The iCAP Engagement Team met on Friday, March 6th 2026, from 11:00am-11:40am via Microsoft Teams. The team shared updates about the status of priorities, as well as the Panhellenic Boneyard Creek Cleanup, Earth Day events, and the iCAP signing. 

The meeting minutes are attached.

The Zero Waste team met on March 10th at 9:30 am. Attached are the meeting minutes.

The iCAP Education Team met on March 9th from 12-1 pm via Teams. The group held a discussion on the Green Career Forum and Green Career Fair, shared updates on the Undergraduate Levenick Scholars Program, and discussed progress with the Sustainability Literacy Assessment. The meeting minutes are attached. 

Good Morning Illini U17 recently aired a story about E-bikes on campus.

The clip can be found here: https://uofi.box.com/s/hounkez06myovekz51viw4tkoy11mg8d 

The attached PDF contains performance metrics for Zipcar usage on campus for December 2025, January 2026, and February 2026. 

Warmer days are coming in fits and starts. Last week we confirmed for a sustainability event in April, and will continue prep for the spring happenings: busy shop and more folks riding!

The numbers:

Visitors: 47
Sales: $447.75
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $65

Memberships: 5 for $150

Tires/tubes: 6 for $30

This month, the Land and Water iCAP Team met on Teams on March 4th, 2026, at 9:00 AM for the team's monthly meeting. This month, the team discussed a report comparing the sustainable practices of peer and model institutions in landscaping, sustainable land management, and sustainable water management. Additionally the team discussed a student project on the team focusing on testing the permeability of pavers and asphalt on campus, the status of legalizing gray water usage in Illinois plumbing code, the possibility of irrigation monitoring, the status of prairie strips plantings, the status of milkweed plantings on campus, green stormwater infrastructure on campus, and upcoming events in relation to the Land and Water Team. To learn more about the topics listed above, please see the attached document containing the agenda and minutes for the team. 

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the February 2026 Buyer's Share amounts by the hour, totaling 2,145.9 Megawatt hours.The February 2026 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

Agenda

• Migrating from Google Maps to Mapbox after incurring charges last month
• Power BI charts discussion continuation

Discussion

• Migrating from Google Maps to Mapbox
  • Mapbox has a higher free tier (50K map views vs. 10K)
  • Converted maps:
    • Main Collections map (e.g. Campus Sustainability Tour map)
    • Main Themes map (e.g. Education & Energy map)
    • Place map (e.g. Illinois Fire Service Institute)
    • Project page mini map (e.g. Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS))
    • Project large map (e.g. Map for Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS))
    • Theme page map (e.g. Theme: Zero Waste)
  • Maps not yet converted:
    • Project Collection maps (e.g. Bicycle Related Projects)
    • SSC Project maps (e.g. ACES Farm Drainage Assessment)
    • Power Search: All Places (Map)
    • SSC Projects Embed: SSC Funded Projects & iCAP
  • Feature comparison (each of these features appeared on at least one Google Map previously):
    • Zoom in/out buttons: Yes
    • Full-screen button: No; is this important?
      • Yes, if easy
    • Camera controls (i.e. pan up/down/left/right): No; is this important?
      • No
    • Added scale component in lower-left; should we keep it?
      • Yes
    • Custom layer settings hiding various places of interest like businesses, attractions, parks, places of worship, and medical facilities): No; is this still important?
      • Yes, if easy
    • Map vs. Satellite
      • Yes, if easy
• Power BI charts discussion continuation
  • Example Power BI embed (still a work in progress)
  • Power BI only supports embedding entire project, not individual sub-pages. Options:
    • ✅ Create separate report for each metric graph (i.e. each individual bicycle & pedestrian counter + summary report for each type of counter)
    • ❌ Create page in report for each counter location; start each embed on corresponding page (users can switch pages - may be confusing)
  • Question: do we need individual reports for each bike/pedestrian counter location, or is summary report for each sufficient?
    • Summary report for each is enough - we can cut out dozens of individual metrics! 🥳

TODOs

• Maps:
  • Finish migrating to Mapbox
  • Investigate adding full-screen button
  • Investigate custom layer settings hiding various places of interest like businesses, attractions, parks, places of worship, and medical facilities)
  • Investigate adding Map vs. Satellite switcher
• Power BI:
  • Investigate making charts responsive
  • Create Bicycle Counter report with all bicycle counter data sources
  • Create Pedestrian Counter report with all pedestrian counter data sources
  • Add "Get Data" link to metrics to link to CSV(s) for a given report

January 2026 photos of the Florida Orchard Prairie have been added to the box folder.

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the January 2026 Buyer's Share amounts by the hour, totaling 2,931.6 Megawatt hours.The January 2026 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

Agenda

• Update: Quinn cleaned up permissions for a number of old users! 🥳
• Metric graphs - testing out PowerBI
• Long text field formatting - should we slim down the allowed formatting options?

Discussion

• Metric graphs - Michael demonstrated a sample Power BI visualization pulling data from CSV files in our Teams channel.
• Long text field formatting
  • Decided to slim down formatting options for consistency and simplicity
  • Clarification on decision not to share emails
    • Don't post private emails/correspondence - can post summary of decisions
    • Ok to post public emails
    • Not just posting link because links break over time
    • Future discussion: what should/shouldn't be posted in iCAP Portal; make decision tree & guidelines for Project info & Project Updates

TODOs

• Michael will continue investigating Power BI for charts
• Discussion for next meeting: clarify what types of things should/shouldn't be posted in iCAP Portal; make decision tree & guidelines for Project info & Project Updates

Click this link to view the announcement online.

The Zero Waste team met on February 10th at 9:30 am. Attached are the meeting minutes.

The iCAP Engagement Team met on Friday, February 6th, 2026, from 11:00 am-12:00 pm via Microsoft Teams. The team shared updates and developments on the status of OneIllinois engagement, a Boneyard Creek Cleanup Challenge for Panhellenic Chapters, and heard from an EcoRep on how this team can support their goals.

The meeting minutes are attached.

Email from Jacob Benjamin:

Pretty relaxed week overall. Approaching double digits on the number of For Sale bikes we have on the floor.  By end of week, we should be at a dozen or so. This is our prime building season, so we’ll take advantage as we can. Will also get some B-a-Bs prepped. Warmer weather this week usually correlates to more visits to the space, so we’ll see if that holds.

A Bike Project member met me on Thursday at the abandoned bike storage facility and pulled some stock to help their space. We plan to continue with that to help shrink the scrap pile.

The numbers:

Visitors: 24
Sales: $520

Bike (refurb): 1 for $180
Bike (B-a-B): 1 for $60
Memberships: 3 for $90

Tires/tubes: 2 for $30

Thanks!

The attached PDF contains performance metrics for Zipcar usage on campus for December 2025 & January 2026.

 At this ILO, students shut off 1535 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $233.54 in energy costs. This also prevented 2.29 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 225 gallons of gasoline being consumed. That's a huge impact!  

The iCAP Education Team met on Feburary 9th from 9-10 am via Teams. The group shared updates on the Undergraduate Levenick Scholars Program and the Green Career Forum, as well as discussing updates with the Sustainability Literacy Assessment and Sustainability in Study Abroad. The meeting minutes are attached.