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ISR Food Service

1010 West Illinois Street
61801 Urbana , IL
United States
Illinois

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Project Description
Illinois Street Residence Dining Renovation Addition: LEED Silver

Illinois Street Residence (ISR) Dining Hall was awarded LEED Sliver certification on April 18th, 2022. The construction scored 20 out of 26 possible points in the Sustainable sites category, with a prioritization in Alternative Transportation. As one of the largest dining centers, ISR Dining Hall is a hub that see high foot traffic everyday. A unique feature of the new hall is its 8 micro restaurants, which serve a variety of meal options. 

Grind2Energy

To combat the issue of food waste on campus, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign implemented Grind2Energy systems at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year.

These systems operate similarly to kitchen garbage disposals. However, they are significantly more powerful than household disposals and run at 10.0 horsepower. Meanwhile, household disposals only operate around 0.5-3.0 horsepower.

In order to convert the food waste into energy:

Housing Lighting Retrofit

In the Housing Lighting Retrofit a total of 5,515 T-12 fixtures were replaced with thinner, more energy effiecient T-8 fixtures in housing buildings around the University of Illinois' campus. This will incur a total Annual KWh  Savings of 791,331 hours.  The total Simple Payback is estimated to be 2.81 years.

Housing Lighting Retrofit

In the Housing Lighting Retrofit a total of 5,515 T-12 fixtures were replaced with thinner, more energy effiecient T-8 fixtures in housing buildings around the University of Illinois' campus. This will incur a total Annual KWh  Savings of 791,331 hours.  The total Simple Payback is estimated to be 2.81 years.

Project Updates

  • 5/19/2024

    Hi Daphne,

     

    Have you had any discussion with Housing dining about piloting composting in their catering operations?

     

    I believe we could encourage them to lead a pilot for that.

     

    Thanks,

  • 11/10/2023

    Members from the ISC, ZeroWaste Interns, as well as Daphne Hulse and Codie Sterner attended a tour of the Illinois Street Residence Halls and their Grind2Energy system today.