The University of Illnois at Urbana-Champaign compiles its sustainability initiatives on the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) Portal. Here you’ll find a list of projects funded by the Student Sustainability Committee. This list includes links to the iCAP Portal where you’ll find detailed information about each project.
| Year Funded | SSC Project Name | Funded Amount | Category | iCAP Portal Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Hives for Beekeeping Club | $3,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Geothermal Exchange at WPP | $132,550 | Energy | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Off-Grid Solar Kiln | $8,250 | Energy | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Illini Lights Out Expansion | $10,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Pollinator Signage | $3,500 | Education | View Details |
| 2017018 | Enhancing Learning & Volunteer Opportunities at SAW | $40,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Zero Waste Woodshop | $3,500 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Sustainable Art and Design Exhibition | $5,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2017-18 | E2E Paradigm for Food Waste to Biofuel and Biomaterial | $10,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Design for America - Social Hack (Micro Grant) | $500 | Education | View Details |
| 2017-18 | CornCrete | $47,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Freezer Challenge | $9,900 | Education | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Baler Conceptualization | $20,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Bevier Hall Occupancy Sensors | $17,500 | Energy | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Student-Led Census at Trelease Woodlands | $69,467 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Eco-Olympics (Micro Grant) | $200 | Energy | View Details |
| 2017-18 | ISFP Tortilla Expansion | $135,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | ISFP Extrusion Expansion | $248,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | LED Classroom Upgrade | $29,500 | Energy | View Details |
| 2017-18 | ISFP Puree Expansion | $139,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | ISFP Hand Sink | $10,450 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Solar at Idea Garden | $56,400 | Energy | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Filify 3D | $5,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Stay Glassy | $3,631 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | iHelp | $500 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Red Oak Rain Garden 2.0 | $9,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Woody Perennial Polyculture Educational Outreach | $10,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Reducing Bathroom Water Consumption in the UGL | $5,715 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Eco Illini Supermileage | $9,720 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Green Labs - Student Interns | $11,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Local Grains and Locally Processed Foods for Dining Services | $9,657 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2017-18 | InSPIRE Solar Charging Stations | $5,800 | Energy | View Details |
| 2017-18 | Temple Hoyne Buell Hall as an Energy Learning Laboratory | $38,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Science Policy Workshop | $2,500 | Education | View Details |
| 2016-17 | EV Car Charging Pilot Study | $5,000 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Bevier Café Herb Garden | $30,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2016-17 | BIF Solar Installation | $60,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Project Paplet | $500 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Metering of Raw Water at BIF | $5,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Friday Forum | $30,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2016-17 | iSEE Collaboratory | $100,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Environmental Justice is Social Justice | $21,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Fly Ash Phosphorous Filtration | $8,350 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Brewing the Best Bankable Biodiesel | $29,292 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Sustainable Agricultural Food System – Juice Processing Phase 2 | $105,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Sustainable Agricultural Food System - Juice Processing Phase 1 | $195,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Illini EcoConcept | $35,104 | Energy | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Illini Formula Electric | $24,750 | Energy | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Thermal Response Test Unit for Geothermal Pilot Project | $4,868 | Energy | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Root to Roof | $94,750 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (KCPA) Lobby Lighting | $150,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Bicycle Registration and RFID Tracking Program | $25,207 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Beginner Bike Maintenance Education | $1,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Illini Lights Out | $1,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2016-17 | Residential Native Plants | $4,980 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Aquaponics System Demonstration Unit | $4,695 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Soil Sampling for Sustainable Landscapes | $4,925 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Solar Car Electrical System | $4,913 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Urban Farmers Hydroponics System | $1,121 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Native Plantings at Arboretum, Phase 1 | $50,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2015-16 | A Campus Circular Economy | $37,695 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Solar-Powered Lighting in Lot E37 | $55,032 | Energy | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Illinois Biodiesel Initiative | $28,011 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2015-16 | SAFS Flour Milling | $248,832 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Solar Car - Full project | $41,725 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2015-16 | SAFS Small-Batch Fermentation | $4,215 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Fume Hood Pilot Study | $1,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Dietary Leafleting On Campus (General) | $1,700 | Education | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Dietary Leafleting On Campus (SSF Portion) | $3,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Bevier To-Go Containers | $4,790 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2015-16 | High Resolution Geothermal Profiling | $62,325 | Energy | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Sonified Sustainability Festival 2017 | $36,044 | Education | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Student Space Systems | $11,945 | Transportation | |
| 2015-16 | Zero Waste Coordination | $64,862 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Gadget Garage ADA Access | $10,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Skip the Bag | $20,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2015-16 | FLB Lighting Sensors | $11,200 | Energy | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Game Day Challenge | $2,600 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2015-16 | Speech and Hearing Building Solar | $40,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2014-15 | KCPA Lighting Replacement (CET Portion) | $144,341 | Energy | View Details |
| 2014-15 | KCPA Lighting Replacement (SCE Portion) | $258,982 | Energy | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Illini Union Water Fountain Replacement | $54,014 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Operation Enduring Frigidity | $2,740 | Energy | View Details |
| 2014-15 | IFSI Water Filtration System | $63,128 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Vet Med Pipette Recycling | $4,040 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Anaerobic Digester Pilot Study | $5,500 | Energy | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Sonified Sustainability Festival | $26,204 | Education | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Styrofoam Densifier | $32,500 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Baseline Waste Characterization | $33,718 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Biomass Burner at Sustainable Farm | $8,570 | Energy | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Illini Algae Club Sequestration Project | $1,086 | Energy | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Japan House Bike Racks | $15,580 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Recycling Bins for Residence Halls | $56,547 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Illini Gadget Garage | $95,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Allerton Solid Waste Receptacles | $10,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Allerton Compost Toilet | $15,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Solar Car Electrical System Prototype | $3,295 | Energy | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Illini Bikes | $86,795 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Demo Cargo Bike | $4,220 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Arboretum Native Plantings | $20,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2014-15 | Makers UIUC Bike Seat Project | $500 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Energy Shade Curtains-Phase III | $71,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Allerton Park Solar Array-Phase II | $22,768 | Energy | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Campus Community Garden: Fostering Sustainable Food Production and Undergraduate Learning | $51,530 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Coffee Ground Repurposing | $1,820 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Krannert Art Museum LED Lamp Retrofit | $39,900 | Energy | View Details |
| 2013-14 | New ECE Building Solar Panels | $225,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Nitrile Glove Recycling | $1,940.81 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Sustainable Agricultrue Food System-Tomato Processing Phase II | $387,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Zero Waste Event at State Farm Center | $1,949.70 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Field to Fuel-Biomass Heating on Campus | $100,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Element House at the Energy Farm | $44,300 | Energy | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Recycling on the Quad | $22,500 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Solar Powered Cookstoves: Next Generation Solar Cooking and Grilling Innovations | $9,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Sheltered Bicycle Parking for Chemical Life Sciences Building and Roger Adams Laboratory | $46,200 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Composites in Aviation | $52,930 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Farm and Fiber | $79,620 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2013-14 | SECS Re_Home Landscaping | $4,008 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2013-14 | Allerton Park Bike Share | $5,000 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Allerton Bridge/LINC | $5,500 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Allerton Park Geothermal | $37,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2012-13 | ARC Solar-thermal panels | $74,601 | Energy | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Art-East Annex Studio 1 Daylighting | $50,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Bicycling Safety Campaign | $26,280 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Campus Bicycle Shop | $30,266 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2012-13 | College of Fine and Applied Arts IT Electric Car/LINC | $55,081 | Energy | |
| 2012-13 | Educating Future Leaders Part 1 and 2 | $5,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Green Observer | $2,200 | Education | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Illinois Biodiesel Initiative | $28,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2012-13 | LED Adaptive Lighting Technology for Parking | $50,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Medicine Take-Back Program | $5,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Native Prairie Planting | $4,806 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Orchard Downs Multifunctional Landscape | $113,860 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Solar Decathlon 2013 | $30,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2013-14; 2014-15; 2015-16 | Solar Farm | $350,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2012-13 | SSF/Fresh Press Studio Solar | $68,416 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Sustainable Agricultural Food System - Tomato Processing | $177,500 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Sustainable Student Farm Electric Vehicle/LINC | $66,970 | Energy | |
| 2012-13 | Temple Buell Hall Lighting Project | $62,900 | Energy | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Transplant and Vermi-Composting Multiuse Greenhouse | $65,222 | Food & Waste | |
| 2012-13 | Water Fountain Retrofit | $20,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2012-13 | Woody Perennial Polyculture | $125,050 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Burrill/Morrill Rain Garden | $5,434 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Campus Bike Parking Overhaul | $225,000 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Campus Bike Project | $39,872 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Food Compost Facility (Campus Compost Project) | $250,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Campus Revolving Loan Fund | $500,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Electrical & Computer Eng (ECE) Solar Installation | $150,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Energy Shade Curtains | $121,200 | Energy | View Details |
| 2011-12 | KCPA Solar Conceptualization | $100,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Main Library Steam Reduction | $215,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Portable Farm Stand | $5,811 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Sustainability Living Learning Community (SLLC) Coordinator | $50,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Sustainable Student Farm Educator | $55,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2011-12 | Student Farm for Local Food Production | $40,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Battery Recycling | $1,400 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Bike Sharing Feasibility Study | $10,000 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Campus Bike Project | $7,500 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Composting Feasibility Study | $15,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Energy Displays and Metering | $156,750 | Energy | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Illini Union Revolving Loan Pool | $100,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Integrated Pest Management | $30,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Ionized Water Cleaning | $9,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Campus Water Study (ISTC) | $10,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Natural Resources Building Prairie | $20,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Solar Feasibility Study | $9,900 | Energy | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Student Farm for Local Food Production | $10,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Student Weatherization Program | $20,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Agri Fiber Waste Labs & Sustainable Design | $22,500 | Food & Waste | |
| 2010-11 | Sustainable Studies in the Humanities | $8,500 | Education | View Details |
| 2010-11 | Electric Mower/Student Farm Solar Array | $5,200 | Energy | |
| 2010-11 | Allerton Geothermal Project | $18,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Green Link at School of Art + Design & Krannert Art Museum Supplementary Funding | $3,400 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Bike Parking on Campus (Hazelwood Path Improvements) | $36,000 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2009-10 | BIF Prairie Garden | $10,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Graduate Dance Department Retrofit | $10,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Course Development and Enhancement (ECI) | $26,210 | Education | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Florida/Orchard Prairie | $40,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Illini Union Bookstore Retrocommissioning/Occupancy Sensors Loan | $180,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Occupancy Sensors | $50,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Plant Sciences Greenhouses (Loan) | $125,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Prairie Project Instructional Workshop | $5,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Solar Decathlon 2011 | $50,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Student Farm for Local Food Production | $25,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Thin Client - FAA | $4,985 | Energy | View Details |
| 2009-10 | Thin Client - Swanland | $3,795 | Energy | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Automatic Lighting Controls | $50,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Bike Parking on Campus | $10,600 | Transportation | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Campus Bike Project | $30,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Chip PC Thin Client | $7,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Grad Dance Rehearsal Space Renovation | $47,790 | Education | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Green Allerton/Alternative energy | $25,500 | Energy | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Green Link at School of Art + Design & Krannert Art Museum | $63,900 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Waste Management Research Center/ISTC Fume Hoods Project | $10,000 | Energy | |
| 2008-09 | Krannert Lobby LED Lighting (Loan) | $450,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Mapping Sustainability at the Uof I | $3,200 | Education | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Measuring Sustainability Metrics of the Green Roof at BIF | $13,100 | Education | View Details |
| 2008-09 | MechSE Sustainability Senior Design | $6,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Open Geothermal at ISTC | $27,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Power Plant Carbon Sequestration via Algae Biodiesel Production | $13,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Racquetball Court Energy Reduction (Loan) | $75,000 | Energy | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Restroom Water Use Reduction at Campus Recreation | $30,000 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Shut the Sash Model Program | $4,400 | Education | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Solar Decathlon 2009 | $55,000 | Education | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Spotlight on Sustainability | $28,700 | Energy | |
| 2008-09 | Student Farm for Local Food Production | $50,000 | Food & Waste | View Details |
| 2008-09 | Vet-Med Tallgrass Prairie Garden | $21,700 | Land & Water | View Details |
| 2008-09 | KCPA Green Roof Feasibility Study | $40,000 | Land & Water | View Details |