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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

405 North Mathews Avenue
61801 Urbana , IL
United States
Illinois

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Projects at this location

Project Description
Bird Safety

According to a recent study published in Science this past year, nearly one quarter of North America’s total migratory bird population has been lost since 1970 (doi: 10.1126/science.aaw1313). Window strikes are the second leading cause of death of migratory birds, accounting for about 500-900 million deaths each year. Champaign-Urbana, IL is situated along the Mississippi Flyway, a major migratory route, making it a crucial highly trafficked waypoint for migrating birds.

Indoor Bin Update

This project will improve the recycling process in buildings around campus by encouraging sustainable actions and improving the layout of waste and recycling bins within these buildings. Facilities & Services collaborated with ISTC to make an “Indoor Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Assessment”. This assessment determined that the type and layout of collection containers in buildings across campus should be standardized. An update would enable them to be co-located and allow for greater infrastructure consistency.

FY12 RCx

IN FY12 Retrocommissioning completed eight more buildings.

ICECF 2008 Lighting Retrofit [ARCHIVED]

The ICECF 2008 Lighting Retrofit was the first round of the T-12 to T-8 Lighting Retrofit Project. A total of 52,810 T-12 fixtures were replaced with thinner, more energy effiecient T-8 fixtures. This will incur a total Annual KWh  Savings of 8,630,641 hours. Thirty-one university buildings were involved in this round of the project. The total Simple Payback is estimated to be 2.13.

Project Updates

  • 7/2/2025
    Morgan White, Quinn Connolly, Steve Bainbridge, Matthew Dalton, Mark Barcus, Joy O'Keefe, and Michael Ward met to discuss Campus practices for geese. The Water Station staff explained their current practices for removing goose eggs from areas with...
  • 3/3/2025
    Discussed background information regarding Bird Strikes on the UIUC campus such as number of deaths, which buildings/locations on campus cause the largest number of deaths, etc. Further discussed potential solutions and strategies for implementation...