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Solar Thermal Notes
Associated Project(s):The attached file includes original notes about the solar thermal installation at ARC.
Attached Files:Weekly Update - Collection of Abandoned Bikes
Associated Project(s):All, Last week was on the slow side. We got busy in fits and starts. This week will likely be the same. I was out of the shop for most of Tuesday afternoon, so the students covered for me. No troubles there.
We concluded our Bike Abandonment Program last week, as well. We collected 15 bikes total that were either donated at the Bike Rodeo, during open hours, or left after hours on the rack outside. Having the rack outside was super helpful, not only to collect bikes during off hours, but as additional storage during open shop time. Long term, having a donation drop off system in place for after-hours would be beneficial.
This week I’ll dig into the pile of student-checked bike builds. I’ve got space for about 5 more bikes and then I’ll have to look at rearranging again. We can technically cram more bikes in the spaces we’ve got allotted for Sale Bikes but I’ve noticed it makes it a lot more difficult for people to try them out and thus, they don’t get sold. Limits of the space, I suppose. Of course, all the bikes will probably sell in the end.
I’ll also coordinate with Parking about picking up some bikes they’ve got for us.
Numbers:
Visitors: 73
Sales: $509.43Memberships: 10 for $300
Bikes (refurb) 3 for $410
Tire/tube: 18 for $117Jacob Benjamin
Manager, Campus Bike CenterWeekly Updates for Zero Waste
Associated Project(s):Hi Pete and Shawn--
Zero waste activities for this past week were that I
- Drafted a scope change request to SSC to extend the funding period for the Zero Waste Coordination Project through July 31, 2020.
- Drafted the Spring 2019 Semesterly Report to SSC for the Zero Waste Coordination Project.
- Sent both drafts to Morgan for her review.
- Read through the final versions of the Spring 2019 PWR Recommendations.
Best regards,
Marya Ryan
Dump and Run Update (Email Chain)
Associated Project(s):The following email chain details the arrangement of a meeting at the Stock Pavilion for Mike Doyle to give Alma Sealine, Morgan White, and Lowa Mwilambwe a tour to give them the sense of the operations at that time.
The images referenced in the emails are attached below.
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From: Varney, Peter W
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 5:36 PM
To: White, Morgan
Cc: Attalla, Mohamed Mahmoud
Subject: FW: Dump & Run
Thanks Morgan – any specific names or quotes I can use and submit to CRC along with the names of the F&S staff (driver and laborer) involved?
Thank you,
Pete
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From: White, Morgan
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 5:14 PM
To: Attalla, Mohamed Mahmoud; Varney, Peter W
Subject: FW: Dump & Run
Hello Mohamed and Pete,
The YMCA sent the attached photos showing some of the items collected from the students moving out, with Housing
and F&S support this month. They are very grateful and I also heard from some of the YMCA’s folks how very helpful the
F&S staff were, in particular.
I will be attending a check-in meeting tomorrow morning, and I believe Chancellor Jones asked Lowa to lead the
discussions over the next few months to provide campus assistance to this effort in the future. Lowa will include me in
those discussions, and I am very pleased that we are moving in that direction to support this great waste-reduction
effort!
Thanks,
Morgan
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Ms. Morgan White
F&S Associate Director for Sustainability
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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From: Mike Doyle
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 4:45 PM
To: Sealine, Alma R
Cc: Mwilambwe, Lowa; White, Morgan <mbwhite@illinois.edu>; Marc Alexander; Joe Vitosky; Kasey Umland
Subject: Re: Dump & Run2
Friday at 9 AM works. I will be there and most likely Marc.
We will have loaded and packed a weeks worth of stuff so I thought I would share a few photos with you.
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On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 2:17 PM Sealine, Alma R wrote:
I’m out on vacation but can make 9am work as I’m driving out of town...
Alma R. Sealine
Executive Director of University Housing
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From: Mwilambwe, Lowa
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 2:11 PM
To: Mike Doyle; Sealine, Alma R; White, Morgan
Cc: Marc Alexander; Joe Vitosky; Kasey Umland
Subject: Re: Dump & Run
Are you available at 9:00 a.m. on Friday?
-Lowa Mwilambwe
Associate Vice Chancellor for Auxiliary, Health & Wellbeing
Student Affairs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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From: Mike Doyle
Date: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 9:12 AM
To: "Sealine, Alma R", Lowa Mwilambwe, "White,
Morgan"
Cc: Marc Alexander, Joe Vitosky, Kasey Umland
Subject: Dump & Run
Alma, Morgan and Lowa,
I just wantedd to invite you to stop by the stock pavilion on Pennslvania sometime this week between 9 AM
and 4 PM. We finish up collections this week and have already starting loading items on the semi trailers. So
far I think this has been a great improvement this year and the staffs from F&S as well as Housing have been
very helpful.
A 5-10 minute tour will give you a sense of the operations at this point and I believe be very helpful in future
discussions about what is involved in this program. If you let us knowwhen you will stop by Mar or I can try
to be there to give you a uick tour but if that doesn't work, you can just stop by when it is convenient.
Thanks,
Mike
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Michael Doyle
Executive Director
University YMCA
Weekly Update
Associated Project(s):All, Shortened week for myself as I was out of town Thursday and Friday. The student staff operated hours in my absence. No incidents or troubles. Their chief issues were related to the Shop Builds, so that’s a win-win.
This week I have the Student Employment Symposium on Tuesday that conflicts with hours so I will again have students cover. I’ll be back in time to close up shop. I also have a potential new hire coming in to volunteer this week and sort of try the job out for a bit.Thanks to Todd for grabbing scrap and whoever delivered new spoke wrenches, as they were sorely needed.
Numbers:
Visitors: 97Sales: $751.30
Bike (refurb): 1 for $150
Bike (B-a-B): 1 for $125
Memberships: 6 for $180
Tire/tubes: 17 for $152Thanks!
Jake Benjamin
Campus Bike Center ManagerWeekly Updates for Zero Waste
Associated Project(s):Hi Pete and Shawn--
There were no zero waste activities this past week.
Best regards,
Marya Ryan
Final Update
Associated Project(s):Good Evening All,
There was a short hiatus of meetings as the semester was coming to an end due to conflict of schedules but we were able to meet today. Even though we did not meet I was still finishing and touching up the items we planned last meeting. I was able to finalize the water audit program and it is attached. I then came up with some water sustainability goals the University of Illinois should pursue. Lastly I was able to water a page on why water scarcity is an important issue that we as a university should took more interest in even though it may seem we have no issues here. The Mahomet aquifer is the body of water most of central Illinois uses and each area has a limit of usage before it starts depleting. Once it starts to deplete there some irreversible consequences. The aquifer’s head has already lowered by 50 feet since 1950 and with the growing demand from the university this issue should not be looked past. This combined with the data collection and analysis excel files will mark the end of my time working on this project.
It has been a pleasure working on this water inventory ICAP goal and helping out other areas of the campus more to more water sustainable practices. The past semester has been a great learning experience for me and cannot wait to see how the school continues to progress towards a more sustainable future. Thank you for keeping up with my progress! Austin Jung signing off.
Best Regards,
Austin Jung
Weekly Update - Bike to Work Day, Bike Rodeo, etc.
Associated Project(s):All, What a week! Last week (and weekend) was a TBP meeting, Bike To Work Day, the Bike Rodeo, and picking up donations from the Community Bike Sale. Lots of extracurricular activity! All of the events went well but not amazingly well. Attendance was on the low side for BTWD and BR but the weather is a major culprit there.
Since 2pm on Friday we’ve gotten (rough count) 20 bike donations, so we’re pretty inundated right now. With bad weather in the forecast and the busyness of finals for most students, we’ll be able to process the donations this week—hopefully.
Last Friday was the last Fix-a-Flat class and we had our first attendee! Maria and Jacob taught the course well and the gentleman seemed happy to have come. Also on Friday the student staff hosted an impromptu Friday ride of sorts for one of our graduating staffers. This upcoming Friday will be the last official one for the season.
I’ll be out of town Thursday and Friday so Chris will open and run the shop in my absence.
The numbers:
Visitors: 73
Sales: $750.20
Bikes (refurb): 2 for $295
Memberships: 7 for $210
Tire/tubes: 9 for $64Thanks!
- Jake Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Manager
- Jake Benjamin
Weekly Updates for Zero Waste
Associated Project(s):Hi Pete and Shawn--
There was no activity on zero waste this past week.
Best regards,
Marya
VeoRide April 2019 ridership overview
Associated Project(s):Please see attached the VeoRide ridership data for April 2019.
Attached Files:LYBR award event
Associated Project(s):The first ever Lock Your Bike Right event was held during the month of April 2019, where we asked students to send images/videos of themselves locking their bicycles properly to a bike rack.
We could not promote the event properly, and therefore, did not have many entrants. However, we selected 5 winners, and asked them to collect their awards from our table inside the Illini Union's Courtyard Cafe on May 1, 2019.
Files for Dump and Run 2019
Associated Project(s):The files attached below contain information about non-housing locations, dorm pick ups, and FAQs for the 2019 Dump and Run.
Water006 Lot F23 Monitoring - Submittal
Associated Project(s):The WSW SWATeam submitted a recommendation to the iWG, stating:
"The Water/Stormwater SWATTeam recommends that instrumentation to monitor the quality and quantity of runoff from parking lot F23 should be installed in the storm sewer carrying runoff from the lot. An instrumentation vault was installed at the southeast corner of the lot (where the storm sewer leaves the lot) several years ago, but no instrumentation installed. In order to demonstrate the impact of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI), this instrumentation should be installed and operational for at least one year before GSI is installed on the lot to provide a baseline to compare the post -installation runoff quality and quantity. We suggest a pressure transducer to record continuous water level (providing the flow rate using a calibrated stage-flow rating), a water-quality multiprobe with sensors for: turbidity, nitrate, pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, specific conductivity, fluorescent dye (which will be used to develop the stage-flow rating). The location would also need a data logger to record the measurements, and auxiliary components such as power supply and shelter."
See attached the SWATeam recommendation Water006 Lot F23 Monitoring complete with comments from WSW SWATeam members.
An iCAP Working Group assessment of this recommendation began on June 7, 2019.
Attached Files:F&S Sustainability at F&S Customer Forum
Associated Project(s):Facilities and Services Customer Forum
As part of its ongoing customer service initiative, Facilities and Services will host a Customer Forum on Wednesday, May 1, from 8-11:30 a.m. at the I Hotel and Conference Center. The forum will address capital programs, sustainability and building service workers; the goal of this event is to fulfill our vision of being a responsive, reliable and highly valued service provider.
Malikah Gordon . Facilities & Services
April 2019 Buyer Share's Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the April 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2,842.1 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
Attached Files:Lock Your Bike Right (LYBR) flyer
Associated Project(s):Please see attached the flyer for the first ever Lock Your Bike Right event.
Attached Files:Sustainability Council meeting 04-30-2019
Associated Project(s):Attached Files:Weekly Update - Bicycle Donations, Bike to Work Day, etc.
Associated Project(s):All, Big but also kind of micro news is that there’s been a noticeable uptick in donations here at the Bike Center. While I’d love to attribute that to our awesome Bike Abandonment Prevention program, it’s really just been local community members who’re cleaning out their garages--most prominently two white bearded men, not the graduating seniors that we’re hoping to attract.
But that’s a good segue into what our Bike Abandonment Prevention is trying to do: reduce and abate the number of abandoned bikes left by students leaving campus around this time of year. In turn we hope Parking will have to collect fewer bikes that’ll end up in our hands in the end anyway. We’ve got signage and a bike rack set up outside the Bike Center to allow students to donate their bikes and, to incentivize the donation, in return they can get a water bottle (but the water bottles are only available during open hours). We’ll track how many students are donating and obviously won’t be turning away community donations. There’s already been a social media push and advertising done by Campus Rec to help promote and get the word out!
We’ve got our Fix-a-Flat class this Friday and of course Bike To Work Day on Wednesday. The weather isn’t looking great but we’ll get the dedicated folks come through, I’m sure. Jeff Yockey dropped off the BTWD shirt last week and we’ve been hanging it by the register to showcase the event. Over the upcoming weekend we’ve got our Bike Rodeo event which will also double as a drop-off spot for the Bike Abandonment Prevention program. May is looking busy but it is Bike Month!Numbers:
Visitors: 73
Sales: $812.50
Memberships: 6 for $180
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $500Thanks!
- Jake Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Manager
- Jake Benjamin
Weekly Updates for Zero Waste
Associated Project(s):Hi Pete and Shawn--
Zero waste activity for this past week was a conversation with Morgan about bringing asking the Green Labs Committee to weigh in on how to safely recycle gloves--and follow up with Kimberly-Clark. The committee will meet in the fall, and Sara Portillo, the Kimberly-Clark representative is aware that our efforts to enable greater lab participation are on hold until then.
I emailed her after my conversation with Morgan to let her know that engaging the committee appears to be our best path forward. Sara let me know that the University of Illinois is to receive a Right Cylce Greenovation award for its participation in the Right Cycle glove recycling program.
Best regards,
Marya Ryan