Document outlining the green research committee’s brainstorming efforts
Stephanie Hess, Jeremy Neighbors, and Paul Foote collated document outlining the green research committee’s brainstorming efforts
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Stephanie Hess, Jeremy Neighbors, and Paul Foote collated document outlining the green research committee’s brainstorming efforts
The trees look great!
Green Research Committee,
Jeremy and I met with Susan, Ehab, and Madhu last week to give them an update on our progress over the past few weeks. I have attached the topics discussed. Here is a brief summary of that meeting and how we propose to move forward.
I will try to get something on the calendar soon.
Thanks,
Stephanie
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Hi Morgan,
I am helping Jeremy write the combined document and am looking for your perspectives on 4 main items in this list, do you have 30 minutes to chat about these between now and the end of the week?
Thank you
Paul Foote
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Hi Morgan,
My edits for the Research committee working documents and included and in green font.
Jeremy is going to combine these documents for our next meeting on Tuesday.
In addition to reviewing my edits in the brainstorming document would you please also comment on the greater campus collaboration sections in the draft document?
Many stakeholders already use siloed versions of this across campus, i.e. Provost’s Office, individual Colleges and Departments, Capital Planning, Deferred Maintenance and F&S Utilities and Energy Services along with others. A committee or team could pull all of these perspectives together and coordinate an overall metric system to accommodate the many priorities that each stakeholder values.
Core program to work with F&S, Department heads and PI’s to develop design criteria for closed loop cooling applications possibly utilizing the chilled water loop when feasible for process cooling etc…
Along with this from the Brainstorming document
Employ green lab director, industry standard range $65k to $85k and up depending experience level, or could hire an existing staff/faculty with a dual role position and similar qualifications with parallel work goals, outcomes or responsibilities and shared leadership and wage responsibility.
An example of a shared position would be their current wage plus an additional wage for the Green Research Position/Role and shared leadership for their reporting line. Many units have this on campus already.
Which answers this question at the bottom of the draft document
Thank you
Paul Foote
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Hi Jeremy,
I sent this to Morgan for feedback if she has time.
Please find my edits in the documents attached for the Green Research Committee.
Best
Paul Foote
All, We were closed yesterday for the Memorial Day holiday.
Last week I moved bikes out of the barn. We’re not 100% done but only have 25 or so bikes left.
This week I’ll move the rest of the bikes out of the barn and do some reorganizing to accommodate the influx. We also have a new staffer starting this week, so we’ll host a training session or two with them.
The numbers:
Visitors: 13
Sales: $1,069.50
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $530
Bikes (B-a-B): 2 for $110
Memberships: 6 for $180
Tires/tubes: 11 for $86.75
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
Good morning friend of the Reimagine Our Future competition,
We were wondering if you would like to continue to be a part of the competition for this upcoming school year.
If so, can you please fill out this google form?
We appreciate your support and hope you will join us for another year of this amazing competition inspiring undergrads to come up with sustainable solutions.
Thank you so much,
Allie Garlin
Reimagine Our Future Student Assistant
All, Last week we started our Summer Hours of M/W/F 2 – 6p. No complaints so far and if visit numbers are any indication, it’s the correct move. A lot fewer folks through the doors this time of year.
On Wednesday, with the help of a TBP volunteer we moved 10 or so bikes over to the Urbana space. A good small step, but still more bikes to clear. That’ll continue this week as well.
We’ve been selling bikes at a marginal clip but can’t have enough bikes ready come August so we’ll wrench on a few more this week during the down times.
The numbers:
Visitors: 22
Sales: $834.25
Bikes (refurb): 4 for $672
Memberships: 3 for $90
Tires/tubes: 1 for $8
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
Please see attached the report from Integrating Green Technologies (IGT) regarding the project and results from the air quality assessment experiment conducted at the Astronomy Building in July 2022 as well as the Design Thinking Workshop held in November 2022.
On May 17, 2023 Morgan White, Daphne Hulse, and Marc Alexander met to discuss the future of Dump and Run.
F&S will need to provide public functions stuff for YMCA dump and run sale in the fall (use SSC funding - what is left)
We will need to create a MOU including what all this means for YMCA and long-term funding for their sale and our spring move out
Be sure to include that F&S will support the August sale in a public functions capacity, and supports the continued use of Stock Pavilion
Honor the partnership with the YMCA
MOU get marc’s perspective, morgan’s perspective, pete’s perspective, housing’s perspective
Be clear that there is a spring collection and august sale. They are separate events but all under the Dump and Run name.
Phrase example: “The Campus Bike Center is a collaboration between UIUC and the Bike Project of Champaign.”
Dump and Run: “Dump and Run is a collaboration between University YMCA and UIUC.”
Collaboration means that we sometimes work in different capacities as the university can be so much larger than a small organization
Daphne to draft a MOU for F&S-Housing and F&S-YMCA
“…Based on x y z background this is how we intend to move forward in our partnership over the years. One year time intervals automatically renewed each year unless a party decides something should change or cease…”
Recurring expenses could be argument among us internally to determine who should contribute (Morgan thinks this is a Pete question)
Student fees can go to anything
State funds to Housing is slightly limited
State funds to off campus entities is very limited
Timeline
Get the MOU signed and approved before move in weekend, so we can proclaim it the way we planned to
August for YMCA to rubber stamp it
As a general reference, it is good to get things written down and signed on a MOU with existing leadership who support these initiatives, so they continue even when leadership changes
Please follow the link below to read about the 2023 Arbor Day celebration, which was celebrated on the main quad.
https://fs.web.illinois.edu/Insider/2023/05/04/arbor-day-2023-on-the-main-quad/
The following is an email sent by John Marlin on May 16, 2023:
As most of you know I am retired from campus and involved in other off campus conservation activities. I will no longer be overseeing the Burrill Hall native planting.
During the pandemic, maintenance at campus native plantings by volunteers was not allowed. This coupled with very dry conditions caused deterioration of several sites including the one at Burrill Hall. F&S bought the woodland wildflowers for the planting and the Entomology Department installed them and provided some maintenance in conjunction with some students.
Department head May Berenbaum has put together an effort to revitalize the planting and has some limited funding for some maintenance of the native plants. F&S plans to make some changes in part of the area and the path is to be restored. Daniel Bush will initially work with the native plants and supervise any students.
In the past weeds removed from the site were placed by the two square concrete benches and I notified Ryan Welch who had the maintenance crew remove them. I assume a similar arrangement can be made possibly with Mr. Dalby as the contact.
This site was quite popular with people walking past and provided a good instructional resource, especially the area near the sidewalk. I hope that this will continue.
John C. Marlin
Dennis Dalby replied:
Thank you John,
It was nice meeting you today to gain some of your tips and input regarding the planting and upkeep of this area. I’ve been working with Ryan Welch and SIB to get this area brought back up to its current level and look forward to its improved upkeep with the discussions that we had today. We’ll be working with Ryan to have a wood chip path added once again and will add a few small plants of our own within the areas that we (MCB) will maintain. SIB will maintain the areas of the native plants. It will look and function much better once all is in place.
Thanks again for stopping by to share your experience,
Dennis
All, We received 8 bike donations directly from graduating students last week—easily a record during my tenure so far. Not sure how the word got out, but it was effective! Of course, I forgot to ask for a few photos for future marketing use, but one person did request a photo with her bike before she donated it.
I also worked with TBP volunteers to move a chunk of bikes out of storage, so we’re making headway on that. But still a good number of bikes left, too, which I’ll continue to work on going forward.
This week we start our summer hours of M/W/F 2 – 6p.
The numbers:
Visitors: 49
Sales: $868.25
Bikes: 3 for $570
Memberships: 4 for $120
Tires/tubes: 5 for $36
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
Collections began at 10am on Monday morning and continued through 3pm on Saturday afternoon. More than 16,000 pounds of household items were donated to Goodwill through the program. Salt & Light collected 3,500 pounds of soft items (clothes, bedding, linens
This Ford E-Transit cargo van is being picked up now from Deans Graphics. It will be assigned to the 03-shop at F&S.
The following is an email sent by Stephanie Hess on May 11, 2023.
Green Research Committee,
Jeremy and I met with Susan, Ehab, and Madhu last week to give them an update on our progress over the past few weeks. I have attached the topics discussed. Here is a brief summary of that meeting and how we propose to move forward.
I will try to get something on the calendar soon.
Thanks,
Stephanie
Attached is the Informal Summary.
All, The past work week was full of last shifts for a lot of the student staff, as well as a lot of talk of finals schedules. Ended on a bright note as a couple rented a tandem from us as practice as they didn’t want their “Just Married” post-nuptial ride on a tandem to be their absolute first one. Fun!
This is our last week of being open M – F. Next Monday we start M/W/F hours.
This week I’ve got a meeting to hash out some Tue/Thurs appointment hours to still help folks in need of bike repair. I’ll also move some bikes out of the warehouse with the help of TBP folk.
The lobby is currently packed full with sale bikes, so we’ll have to rearrange in the back to accommodate moving some sale stock back there. A good problem to have.
The numbers:
Visitors: 33
Sales: $233*
Memberships: 3 for $90*
Tires/tubes: 8 for $73*
Thanks!
*Due to technical difficulties, these numbers may not be 100% accurate.
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
by: Noah Nelson
Posted: May 6, 2023 / 02:00 PM CDT
Updated: May 10, 2023 / 06:13 PM CDT
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — U of I Facilities and Services (F&S) announced that the 21st annual Dump and Run event is expanding to multiple campus locations this year beginning Monday, May 8.
The U of I said the Dump and Run event, a collaboration between University Housing and U of I F&S, is designed to achieve campus sustainability goals, including reaching zero waste targets and preventing trash from reaching waterways and landscapes.
Officials said in past years when the event was hosted at the University YMCA, more than 30 tons of material was recycled and kept from reaching the landfill because of these efforts.
U of I officials said expanding the Dump and Run event this year makes it easier for students and others to donate unwanted items at the end of the semester. They said eight 20’ x 8’ mobile storage units will be placed near campus residence halls for the event, including:
University volunteers will be available at the sites to help prevent overflow and ensure additional pickups as necessary.
“We’re excited to bring the Dump and Run event right to where the students live and closer to the majority of faculty and staff,” said Daphne Hulse, F&S zero waste coordinator. “This setup offers everyone a simple way to give back to local nonprofits while preventing littering and keeping items that can be reclaimed from reaching the landfill unnecessarily.
Each day, the containers will be opened at specific times to accept donations. Officials said individuals can donate surplus or gently used items by putting them into bulk boxes inside the containers. Accepted items include:
Throughout the week, officials said the donations will be collected by local participating charities Salt & Light and Goodwill.
“We are pleased to continue to support the Dump and Run initiative, which is a benefit to our residents, the campus, and the local community,” said Alma R. Sealine, executive director of University Housing.
The donation schedule includes:
U of I students and staff can donate accepted items in one of the available mobile storage units during open hours until Saturday, May 13.
Agenda
May 2, 2023 Green Research Committee Meeting 2
Present: Mitchell Bryant, Shari Effert-Fanta, Paul Foote, Jennifer Fraterrigo, Stephanie Hess, Daphne Hulse, Maisie Kingren, Tim Mies, Lisa Moore, Jeremy Neighbors, Chad Stevens, Sabrina Summers
Absent: Morgan White
Discussion:
All, Last week was a TBP members’ meeting where it was decided to reduce TBP work equity memberships from 8 to 4 hours, as well as no longer offer First Visit Free at either space. Staff can still help with small on-the-spot repairs as they see fit. Both changes are good for the Bike Center and the campus community.
I also participated in the Bike Census and Campus Transportation Advisory Committee meeting last week.
Thanks to TBP volunteers we were able to progress nicely on clearing out the abandoned bikes, per the request of Parking. TBD on hosting a Bike Moving Party on a weekend in May.
The numbers:
Visitors: 38
Sales: $782
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $525
Memberships: 3 for $90
Tires/tubes: 2 for $23
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
2023-04-28