buildings Before Demolition
  - CornCrete
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Dump and Run
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Durable Good Transfers
  - Illini Gadget Garage
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Legislation to Resell Surplus Goods Publicly
  - Surplus Catalog
  - Zero Waste Woodshop
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Sustainable Procurement
  - Develop Sustainable Purchasing Policies
    - Sustainable Building Materials
    - Adopt Environmental Indicators to Guide Purchasing Standards
    - Full-Cost Accounting and Life-Cycle Analysis
    - Green Cleaning Products and Practices
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Incorporate Disposal Costs of Products
    - Policy on Polystyrene Products
    - Recycled-Content Paper Policy in CAM
  - Sustainable Food Practices
    - Seafood Purchases
    - Confinement-Free Food Purchases
    - Food Purchases from Local Sources
      - Aquaponics System Demonstration Unit
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Develop Local Foods Network
      - Illini Urban Farmers Hydroponics System
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Hormone-Free Food Purchases
    - Vegetarian-Fed Food Purchases
Report on Progress
Reduce Emissions from Energy Consumption
- Energy Conservation Efforts
  - Changing Usage of Individuals
    - Energy Dashboard Project
    - Presentations with Energy Liaisons
    - Energy Conservation Incentive Program (ECIP)
      - ECIP Championship Challenge
    - Energy Use Policy
    - Building-Level Energy Usage Report
      - Building Maintenance Department Energy Conservation Projects
        
        Weatherization of Small Campus Buildings
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Update Building Maintenance Procedures to Support Long-Term Energy Savings
        
        AFMFA Energy Conservation Projects
        
        Pipe Insulation
        
        Steam System Maintenance
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Main Library Steam Reduction Project
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Plant Sciences Window Shades
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Freezer Challenge
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Illini Lights Out
    - Kill a Watt Monitors at Libraries
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Student Competitions
      - Eco-Olympics
      - Green Your Dorm
    - Fume Hood Shut the Sash Campaign
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Building-Level Energy Efficiency
    - Graduate Dance Space
    - Facility Standards
      - Implement Energy Standards
  - Convert Fume Hoods from CAV to VAV
  - Maintain or Reduce Gross Square Footage
  - Space Marketplace
  - LEED Certification
  - Reduce Active Fume Hoods
  - Lighting Conservation Projects
    - Art- East Annex Studio 1 Daylighting
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Illini Union Audit and Retrofits
    - ISTC Lighting Retrofits
    - Krannert Great Hall Lighting Retrofit
    - LED Campus
      - LED Exit Signs
      - LED Exterior Lights
        
        2012 Exterior Doorway LED Lighting
        
        LED Street Projects
        
        LED Bi-Level Lighting pilot
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - LED Interior Lights
        
        ECE LED Lighting
        
        Illini Union 104 & 222 Lighting
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        KCPA Lobby Lighting
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        Krannert Art Museum LEDs
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        LED Classroom Upgrade
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
        
        LED Projects 2012
    - SDRP Lighting
    - T-12 to T-8 Lighting Retrofit
    - TBH Lighting Project
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Vending Machine Sensors
    - Occupancy and Daylight Sensors
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Energy Services Conservation Projects
    - SAIC projects
    - Smart Grid for Campus
      - DDC Command Center
    - Retrocommissioning (RCx)
      - FY08 RCx
      - FY09 RCx
      - FY10 RCx
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - FY11 RCx
      - FY12 RCx
      - FY13 RCx
      - FY14 RCx
      - FY15 RCx
      - FY16 RCx
      - FY17 RCx
      - FY18 RCx
    - Variable Speed Drives
    - Energy Recovery Wheels
    - Energy Performance Contracting / ESCO
      - Vet Med ESCO
      - Oak Street Chiller Plant ESCO
    - Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Tank
  - ECE Net-Zero Energy Building
  - Computers and Technology
    - Consolidate Servers with Virtualization
    - Update and Enforce Campus Computer Policy
    - Chip PC Thin Client
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Reduce Energy Consumption from Computer Rooms
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Carbon-Neutral Energy for Campus
  - Utilities Master Plan for Energy Production and Distribution
    - Stop Burning Coal at Abbott Power Plant
  - Use Renewable / Low-carbon / Clean Energy
    - Solar Energy on Campus
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - ECE Rooftop Solar PVs
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Install Solar PVs on NCPD
      - Solar Farm 1.0
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Rooftop Solar Potential
      - BIF Rooftop Solar PVs
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Ground Mounted Solar PVs BRC Research Test Bed
      - E37 Parking Lot Solar Lighting
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - KCPA Rooftop Solar Feasibility Study
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Solar Farm 2.0
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Solar Panels on Everitt Lab
      - Solar PVs at Idea Garden
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Solar PVs on Fruit Farm Admin Building
      - Speech and Hearing Rooftop Solar PVs
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Uni High Gym Rooftop Solar PVs
      - Wassaja Hall Rooftop Solar PVs
      - SSC Solar Feasibility Study
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Solar Thermal at ARC
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Wind Energy on Campus
      - Rooftop Wind Generators
        
        Rooftop Wind Vertical Turbines on PPSB
      - Wind Turbine Generator(s) on South Farms
    - Geothermal on Campus
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Geothermal at Allerton Park
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) Geothermal
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - CEE Hydrosystems Energy Lab Geothermal
      - Geothermal at the Bielfeldt Athletic Administration building
      - Geothermal at the Energy Farm
      - Geothermal at the Fruit Farm Admin Building
      - Geothermal Monitoring Well on Bardeen Quad
      - Geothermal Test Well at Energy Farm
      - ISTC Geothermal Loop
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
    - Methane Capture on Campus
      - Anaerobic Digester at Beef and Sheep Study
    - Biomass use on Campus
      (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Biogasification
      - Biomass Boiler at the Energy Farm
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Biomass co-firing pilot at Abbott Power Plant
      - Green Allerton Wood-fired Boiler
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Vet Med Miscanthus CHP Boiler
    - Power Purchase Agreements for Clean Energy
  - Carbon Capture
  - Explore Options for 100 Percent Clean Campus Energy
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
Water Conservation
(Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Stormwater Management Program
  - Green Infrastructure
    - Green Infrastructure Conference
    - Green Roofs on Campus
      - Green Roof on KCPA
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Green Roof on Robert A. Evers Laboratory
      - Green Roof on Art & Design Link Gallery
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Green Roof on Foreign Language Building
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Green Roof on Yeh Student Center NCEL addition
      - Green Roof on Bousfield Hall
      - Green Roof on iHotel
      - Green Roof on Illinois Street Residence Hall
      - Green Roof on Lincoln Hall
      - Green Roof on the Business Instructional Facility (BIF)
        (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
      - Green Roof on Undergraduate Library
    - Porous Asphalt Parking Lot C-8 / C-9
    - Rain Gardens on Campus
    - Rainwater Capture Systems
  - Boneyard Creek Management
  - Inventory and Benchmark Existing Landscape Performance
  - Medicine Take-Back Program
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Reduce Nitrates from Agricultural Stormwater
    - Construct Tile-Drainage Wetlands
  - Clean up campus
    - Storm Drain Murals
- Reduce Potable Water Usage
  - Install Low Flow Fixtures throughout Campus
    - Green Nozzles
  - Campus Rec Water Conservation Incentives
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Pipe Leakage Assessment
  - Reduce Cooling Tower and Chiller Plant Water Use
  - Turner Greenhouse water cooling systems
  - University Housing Trayless Dining
  - Water Audit / Inventory
- Obtain and Publicize Water Data
  - Charge for "true cost of water"
  - Conduct True Cost of Water Study for Chiller Plants
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
- Use of Non-Potable Water
  - BIF Greywater Pipe System
    (Student Sustainability Committee Funded Projects)
  - Connect Raw Water System
  - State Laws for Non-Potable Water

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