SSC Semesterly Report: Eco-Olympics
Associated Project(s):
On June 11, 2021 a semesterly report was submitted to the SSC for the Eco-Olympics project reporting that the event could not happen this year due to the pandemic.
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SSC Semesterly Report: Energy Farm LED
Associated Project(s):This funding allowed for the removal of outdated fixtures, upgraded lighting fixtures to LED, and decreased the per fixture energy consumption while increasing the overall light levels to an acceptable workspace benefiting the University users.
Attached Files:Weekly Update: Increased bicycle registration; Getting very busy!
Associated Project(s):All, We’re getting legitimately busy nowadays! We’ll be keeping an eye on overall capacity and having to limit some visitors soon.
I’m scrambling to finish more bikes to capitalize on the surging demand but we’ll likely sell out this week or next.
Over the weekend we’ve gotten over 50 bike registration notifications so it’s likely we’ll see an uptick in registration pick-ups here.We had a patron come in on Friday who’s an RA at LAR and took all of our rack card flyers to hand out to his students—hopefully that’ll bump up our applications.
The numbers:
Visitors: 41
Sales: $1,362.60
Bikes (refurb): 6 for $940
Memberships: 6 for $180
Tires/tubes: 8 for $42
U-locks: 6 or $126Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center CoordinatorGeothermal Illinois Series: Community Models
Associated Project(s):On August 12, 2021, the Illinois Geothermal Coalition hosted it's third webinar in the Geothermal Illinois Series.
The program, Geothermal Illinois: Community Models, discussed (1) decarbonization of the energy sector with a focus on the challenge of decarbonizing commercial and residential heating, (2) geothermal energy at the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District’s Administration Facility and converting a public sector commercial building to geothermal energy, and (3) the process of designing and implementing the community-based education and group purchasing program Geothermal Urbana Champaign.
These topics were covered by the following presenters:
- Scott R. Tess, Sustainability & Resilience Officer for the City of Urbana, IL
- Peter Murphy, Solar Program Director, Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA)
- Jane Sullivan, Grants & Governmental Affairs Director, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD)
See the recording of the webinar and slide decks:
- Recording: https://youtu.be/iInNiSHZEXM
- Slide Decks: https://uofi.box.com/s/jpb2iz9nlzl2mbwq4neee1g1fppqndyy
Additionally, the complete materials from all 3 Geothermal Illinois sessions are available for viewing:
note about UIC sister campus
Associated Project(s):UIC has a Level 3 charging station in a parking garage on the east campus.
Weekly Update
Associated Project(s):All, This update is a day late as I was out of the office on Monday.
Last week I was out on Thursday and Friday as well. Student staff covered Bike Center hours in my absence. On Monday last week we received a bike from Housing which we were able to quickly fix up and put out for sale.
This week we have a couple drop off repairs to catch up on, a few more bikes to fix up for sale, and some donations to process.The numbers:
Visitors: 26
Sales: $1,167Memberships: 6 for $180
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $500
U-locks: 5 for $105Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center CoordinatorAugust Red Oak Rain Garden e-newsletter
Associated Project(s):A link to the August Red Oak Rain Garden e-newsletter is provided below.
Attached Files:Final bicycle registration sign and work order details
Associated Project(s):Please see attached the final bicycle registration sign design in JPEG and PDF formats. We have received approvals from Housing to put up these signs in the major high traffic bicycle parking locations, mainly in the SDRP, LAR, FAR/PAR, and Busey Evans bicycle parking areas. We are also looking at Illini Union and ARC for these signs in this cycle, but dependent on funding.
Sarthak Prasad has submitted a work order to fabricate and install the bike registration signs at these locations (as mentioned in previous project updates). The Work Order number is 10885468.
Dump and Run held this August!
Associated Project(s):Dump and Run is BACK! After a 1-year hiatus, the University YMCA is thrilled to once again hold community collections and the Big Sale this August. All collections and the sale will be held at the U of I Stock Pavilion, in cooperation with the College of ACES and Dept. of Animal Sciences.
Dump and Run keeps over 30 tons of used, quality goods out of Champaign-Urbana’s dumpsters and landfills each year. This project reduces litter and consumer waste, saves space in landfills, lowers dumping costs for certified housing and apartments and provides inexpensive items for folks to purchase in the fall.
While we were unable to hold our normal spring collections this past May, we look forward to collecting as many great items as we can from our community and hope that you will join us in helping find usable goods a new home. Thanks to the community and the University of Illinois for making Dump & Run a success each year, and we will see you this August!
(From the YMCA Dump and Run website) More information here
August 2021 Collection Days:
All collections will be held at the UI Stock Pavilion, located at 1402 W. Pennsylvania Ave, Urbana IL, beginning on Monday, August 2.
Monday Aug. 2: noon - 4:00pm
Tuesday Aug. 3 - Friday Aug. 6: 9:00am - 4:00pm. Late collection on Wednesday Aug. 4 until 7:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 7: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Monday Aug. 9 - Friday August 13: 9:00am - 4:00pm. Late collection on Wednesday Aug. 11 until 7:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 14: 10:00am - 2:00pm
FINAL collection day, Monday Aug. 16: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Check out the YMCA Dump and Run website for more information.
example from another school
Associated Project(s):Please look at the piece about student recycling at the U of Kentucky in the attached link.
https://www.asumag.com/green/sustainability-initiatives/article/21168170/profiles-july-2021
Archived Info - Previous Project Description
Associated Project(s):Community gardens built on the farmlands at Orchard Downs are available to use for growing their own food. They are managed by volunteers who assign and take payment for plots for the Family Housing Council. Housing pays for the water via funds that are collected, and they manage the plowing, clean-up, and maintenance of the garden area. Gardeners range from University administrators and students to community members. This program has been active since at least the 1990s.
Res001 Champaign County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan - Successful
Associated Project(s):Ehab Kamarah, interim Executive Director of F&S, responded to Morgan White and Sherry Wooten with the following message:
"The plan is signed and is being sent back to the County. My apology for the late response."
See transmittal of Res001 Champaign County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan here.
See iWG assessment of Res001 Champaign County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan here.
See recommendation and submittal of Res001 Champaign County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan here.For future updates on this effort, visit Champaign County Hazard Mitigation Plan.
iCAP Portal Updates
Associated Project(s):From: Maloto, Avery (FandS) <fandsamaloto2 at mx.uillinois.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2021 1:15 PM
To: Johnson, Bryan Lloyd <blj at illinois.edu>
Cc: White, Morgan <mbwhite at illinois.edu>
Subject: [Follow-Up] iCAP Portal Update(s)Hi Bryan!
I would like to offer a gentle reminder for the iCAP Portal content updates. We would appreciate receiving this information as soon as possible as it allows us to keep the public updated with university & community initiatives.
Right now, I am missing updates for the following project(s):
- Food Purchases from Local Sources
- Orchard Downs Community Gardens
- SDRP Lighting
Please let me know if there is any information or assistance that I can provide to complete these!
Best,
Avery
Weekly Update: Busy week!
Associated Project(s):All, Busy week! Sold bikes, stripped bikes, helped people fix bikes. We had especially good volunteer turnout on Friday. One frequent visitor even donated his neighbor’s old bike that was headed for the dumpster before he intercepted. Another person said they’ll be here to volunteer on Monday.
Donations, thankfully, have hit a little bit of a lull, so we’ll be able to spend this week catching up on that. On Friday alone—see aforementioned volunteer levels—we started 4 new shop builds that will be finished this week.
We also sold a bike to someone from Housing who works specifically in promoting healthy and environmental lifestyles in the dorms. He seemed really jazzed about our programming and operations. Hopefully that’ll be a future partnership.
The numbers:
Visitors: 28
Sales: $1,307.10
Memberships: 2 for $60
Bikes (refurb): 6 for $1,040
Tires/tubes: 5 for $26
U locks: 3 for $63Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center CoordinatoriWG Meeting 7-22-21
Associated Project(s):The iCAP Working Group met on 7-22-21. Attached are the meeting minutes. The agenda was as follows:
- Introductions
- Energy006
- Update on Freezer Challenge (Paul Foote) ~4 min
- Update on Greener Labs Inventory Toolkit (Morgan White) ~4 min
- Energy Team introduce the recommendation (Bill Rose, Andy Stumpf) ~8 min
- Group discussion ~10 min
- Energy007
- Overview of Energy Management Plan (Rob Roman) ~6 min
- Energy Team introduce the recommendation (Bill Rose, Andy Stumpf) ~8 min
- Group discussion ~45 min
- Should the scope only utilize existing technology?
- Do we want project-specific preliminary costs or prorated estimates based on historical costs?
- Does this document need stakeholder engagement?
- This is for meeting the 2050 iCAP goal.
- Should this document include net-zero space aspects or should it utilize an anticipated growth percentage?
- How does deferred maintenance interact with this plan?
- What scenarios would we like to see? For example, what if every new building on campus had to be net-zero energy?
- Overview of vision for iCAP Teams this academic year (Meredith Moore) ~5 min
- Enhanced interaction about the iCAP
- Standard recommendations from topical teams – encourage small-scale recommendations that will get to more campus units/groups
- Active participation at Campus Sustainability Celebration – afternoon of 10/20/21
- Increase connections with other groups – Student Affairs, SSLC, etc.
Attached Files:Geothermal Illinois - 7/29 Webinar
Associated Project(s):Thank you to those who participated in the Geothermal Illinois webinar on 7/29! Many thanks to our presenters, Dr. Tugce Baser, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; John Freitag, Executive Director, Geothermal Alliance of Illinois; and Dr. Yu-Feng Forrest Lin, Director of Illinois Water Resources Center; Principal Research Hydrogeologist, Prairie Research Institute.
As promised, slides are available for download here, and a recording can be found here.
Other helpful links shared during the program:
- Illinois Geothermal Coalition: https://geothermal.illinois.edu
- Andrew Stumpf (Geothermal Coalition and ISGS): astumpf@illinois.edu
- John Freitag’s presentation for the Geothermal Urbana-Champaign program can be found at https://www.growsolar.org/geothermal-urbana-champaign/
- The Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) group is working with utilities in Massachusetts to build a GeoMicroDistrict https://heet.org/2021/05/25/national-grid-proposes-networked-geothermal/ . They gave a presentation recently on the project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPy2Dennq4Q
Please join us on August 10 and August 12 for geothermal webinars that will give us a closer look at campus projects and community models.
For more information, please contact:
Nancy Esarey Ouedraogo
Extension State Specialist, Community and Economic Development
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION
https://extension.illinois.edu/
905 S Goodwin Ave
557 Bevier Hall MC 184
Urbana, IL 61801
esarey@illinois.edu
217-244-7020Update on LAR East Gardens
Associated Project(s):“Chuck: You mentioned recently the patio had some weeds that needed to be cleaned up. I took these photos today. The areas in the photo are student garden areas. I did see someone in one of the garden areas southeast of LAR last week. I am not clear if she was there to work in the garden or perhaps for other research work.
John: Would you be able to assist (organize some student help perhaps) with weeding in the patio gardens? Could you also include the student garden plantings at the main east entry to the building as well as the smaller gardens each side of the drive at Lincoln Ave.? These are the first areas people will encounter at move in.”
-Wayne Bugaj (07/27/2021)
“Hello All,
Yesterday I did some cleanup along with Sara Mason, a former LAR LLC member who graduated last year. We pulled weeds by the small beds near the wheelchair ramp and did some trimming in the front beds including the one near Lincoln Ave. Two other former LLC students from 2016 and 17 helped a couple times this summer with some very basic weeding. The people who started this maintain an interest, but most have let town. The virus and “student priorities” have kept the regular LLC students from doing anything in the plantings for about 2 seasons. Hopefully that will change this year. Basically the plantings are mostly doing well. They need some weeding and thinning. A couple spots on the S side of the front steps and SW side of the building have areas where one or two species have taken over. Some replanting would probably be good there, but is not critical.
The main goal of providing pollinator resources is definitely being met.
Chris Murphy told me in the spring that he hoped to get a faculty member to oversee a few students who could get credit for maintaining the plantings.
Anyway things look better now. We took out 2.5 35 gallon cans of weeds.
I hope this helps”
-John Marlin (07/29/2021)
2021 – ECEB is 100% Solar Powered!
Associated Project(s):ECEB solar panels have been generating power since April 2020. Building energy use is offset by the ECEB solar panel production and, since February when a contract between F&S and ECE has been in place, the excess energy use not offset by the ECEB solar panels is being replaced through solar renewable energy credits (SRECS) from Solar Farm2. These credits are being paid for by the ECE Power and Energy group.
Weekly Update: Refurbished bikes
Associated Project(s):All, Continuing in our lucky streak of donations, we got a few bikes donated last week that we’ve already fixed up and sold. It is really an ideal situation when donations need minimal work like that and then the ideal person shows up the next day to purchase the bike. On the flipside, I counted 16 bikes that we moved out to the racks just to clear enough space for the bike center to be functional.
Big thanks to Todd who picked up our heaping pile of scrap. I’ll spend some time this week starting a new heaping pile.
The numbers:
Visitors: 16
Sales: $1,386.50
Bikes (refurb): 6 for $905
Memberships: 6 for $180
U locks: 4 for $84
Tire/tubes: 2 for $9Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center CoordinatorJuly 2021 Project Progress Update
Associated Project(s):Moazam Hakim provided the following updates regarding the Air Quality Monitoring Station on July 26, 2021:
- The actual pod was received on Monday, July 26, 2021. This pod was procured from Stratford, UK.
- The next step is to get this pod installed on a lighting pole, or at another suitable location on campus.
- Over the course of the past month, the development of public interface and API for the data has been underway. After the installation of the pod, the collected data will be reported via Mobile Network, and the dashboard will be released. This dashboard will report live data, as well as provide past data and information available for download.
- The parameters that are being monitored are PM, NO, NO2, O3, CO, CO2, Relative Humidity, and Barometric Pressure.
