Building walkthrough
ICRT, F&S, and GCOE staff met at the Transportation Building today to prep for the Envelope Blower Door Test Saturday.
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ICRT, F&S, and GCOE staff met at the Transportation Building today to prep for the Envelope Blower Door Test Saturday.
All, The semester is over, and the students have left. For summer we’re down to just a couple of folks. And of course, Friday was super busy all day but we were lucky to be well-staff for the last day of the semester as staff report that it remained ASF (All Stands Full) until after close. We’ll see how busy we are this week.
We’ve reduced hours to M/W/F in accordance with projected diminished demand and staff availability. As we get more staff hired/onboarded and demand is there, we’ll bump hours back up.
We received 10 direct donations last week with I’d guess about half being students.
The numbers:
Visitors: 38
Sales: $854.60
Bikes (refurb): 2 for $370
Memberships: 3 for $90
Tire/tubes: 7 for $61
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
Our campus celebrated Arbor Day with the planting of a sugar maple on the south quad, on April 29, 2022. To read about the event, see the F&S publication Insider article below.
Arbor Day 2022 - INSIDER (illinois.edu)
Robert O'Daniell met with Morgan and me on Friday, May 13, 2022. We talked about the following topics:
Robert also provided some documents that were updated from last meeting with me (Introductory meeting with Robert O'Daniell)
National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call: May 17, 2022
EPA invites Environmental Justice (EJ) advocates to participate in the next National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call taking place on May 17, 2022 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). These calls are free and open to the public.
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epa-natl-environmental-justice-community-engagement-call-may-17-2022-registration-325114615567
Agenda:
The purpose of these calls is to inform the community and other stakeholders about EPA's EJ work and enhance opportunities to maintain an open dialogue with EJ advocates.
Please email Motilall.Christina@epa.gov by May 13, 2022 to request reasonable accommodation for a disability or interpreter services in a language other than English, so that you can participate in the call and/or to request a translation of any of the event documents into a language other than English.
For more information about the National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Calls, please email Robinson.Victoria@epa.gov or Motilall.Christina@epa.gov.
Recordings and meeting materials for all calls are posted here: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/national-environmental-justice-community-engagement-calls.
For up-to-date information about Environmental Justice funding opportunities, events, and webinars, subscribe to EPA's Environmental Justice listserv by sending a blank email to: join-epa-ej@lists.epa.gov. Follow us on Twitter: @EPAEnvJustice
Para recibir información actualizada sobre oportunidades de financiamiento de Justicia Ambiental, eventos y seminarios web, suscríbase al listserve de Justicia Ambiental de la EPA enviando un mensaje en blanco de correo electrónico a: join-epa-ej@lists.epa.gov. Síganos en Twitter: @EPAEnvJustice.
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The following is an email sent from Gabriel Lewis to Morgan White regarding EV research.
Hi Morgan,
I’m doing research for the local municipalities on Electric Vehicles (EVs), to start out with a literature review.
Katie Simpson in Savoy mentioned that you/UIUC were starting discussions last fall about researching EVs as well. I know it’s a broad topic, but are they any updates or information I should be aware of from the University side?
I found a couple of relevant search results online:
I think we’re most interested right now in how to provide sufficient charging infrastructure in buildings (via retrofits and requirements for new buildings) and in public places (streets, parking lots, municipal facilities, recreational facilities, etc.).
Thanks,
Gabe
On Wednesday, May 4th, the Resilience iCAP Team had their last meeting of the semester. The team discussed updates on projects such as the Environmental Justice Plan, the Sustainability clinic and plans for summer. Meeting minutes are attached.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for Res003 Collecting Info about Environmental Justice Needs, the recommendation was transmitted to Bob Flider, Director of Community and Government Relations with the Office of Public Engagement on 5/9/22.
See submittal of Res003 Collecting Info about Environmental Justice Needs recommendation here.
National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call: May 17, 2022
EPA invites Environmental Justice (EJ) advocates to participate in the next National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call taking place on May 17, 2022 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). These calls are free and open to the public.
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epa-natl-environmental-justice-community-engagement-call-may-17-2022-registration-325114615567
Agenda:
The purpose of these calls is to inform the community and other stakeholders about EPA's EJ work and enhance opportunities to maintain an open dialogue with EJ advocates.
Please email Motilall.Christina@epa.gov by May 13, 2022 to request reasonable accommodation for a disability or interpreter services in a language other than English, so that you can participate in the call and/or to request a translation of any of the event documents into a language other than English.
For more information about the National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Calls, please email Robinson.Victoria@epa.gov or Motilall.Christina@epa.gov.
Recordings and meeting materials for all calls are posted here: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/national-environmental-justice-community-engagement-calls.
The iCAP Working Group met on 4-19-22 and discussed the following agenda:
The meeting minutes are attached.
All, Had some rainy weather last week that kept our visitor numbers low. We also had a few staff bow out for the summer.
This week will be summer-like and judging by the first half hour of open shop time today, we’ll be nice and busy all week. From there it’s on to the summer sessions. We’ll likely reduce hours as demand and staffing availability dictate.
The numbers:
Visitors: 24
Sales: $605.60
Bikes (refurb): 1 for $180
Memberships: 2 for $60
Wheels (used/alloy): 5 for $75
Tire/tubes: 7 for $47
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
This project will provide a study to investigate the feasibility of installing an Anaerobic Methane Digester in the area of the University’s South Farms to capture renewable energy from beef, sheep and/or dairy cow waste. The study will assess the possibility of an on-site digester at one site, with one digester system of animal waste. The study will identify useful “Waste/Organics to Energy Efforts” using available technology paths and options that match the goals and expectations of the UIUC stakeholders and project team, to deliver to UIUC a “Renewable Energy Waste/Organics to Fuel Study.” We will also include a section to address the goal to pursue carbon offsets in the project. We will use “The Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP)” to address greenhouse gas reduction strategies compliance.
CLMP Public Forum meeting recording has been embedded on the F&S website and the iCAP Portal.
The Public Forum for CLMP was held on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. View the presentation from the CLMP Public Forum session: Campus Landscape Master Plan Public Forum presentation
If you were unable to attend the CLMP Public Forum or did not take part in the live polling at the meeting, please take the online survey: go.fs.illinois.edu/CLMPPublicForumOnlineSurvey. This survey is available until Friday, May 13, 2022. Your feedback is important and will be be applied to strategies to guide the campus landscape into the future. Please reference the presentation recording and/or presentation slides from the Public Forum as you proceed through the survey.
Watch the video on the iCAP Portal here: Campus Landscape Master Plan (CLMP) Public Forum meeting recording
Below is an email from Morgan White describing that the University YMCA plans to only conduct Dump and Run in the fall.
This led Morgan, F&S, & Housing leadership to decide to delay their version of spring collections until the full-time Zero Waste Coordinator has been hired.
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From: White, Morgan
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2022 8:24 AM
To: Johnson, Bryan Lloyd; Kuehl, Mark A; Hiser, Daniel William; Patterson, Shawn L
Cc: Boehm, David ; McKay, James; Sealine, Alma R; Varney, Peter W; Kamarah, Ehab
Subject: RE: Dump and Run - arranging a meeting
Hello everyone,
Thank you for your patience and willingness regarding the UIUC collaboration with the University YMCA on the Dump and Run.
This year, the Board and Leadership of the University Y made the decision to only do Dump and Run in the fall. In 2021, they had arranged a fall-only collection, followed immediately by a sale in August at the Stock Pavilion. As they reviewed the impacts of that fall-only sale compared to the collection efforts and impacts for the spring collection and fall sale, they decided to focus solely on the fall sale from now on.
Following that news, I spoke with F&S and Housing leadership, and we agreed that it would be best to delay our own version of spring collections until the full time Zero Waste Coordinator has been hired. This search is approved, and we hope to have a new employee who will report to Pete Varney (and try to fill Shantanu Pai’s shoes) in the next few months. That person will then work with us to develop an appropriate solution for keeping gently used materials (clothes, books, etc.) out of the landfill during move-out week.
Thank you all very much, and we will be in touch as plans develop for a spring 2023 collection.
All my best,
Morgan
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MORGAN B. WHITE
Acting Director of Capital Programs
Associate Director of F&S for Sustainability
Facilities & Services | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
All, Friday—warm weather and a Friday—meant a busy day. Rest of the week was slower. A new staffer started last week, which was a great help.
This week looks warmer so we’ll be busier, likely. Will get some bikes finished and do some more onboarding with new staff. We have a weather radio and a regular radio here now to communicate with DCR staff as needed.
Our Friday Ride events concluded last Friday with a decent showing and a ride to Meadowbrook and back. I’ll gauge staff interest in keeping them going this summer and we’ll definitely look to restart them in Aug/Sept when students are back full-time.
The numbers:
Visitors: 53
Sales: $866
Bikes (refurb): 2 for $340
Memberships: 7 for $210
Tubes/tires: 23 for $141
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
ISTC researchers recently validated a system that can achieve up to 95% efficiency in CO₂ capture, significantly reducing the environmental impact of coal-fired power plants. The research team tested the technology at Abbott Power Plant.
Ming Kuo recently contributed to an NPR piece that explored the benefits of spending time in nature, noting that getting your daily dose of nature is vital to your well-being.
These iSEE representatives presented an update of key efforts underway for the iCAP 2020: iSEE Associate Director for Campus Sustainability Dr. Jennifer Fraterrigo, iSEE Associate director for Education and outreach Dr. Luis Rodriguez, Sustainability Programs Manager Meredith Moore, F&S Associate Director for Sustainability Morgan White, and Sustainability Academic Advisor Eric Green. the key topics were:
The following links were also sent to be shared with the committee:
Also, if anyone is interested in participating in one of the Topical iCAP Teams, as a faculty member, please let us know. The topics are listed on the iCAP Portal at https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/project/topical-icap-teams.
Stacy Gloss and Meredith Moore gave a presentation on environmental justice to an Eco-Lunch group, RSO Graduates in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (GEEB). The presentation from 4-26-22 is attached.
F&S organized the Campus Landscape Master Plan (CLMP) on April 27, 2022 from 5:30 to 7 pm. 182 people had registered to attend the session and nearly 70 people attended the event.
Please see the presentation used during the CLMP Public Forum: Campus Landscape Master Plan Public Forum presentation