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Energy Conservation Efforts (Ongoing)
Recent Project Updates
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7/12/2024The Interational District Energy Association (IDEA) has awarded the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with the 2024 System of the Year award. See below a press release about the award. Attached is a submission document with details about the...
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9/5/2023Hello, I have seen a number of emails this summer when it gets really hot about energy conservation. In Newmark (NCEL), the summer time temperatures are kept to ABSURDLY low temperatures. This is absolutely stressing the electrical grid...
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The energy on campus must always be balanced, so that energy demand and energy production are equal. To reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from energy production, we can reduce the amount of energy demanded. Thus, we should reduce the energy consumption in as many ways as possible. This is a good primary focus for the beginning of the iCAP implementation because energy savings lead to cost savings.