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The semesterly report, submitted on 1/22/2021, for Dump and Run is attached below.
This report gives a brief description of why the May 2020 Dump and Run was cancelled, and why the May 2021 Dump and Run may also be cancelled.
Morgan White and Marc Alexander spoke and the Dump and Run event will need to be deferred again due to covid-19.
Please see the attached to file to find the University's 2020 Tree Care Plan.
The University’s plan included progress made over the last year to make our campus more tree friendly, along with outlining the landscape standards we have on campus. Highlights of projects related to trees are also included. The committee submitted this document at the end of the year to Tree Campus USA as to fulfill one of many commitments to be a recognized Tree Campus.
Please see attached December 2020 progress report for the Red Oak Rain Garden.
All, Slow week, of course. An uptick in donations of parts/bikes. Got a nice hybrid Giant bike that is already fixed up and ready to sell.
We are almost totally and completely moved out of our former garage home. It’s actually a lot of square footage in there once you remove all the stuff accumulated over the last 11 years or so!
This week will be scheduling, semester prep, and more work to get the outdoor bike pump fixed up and operational for the few hearty winter cyclists.
The numbers:
Visitors: 10
Sales: $196
Memberships: 2 for $60
Bike (refurb): 1 for $120
Misc: $16
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Manager
Jeremy Guest has been named iSEE's Acting Associate Director for Research. Guest will guide the development of new iSEE research initiatives and support existing programs within the institute's research portfolio.
The geothermal heat pump is now installed at the Gable Home, at the Energy Farm. Professor Yun Yi will create an energy model, and Mark Taylor said, "I can work with one of my RA’s to draw up the system in a 3D model for use in presentations and papers."
The model is the “QE0930.”
GeoVision Analysis Supporting Task Force Report: Thermal Applications—Geothermal Heat Pumps.
https://doi.org/10.2172/1507876
A Review of Geothermal Technologies and Their Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the USA
On Wednesday 01/13/2021, at 1:00 pm, Andrew Stumpf, Clarence Odom, and their team will conduct geothermal DTS measurements during a site visit.
Craig Chamberlain, a Social Sciences Editor for Illinois News Bureau, released an article highlighting the lack of coverage dedicated to bees in mainstream news. Supporting his article with a study from researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, it was found that the amount of attention dedicated to "pollinator population topics" has significantly declined over several decades.
Read Chamberlain's article through Illinois News Bureau or the PDF in the attached files!
On December 3, 2020, a small group of community and campus staff (Scott Tess, Morgan White, Ximing Cai, Sharva Hampton-Campbell, Kaamilyah Abdullah-Span, Ruby Mendenhall, Meredith Moore) brainstormed key principles of the environmental justice plan (iCAP 2020 objective 8.3). The notes from this initial meeting is attached and the group will continue to meet monthly.
All, Pretty slow around these parts—per usual for this time of year.
A story: A gentleman comes in on Wednesday looking for bikes. We get to talking and he’s volunteered at Working Bikes (the org we give abandoned bikes to) up in Chicago, he knows his way around a wrench. He buys a nice road bike and that was that. An hour later, he brings a friend back; she signs up for a membership. Two days later, same guy is back with another friend; he buys a membership, too. Says they’ll both be back on Monday to work on a bike. Word of mouth really is the best marketing.
This week I’ll still be processing the donations from the kids bike event that were not kids bikes. We got a lot of adult-sized bikes that aren’t worth saving, unfortunately.
The numbers:
Visitors: 11
Sales: $254
Memberships: 2 for $60
Misc: $4
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Manager
As provided by Allison Narlock, the current quality control lead for Illinois Biodiesel Initiative (IBI), IBI performs a series of standard tests for every batch. The tests, with the ASTM test number, are the following (in no particular order:)
For each test, results are recorded to provide information as needed.
The supplier of the heat pump, Connor Company, has received it from the factory and will deliver it to campus on Friday, January 8, 2020. Lanz Inc. will then work to install the system.
Please see the attached report that details a design report for the Vet Med Stormwater system.
In the January 2021 Newsletter, the City of Urbana discussed the health and wellness benefits of trees, as well as its plans to promote tree planting throughout the city:
Trees affect our health and wellness. Humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, whereas trees absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. With a mutually beneficial relationship, one large tree can supply enough oxygen for four people. This is really wonderful, however, it takes around five trees to absorb the CO2 produced by just one person.
Additionally, trees also trap air pollution. This greatly affects our health. Trees also help to clean water by acting as a natural filter. Plus, trees decrease stress for us and improve recovery time from illnesses. These are a few of the reasons Urbana's Urban Canopy is tantamount to human life, health, and progress. Trees are always working to keep us healthy and strong – help us do the same for them! *
We’re asking you to partner with the City of Urbana — on an individual basis or through your neighborhood association, service organization, business or church — by sharing the cost of new trees through our Co-op Tree Planting Program.
The City of Urbana Arbor Division will be adding to Urbana's Urban Canopy this coming Spring, 2021. These are made possible by the generous donations through the Co-op Tree Planting Program.
"If all goes well this will be good for roughly 40-45 vacant tree planting sites throughout town. These site will be planted with Urbana Heritage species and mostly native species to Illinois. I will be selecting these sites during January for spring planting order," Kevin Sanderson, Arborist and Urbana Arbor Division Supervisor, said.
All, Happy New Year! The final week of the semester—and the two weeks preceding it—were a whirl of kid bike prep for our event, which took place on December 19th.
Here’s a story CI Living did on the event: https://www.wcia.com/ciliving-2/the-bike-project-hosts-kids-bike-giveaway/
We gave away 40+ bikes in less than half an hour and our community really came through in providing those donations on such a short time frame.
This week will be a lot of cleaning and organizing—kids bike parts are strewn every which way as we hustled to get the bikes finished—and an inventory once-over to see where we stand on parts and bikes.
Thanks!
The numbers:
Visitors: 7
Sales: $19
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Manager
This is a list of projects that need students to work on. It will be updated periodically by sustainability staff members, the last update was 1/2/21:
Monthly totals for water consumption in the greywater pipes at the Business Instructional Facility have now been added to the corresponding iCAP portal page. In the future, totals will be updated upon request. Send requests through the Suggestions form on the iCAP Portal.
See the attached spreadsheet to find the daily totals from Mid-October 2019 to November 2020. Vales are listed in gallons, measured per year as the overall usage.
The SSC approved $9,318.16 in funding in Fall 2020 for a Living Lab Platform at the CIF. This project expires 12/16/2022.
App - A Living-lab Platform Based on the Campus Institutional Facility Geothermal Project.docx
Funding Letter - A Living-Lab Platform Based on the CIF Geothermal Project.pdf Display & Budget Explanations.pdf Site Permission Letter signed QK CO KM.pdf Step_2_Additional_Information_John Zhao.docx Step-2-Application_2020 _Zhao.docx
Step-2-Supplemental-Budget-and-Timeline_2020.xlsx
