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SSC Semester Report: InSPIRE Solar Charging Stations
Associated Project(s):SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for InSPIRE Solar Charging Stations project on 12/26/2021. Please see attached.
Illinois Solar Renewables Resources
Associated Project(s):For Homeowners:
Citizens Utility Board (Community Solar) - https://www.citizensutilityboard.org/solar-in-the-community/
EnergySage - https://www.energysage.com/
Google Sunroof - https://sunroof.withgoogle.com/
IL Solar Energy Association (IL Solar Ambassadors and vendor lists) - https://www.illinoissolar.org/
For specialized organizations:
Midwest Renewable Energy Association - https://www.midwestrenew.org/
Clean Energy Buyers Association - https://cebuyers.org/
Elevate - https://www.elevatenp.org/
Government:
City of Chicago - https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/progs/env/solar_in_chicago.html
Cook County - https://www.cookcountyil.gov/service/solar-energy
Illinois Solar for All (Community Solar) - https://www.illinoissfa.com/
Illinois Shines - https://illinoisshines.com/
EPA (Solar Resources) - https://www.epa.gov/statelocalenergy/local-renewable-energy-solar
February 2022 Buyer's Share Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the February 2022 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2,931.6 Megawatt hours.
The February 2022 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.
Attached Files:This Week in Research
Associated Project(s):UIUC ranks 25th on the EPA's top-30 list of the largest on-site green power users in the Green Power Partnership, joining prominent companies Apple, Procter & Gamble, Target, Intel, and more.
UIUC Ranks #25 Nationally on EPA's List of On-Site Green Power Users
Associated Project(s):The newsletter attached below is from F&S Customer Relations & Communications, which provides more detail on UIUC's Green Power User achievement.
Attached Files:Geothermal Urbana-Champaign 2.0 Spring Zoom Sessions
Associated Project(s):The following text is from the February iSEE Newsletter, which is attached below.
Geothermal Urbana-Champaign 2.0 Starts Feb. 23. Geothermal Urbana-Champaign is a public education and group buy program that makes getting geothermal heating and cooling easier and more affordable for Champaign, Piatt, and Vermilion County home and business owners. Register for a spring Zoom session to learn more! Spring dates include Feb. 23, March 29, April 12 (co-hosted by iSEE and F&S), May 2, and May 23 (times vary). Details>>>
Attached Files:SSC Semesterly Report
Associated Project(s):SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for Geothermal Exchange for greenhouses at UIUC Energy Farm on 01/29/22. Please see attached.
SSC Semesterly Report: Geothermal Exchange for Greenhouses at UIUC Energy Farm
Associated Project(s):SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for Geothermal Exchange for greenhouses at UIUC Energy Farm on 01/29/22. Please see attached.
January 2022 Buyer's Share Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the January 2022 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2,706.60 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
Attached Files:SSC Semesterly Report: Campus Instructional Facility Geothermal (Part 2)
Associated Project(s):SSC received semester report for Fall 2021 for Campus Instructional Facility Geothermal (Part 2) on 1/19/2022. Please see attached.
Energy iCAP Team January Meeting
Associated Project(s):The Energy iCAP team met at 9:00 A.M. on Wednesday, January 26th and discussed updates on recommendation ideas as well as agreed to move forward with the submission of two recommendations to the iCAP Working Group. Progress is currently being made on a feasibility study of CO2 District Heating and Cooling which will be undertaken by a group of engineering students during the Spring Semester, and progress on a new recommendation for Building Envelope Commissioning will take place.
The Team also agreed to move forward with a recommendation that the Office of the Chancellor commission a report on the Safety and Security of a proposed MMR Nuclear Reactor on campus property as well as another recommendation that would seek to charge Facilities & Services with developing a comprehensive energy plan that will bring the University to net-zero emissions by 2050.
Further Details on the meeting can be found in the attached agenda which also contains meeting minutes.
Attached Files:Visualization of the impact of CIF geothermal
Associated Project(s):“In summary, there will be 2 slides taking turns to be displayed on the digital screen in CIF. The first slide is primarily composed of the 3D GSHP system schematic (Ground loops, heat pump and building) and the key parameters & features. The second slide shows the results from building energy modeling, including annual outdoor temperature variations, heating/cooing loads and other energy consumptions. This may [help] visualize the impact of CIF geothermal and give public a better understanding on the renewable resources.”
-John Zhao (11/14/2022)
PhD. Candidate
Research Assistant
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Research field: Ground Source HVAC System/Subsurface Heat Transfer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Attached Files:UIUC Ranks #23 on EPA's List of On-Site Green Power Generation
Associated Project(s):As of January 24, 2022, UIUC is ranked 23rd on EPA's list of On-Site Green Power Generation.
The full rankings can be found here:
https://www.epa.gov/greenpower/green-power-partnership-top-30-site-gener...
SSC Final Report
Associated Project(s):Attached is John Zhao's final report of the SSC Project:
Attached Files:SSC Semesterly Report: Diversion of Non-Recycable Plastics Using Pyrolysis Process Fuels for Campus
Associated Project(s):SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for Diversion of Non-Recycable Plastics Using Pyrolysis Process Fuels for Campus on 12/29/21. Please see attached.
December 2021 Buyer's Share Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the December 2021 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2,739.90 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
Attached Files:Article Accepted in Groundwater
Associated Project(s):From: cs-author@wiley.com <cs-author@wiley.com>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2021 6:15 PM
To: Lin, Yu-Feng <yflin at illinois.edu>
Subject: In Production: Your article accepted in GroundwaterDear YU-FENG F. LIN,
Article ID: GWAT13159
Article DOI: 10.1111/gwat.13159
Internal Article ID: 17279842
Article: Coupling a borehole thermal model and MT3DMS to simulate dynamic ground source heat pump efficiency
Journal: Groundwater
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Wiley Author ServicesGeothermal @ CIF Inquiry
Associated Project(s):John Zhao, PhD. Candidate, reached out to Dr. Stumpf with a question regarding the CIF's geothermal capacity. Specifically, the question was, "The description of this project https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/project/geothermal-campus-instructional-facility-cif says:'The optimized geothermal exchange system will supply the CIF building with approximately 135 tons of heating and cooling capacity, equivalent to almost 65% of the total building energy demand.' I am checking if the GSHP only covers the 65% of the building space conditioning, or the heating/cooling account for 65% of the total electricity consumption (considering lighting, and etc.)?"
Dr Stumpf replied explaining that the 135 tons is 65% of the building's energy demand and the GSHPS (ground source heat pump) covers this portion. The GSHPS is primarily used to offset energy for making chilled water since the building is cooling dominated. The other 35% is for electricity (making hot water, running HVAC system, geothermal and water pumps, etc.)
Zhao met with Eric Vetter (in charge of the CIF) and got the following heat pump capacity information:
Manufacturer: ClimaCool Corporation
Cooling Capacity: 141 Ton / 1,692 MBH
Heating Capacity: 2,222 MBH
Electricity Input: At full capacity rated 100.4 - 144.3 kW.
Archived Info - Project Description
Associated Project(s):The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to use green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use. The Partnership has more than 1,700 Partner organizations voluntarily using billions of kilowatt-hours of green power annually. Partners include a wide variety of leading organizations such as Fortune 500® companies, small and medium sized businesses, local, state, and federal governments, and colleges and universities.
In May 2015, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was officially recognized as a Green Power Partner for its purchase of electricity from clean, renewable sources. This designation has been renewed annually, through the continued dedication to a clean energy future for the Urbana-Champaign campus. In the early years of this designation, our campus needed 3% of the power to be coming from renewable sources, and starting in 2020 the requirement was increased to 7%.
As a Green Power Partner, Illinois joins seven other Big Ten universities in winning the EPA’s Collective Conference Champion Award for the last four years in a row (as of 2019). This award recognizes the collegiate athletic conference, and its member schools, with the highest combined green power use in the nation. The Big Ten’s collective green power use of more than 516 million kWh is equivalent to the electricity use of nearly 47,000 US homes.