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Associated Project(s):Move forwad with FAR and ISR called Grinder energy, ship it to sanitary district to make energy, move towards all dining halls Ikenberry: Informaiton system, weigh waste and display in real time, scale and digital display, update on website, competition based on other schools Food Waste Management presentation to Housing
Associated Project(s):On November 12, 2018, Sarthak Prasad from Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) presented a Food Waste Management study to compare the current mode of food waste management (EnviroPure) with 7 other food waste management equipment.
He recommended the Housing at UofI switched from the EnviroPure systems to InSinkerator's Grind2Energy systems as food waste processing system, before sending the processed food waste (in slurry form) to the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) in Urbana, IL. UCSD's Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) has existing anaerobic digesters that can convert food waste into valuable biogas for electricity generation.
See attached the presentation in PDF form and the detailed cost analysis.
News-Gazette articles
Funding Approval for Green Restaurant
Associated Project(s):Mohamed Attalla and Evan De Lucia approved $32,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for the Green Restaurant Certification Pilot.
"The requested funds will fully cover a five-year pilot of Green Restaurant Certification for all campus dining facilities and University Catering." -Micah Kenfield (11/8/2018)
An email of approval and the benefits the project will provide is attached below.
Attached Files:Sustainability Council meeting Nov. 7, 2018
Associated Project(s):Attached Files:Waste Management video by Emma Sielaff
Associated Project(s):Transportation SWATeam Meeting Minutes 9/18
Sale of Carbon Credits to Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
Associated Project(s):1,075 Carbon Credits (CCs) were sold to BEF @ $6.25/CC.
This sale resulted in $6,718.75 being added to the Carbon Credit Sales Fund.
An email explaining the sale is attached below.
An email with transaction information is attached below.
Capacity of distribution lines
Associated Project(s):U19005: Electrical-Medium Voltage Power Distribution Study Updates - should start in mid-September - to evaluate capacity of power distribution line connected to proposed solar farm 2.0 site.
Site Selection approved at CCRC
Associated Project(s):The Solar Farm 2.0 site selection committee's recommendation was approved by the Chancellor's Capital Review Committee.
CEE article on winning project
Integrated Pest Management program approved
Associated Project(s):The exterior Integrated Pest Management program has been in place for several years, and recently the program was formalized and adopted by F&S Grounds. This helps meet iCAP objective 7.2 and supports the student-led efforts to achieve Bee Campus USA recognition.
Attached Files:meeting scheduled for June 26
Associated Project(s):There are still a dozen or so cooling towers on campus, and ISTC staff are meeting with related building representatives later this month to review the options for reducing water consumption in these towers.
Attached Files:note about measuring quality of water in campus watershed
Associated Project(s):The SWATeam asked County Engineer, Jeff Blue, who owns the bridge running across the Embarras on Airport Road (1100N) just west of the intersection of Race Street (1350E), in the hopes of adding a monitoring station. Mr. Blue replied, "That bridge is under the jurisdiction of Philo Township. I know he is doing some substantial work on the ditch on the north side of Airport Road this summer which leads to this bridge. I doubt if the township would object, but it would be best to wait until the work on the ditch is complete. Please let me know what type of monitoring device would be used and how it would be attached to the bridge. I should be your contact on this project, as we are the bridge inspectors on behalf on the township."
SWATeam Appreciation Letter
Associated Project(s):See attached the Appreciation Letter sent to all SWATeams earlier this month.
Attached Files:SSC Funding Agreement - InSPIRE Solar Charging Stations
Associated Project(s):The Student Sustainability Committee allocated $5,800 to the student group, InSPIRE, that is installing solar charging stations.
This proposal directly funds:
- Building materials
- Replacement parts
Attached Files:ENVS301 Sustainability final report
Associated Project(s):See attached the report "Influence of LEED on Water Consumption & Cost: Business Instructional Facility vs. Undergraduate Library" as submitted by Lucia Dunderman, Dustin Frye and Olivia Yu for their project in ENVS301.
Attached Files:Clean River blog about recycling failures
Recommendations for Dual Bin Locations Completed - 02/11/2018
Associated Project(s):Recommended locations for dual bins for outdoor trash and recycling collection were identifed in February 2018. Locations were indicated on an updated version of the map of the outdoor bin locations that was completed in September 2017.