Angela Kent is leading a research team that is developing a new type of corn that reduces greenhouse gas emissions while also maintaining crop yield. The Department of Energy recently announced new ARPA-E funding for the project. 

Please see attached the iWG meeting notes from the meeting held on Jan 21, 2025. The topic of this meeting was the proposed Zero Waste objectives for the next iCAP.

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Work order #11210744 is for Transportation Demand Management to pay for bagging City of Champaign meters for the delivery of shipping containers. This work order was converted to purchase order #A435424 and was closed on 1/17/2025. This task cost $300.

Professor Yun Yi provided an update on the building energy modeling project:

With the help of students, I created initial energy models for three campus buildings: Newmark Civil Engineering, Bevier Hall, and Allen Hall. The students were able to build detailed models of the HVAC systems for each building. The next step is to calibrate these models using actual meter data. While the students made good progress, the calibration still requires some advanced fine-tuning.

I’m planning to hire a student to focus on this calibration work. As we discussed, your help in hiring an assistant for the semester would be greatly appreciated. This would be a 25% appointment for a master’s student, with compensation similar to last semester.

The attached PDF contains performance metrics for ZipCar usage on campus for January 2025.

An article was published on the F&S website and announcement will be sent out soon regarding the approval of the 2024 Bicycle Plan: https://fs.illinois.edu/News/new-campus-bicycle-plan-approved-and-publis....

The 2024 Campus Bicycle Master Plan was approved by the Chancellor's Capital Review Committee (CCRC) on Thursday, December 19, 2024. This plan will be published on the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign Master Planning website and an announcement will be sent out in January 2025. See attached the final document as approved by the CCRC.

Purchase order #P2737487 for Transportation Demand Management to procure seven shipping containers from Mel Price Containers to store abandoned bicycles was closed on 12/18/2024. The total cost for the work order is $22,715.

Please see attached the iWG meeting notes from the meeting held on Dec 17, 2024. Meeting topics included 1) an update on the space committee, 2) completing review of the proposed Transportation objectives for the next iCAP, and 3) starting the review of the proposed Zero Waste objectives for the next iCAP.

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the November 2024 Buyer's Share amounts by the hour, totaling 2,520.5 Megawatt hours.

The November 2024 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

Visit the included link to see the 2024 Reimagine our future winners and finalists.

The iCAP Education team met on Teams from 4-5 PM on Monday December 16th. We closed the semester by reviewing the sustainability literacy assessment data and discussing updates and next steps for the sustainability Gen-Ed requirement. The meeting minutes are attached.

Last team meeting of the semester! We heard updates from the students conducting research and introduced them to the AASHE STARS system.

An update on 12/11/2024 from Brent Lewis on the Monarchs need Milkweed project:

"...all plugs were installed as of November 2024 in a variety of locations on campus.  Additionally 25’bs of milkweed seed was purchased and delivered to grounds to broadcast seed into low mow and prairie areas on campus.  As a set aside, 3 lbs of seeds were delivered to the Pollinatarium staff who will use it to make small planting gift sachets for their visitors.  Thus this project’s influence may continue far beyond the reaches of the campus boundaries."

The Energy Team met on Tuesday, Dec. 10th, from 3:30 - 4:30 PM. We reviewed the occupant engagement program’s progress, discussed final steps for solar rooftop project proposals, and provided updates on energy efficiency recommendations. A potential pilot for risk-based lab optimization was introduced, and updates on funded energy projects and agrivoltaic solar construction were shared. The meeting minutes are attached!

Our next meeting is January 2025 (date TBD).