F&S Utilities & Energy Services Inflation Reduction Act Opportunities.pptx
Morgan,
Here is the presentation you requested. We have not made any changes since our meeting with Ehab.
Best,
Tony
Morgan,
Here is the presentation you requested. We have not made any changes since our meeting with Ehab.
Best,
Tony
Dear Morgan
I hope that you are doing well!
I also hope that my request below are not presumptuous, but … 😊
Thank you in advance for your attention to my requests.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Kind regards
Leon
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Hi Leon,
Thanks for reaching out and congrats on becoming the point person for the Masters of Energy Systems!
I'm adding Rob Roman here, so he can help connect your students with energy focused projects in Utilities and Energy Services (UES). Rob is the director of UES, and he is highly engaged with and supportive of the iCAP efforts. Can you extend the lunch invite to him as well?
I will also pull together a few project ideas for your students. Can you remind me what the timeframe is for their projects?
For lunch, I'll need to reschedule something to be able to join you, so let me confirm next week. It would be great to hear of the changes Andres has implemented and share some of our new projects as well.
Thanks!
Morgan
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Good afternoon Morgan, Rob
Thank you for your lightning-quick and positive response, and for introducing me to Rob! Rob, I look forward to collaborating with you.
Where required, our students will also apply for SSC funding for your projects. But, as you know, our students are only here for a year (or perhaps 18 months) so there is only a slight chance that they might be able to participate in the projects for which they will be seeking SSC funding.
Looking forward to your further communication and wishing you the best
Leon
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Hi Leon,
I hope you are well! I’m looking at older emails, and I am worried I dropped the ball on this. Are you still looking for something from me?
Thanks!
Morgan
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Good morning Morgan
Great to hear from you 😊.
Thanks for your follow-up.
I attended one of Rob Roman’s meetings with his Assoc. Directors --- and they enthusiastically responded with some excellent project recommendations. I summarize the main suggestions below this email.
If you have any (additional) energy projects that you’d like to recommend for 2024, that would be super. Thank you in advance! I greatly appreciate your support and advice.
Best wishes,
Leon
SUMMARY OF SUGGESTION FROM ROB ROMAN’S TEAM:
On 10/17/2023, Sarthak Prasad gave an overview of the iCAP and the iCAP Portal to the two new Sustainable Transportation interns, Sam Wuebbles and Tushar Kokitkar. They were also trained on how to post project updates to the iCAP Portal.
RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the September 2023 Buyer's Share amounts by the hour, totaling 954.6 Megawatt hours.
The September 2023 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.
BPAC met on October 17, 2023. See attached the agenda and supporting documents.
Please see the attached link to read the F&S newsletter.
Hi Mark,
I am going to assign an SSC project to you as the PM to take it through design and construction. The construction can be done through Contractor Services, so this would normally go to a Planner. However, it will be in an existing Steam Tunnel, so it is very much a UES project, and will need to have coordination with Frank C. and Mike L. Some older emails about this project are attached here, and I’ll get it set up in FCPweb today.
Thanks,
Morgan
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Hi Morgan. I have a few questions. So The Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Aman Mehta) requested funds from SSC for these panels? And the only reason Utilities is involved is because these will be their steam tunnels? I’m not familiar with SSC projects.
Also, I’m not optimistic about hiring a PSC for $10,000 (the amount listed in their info).. Especially if the participation goals are to be met. I assume this will be a RWO or do you know if Enerdrape provides those services for their panels?
Will our office’s role be similar to some of the smaller natural gas projects I’ve done? Will there PM Fees? C&I Fees?
Thanks.
At Friday's Illini Lights Out event, 6,020 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $915.91 in energy costs. This also prevented 7.238 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 828 gallons of gasoline being consumed.
After the 'Learn How to Ride a Bike' event held on October 7th 2023, the 2 balance bikes used were stored at the Campus Bike Center. They were returned to Jeff Yockey on October, 16th 2023, by Sarthak Prasad and I (Tushar).
NPRE/GLBS 201 class visited with Professor Daniel Andruczyk (5 students) on October 13, 2023.
Hi.
Have we been looking at this as an option for storing solar energy?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/17/1063391/super-hot-salt-battery/
https://www.verifiedmarketresearch.com/blog/top-molten-salt-thermal-energy-storage-companies/
https://www.maltainc.com/challenge/
Cheryl Bicknell
Currently, 70 of the first 80 building dashboards are complete, which represents 92% of the University's energy consumption. Many of the dashboards are visible on building video displays for all building occupants to view. They continue to vet the data streams and will add more dashboards as they continue our efforts in the future. We contract Hawkeye Energy Solutions to develop and maintain the dashboards.
September's TED Talk: Eco-Edition discussion was hosted by iSEE Greener Campus Intern, Lina Avalos. Avalos gave a powerful presentation on the subject of environmental justice, diving into the basics of the subject, as well as her own personal experience with E-J growing up in Chicago.
If you missed the discussion or would like to reference any materials Avalos presented, see the attached file.
iSEE's TED Talk: Eco-Edition series will be back in November for a discussion on recycling!
Parkland Environmental Biology class visited (24 students) on October 12, 2023. *second class
Note - The Foreign Language Building (FLB) has been renamed to Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Building (LCLB).
Green roof trees are scheduled to be installed in the spring of 2024.
Mowing at the Dorner Drive retention pond is restricted. Brent Lewis has hired an external ecologist for targeted herbicide spot spraying in this area, and this process is currently underway.
This project is in progress, with the primary challenge being the insufficient number of participants to maintain the meadow. One proposed solution under consideration is to engage students through fieldwork.
There is a prospect for collaboration between the iCAP Education and iCAP Land and Water teams to develop a course that would involve students in the maintenance of the meadow.
The proposed project will not proceed as initially planned due to the challenges associated with implementing a 100-level course. However, it is being reconsidered and might take on a different form, possibly by mandating new students to obtain a sustainability certificate. The iCAP Education team is actively exploring various alternative options.
Developing and sending out the sustainability literacy assessment will play a role in shaping this project.
The recommendation for Sustainability in Study Abroad has been approved!
The stakeholders identified for this project include the Illinois Abroad Council Steering Committee, Environmental Sustainability Study Abroad Working Group, and representatives from study abroad programs in each college.
The forthcoming steps involve a collaborative effort to establish policies and procedures with these stakeholders.
The Green Career Fair is in the process of development, with a scheduled date of February 27th 2024, at the Illini Union Ballroom.
The iCAP Education team has prioritized this project for the fall semester of 2023. We are currently in the process of finalizing the event's name and determining the list of invited companies.