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The preferred vendor, as identified through the RFP evaluation process, was asked to submit a Best and Final Offer (BAFO). This item was received and the campus will finalize exact funding plan.
Campus Bike Project Funding Agreement Spring 2012.pdf Campus Bicycle Shop Updated Agreement Letter September 2012.pdf
Campus Bike Project LTR_MB edits.docx Campus Bike Project March 2012 Funding Award Letter.docx
Campus Bike Project.jpg Campus Bike Project_Expansion of Service.pdf March 2012 Funding Award Letter.docx SSC-Campus Bike Project Letter Final.docx SSC-Campus Bike Project Letter.docx SSC-Campus Bike Project Letter.pdf TBPRevisionsofFacilityUseAgreement.pdf Updated Funding Award and Acceptance Letter_September 2012.docxThe new Electrical and Computer Engineering building (New ECE building) will be operational starting the fall semester of 2014, and will be a unique green building on the University of Illinois campus. It is designed to be the most energy efficient engineering building in the world and is targeting LEED platinum certification, the highest rating for efficiency. With the full planned solar energy complement, the building is projected to achieve net zero energy status. The facility will be one of the two largest net-zero energy buildings in the United States. It will be a facility that supports all its own energy needs – on average over each year – leaving no carbon or fossil consumption footprint. Although the ECE building design itself is intended to achieve LEED Platinum certification, the energy objectives go far beyond this rating to true energy sustainability.
SSF Equipment Fall 2011 Funding Award and Acceptance Letter_Signed.pdf SSF Fall 2011 Equipment Proposal.pdf Student Farm Funding Agreement Fall 2011.pdf Fall 2011 Student Farm Award and Acceptance Letter.docx SSC Equip Proposal.docx Student Farm Funding Agreement Spring 2012.pdf Student Farm Funding Agreement Spring 2012-Unsigned.pdf Student Farm Funding Spring 2012.pdf SSF Educator Spring 2012 Proposal .pdf SSF Proposal 1-12.docx Student Farm Educator Award Letter.docx
FY09-FY12 Student Farm Funding Awards.xlsx Student Farm Transaction Detail.xlsx Burrill and Morrill Rain Garden Spring 2012 Funding Award and Acceptance Letter_Signed.pdf Burrill Morrill Project (cancelled) Final Report.docx Burrill and Morrill Funding Award and Acceptance Letter.docx Burrill and Morrill Funding Award and Acceptance Letter_No signatures.docx BurrillMorrill.pdf Fall 2012 Project Status Update Burrill Rain Garden.docx Morrill Burrill intial site assessment.pdfA presentation about the Energy Dashboard was given at the Behavior Change / Energy Efficiency Conference on May 22, 2012: http://www.igencc.org/bhc12.speakers.
As of May 2010 approximately 2.6 million gross square feet, 56 football fields, or 20% of the campus academic space have benefitted from retrocommissioning.
The Request for Proposal for a Solar Farm Public-Private Partnership on South Farms resulted in 12 proposals for the Solar Farm. The technical evaluation committee worked on reviewing and scoring each proposal, and provided some clarification questions to the UI Purchasing contact person. The committee will meet again in May to identify a preferred vendor.
Staff met with a representative from the UI Electric Vehicle Club. We discussed potential implementation strategies for an electric vehicle charging station on campus.
The Illinois student chapter of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) met with staff to discuss an energy and water conservation program they would like to initiate in FY13. This would require some meter upgrades which could be implemented in conjunction with the Energy Dashboard project. In the fall, the students would organize conservation competitions between various residence halls on campus, to promote, highlight, and celebrate sustainable behavior.
Bryan Johnson, from University Housing's Sustainability Council, has reported that residence halls PAR and FAR have individual metering setup, but Blaisdell Hall's metering is connected to the mechancial room and dining hall. LAR and Allen have individual metering, but the dining hall feeds into both dining halls. Information about metering in Busey-Evans is still needed.
The projects committee in the US Green Building Council student chapter is working on a "Green Your Dorm" project encouraging dorms to save energy and water. The SSC has approved funding to put individual metering in dorms. The USGBC chapter made the suggestion that Ikenberry Commons resdence halls be the first to receive meter upgrades.
Keith Shank at IDNR responded to the EcoCAT request, with the following note. "Well, it’s hard to escape those Franklin Ground Squirrels. In 2010, Ameren observed two FGS near the intersection of Curtis Road and Rt. 45, and ten years ago we had a road-killed FGS at Windsor Road and Rt. 45. Ameren opined they could be all up and down the RR corridor, which the western end of your project area happens to lie against.
It may be possible the FGS are in the area around the farm buildings, but they would be unlikely to be out in the experimental plots, at the moment. However, depending on the type of solar energy facility being proposed, they might be able to colonize the solar farm. While that would be good for the FGS, it could complicate subsequent operations and maintenance of the facility. Remember that they love any kind of soil stockpile, so be careful where you stack any dirt and how long you might leave it there."
There are officially 12 proposals submitted, and 11 are responsive per Purchasing’s requirements. The Evaluation Team is: Kent Reifsteck, chair; Mike Marquissee, Keith Erickson, Morgan Johnston, Teresa Temples, Larry Altenbaumer, and Kim Porter.
Held pre-proposal meeting and site visit for the Solar Farm RFP. Also, submitted the EcoCAT review request regarding that space. Responded to over 30 questions from potential proposers for the Solar Farm RFP.
IDNR staff will review the project because the Franklin's Ground Squirrel may reside there. They state they will require thirty days of review. The Franklin’s Ground Squirrel resides in culverts and areas with low shrubs and prairie grasses and not in cultivated farm areas. Most of the Solar Farm area has been farmed for years.
From: Jack Dempsey Subject: Solar Farm letter ready to go In the interest of keeping an open dialogue with our neighbors, I would like to inform you that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pursuing the development of a 28.5-acre solar farm on the campus’s South Farms. The attached fact sheet describes the details of the project, including specifics of the proposal, expected timeline, and frequently asked questions about solar farms. This information will be sent to the residents on First Street near the proposed site, with the attached letter. I’m also including the full RFP here in case you are interested. This is expected to go live tomorrow. If you have any questions or suggestions as we move forward with this project, please contact Morgan Johnston, our Sustainability Coordinator copied here. Thanks, Jack RFP and subsequent amendments are online at http://www.procure.stateuniv.state.il.us/dsp_notice.cfm?Uni=UIUC&PN=1KSP....
The proposed Solar Farm was taken through the formal Site Selection process for campus, and approved by the Chancellor’s Capital Review Committee (CCRC). Then the Request for Proposal (RFP) was published and over 30 vendors downloaded the RFP. A Fact Sheet and Q&A were sent with introductory letters to the community leaders and Solar Farm site neighbors on First Street.
