All, last week was abbreviated: first by the weather on Wednesday (95° was the afternoon high, so I did not have open hours for safety reasons); and then on Friday as I was out of town for my  grandmother’s funeral. We only totaled 62 visitors for the week. Sales were $368 net for the week. We didn’t sell any refurbished bikes. We sold one build-a-bike for $43; four memberships for $120; 10 tires/tubes (used/new) for $41.

This week I plan to build more bikes, organize parts with Kameron (the high school student), and work on scheduling for the Fall semester. It projects to be very hot the tail end of the week so I will explore options and ways of trying to keep the Bike Center from being dangerously hot so we don’t have to shutter the doors again.

Sincerely,

• Jake Benjamin
  Campus Bike Center Manager

Wassaja Hall became the campus’ 11th facility to receive LEED® certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in February. The University of Illinois is a national leader in green building design with more than 2.4M GSF on campus.

Content has been drafted for a PowerPoint presentation to encourage the use of separate bins for recyclables and trash. It will emphasize that separation at the point of disposal is more effective than the older system of placing all items in a single bin and will therefore help the campus meet landfill diversion targets. The presentation will be made over the summer to Campus business officers, the Staff HR Advisory Council, and student groups that can talk to other groups.

Hi Tracy,

Last week’s zero waste activities were

• To bring the iCAP portal up to date with regard to the plans to provide glass recycling to Wounded Vets
• Discussions with Jessica Tran from Ashton Woods about recycling at graduate student housing
• Development of a presentation to encourage use of recycling bins

In the coming few days, I need to check that the information on battery recycling is up to date. I updated it in one spot on the website a while ago, but during the time I was away, it became apparent that other areas had outdated information, so I need to look through and make additional updates. 

Morgan is aware that I had intended to make headway on mapping where the outdoor bins are around campus this weekend. I will need to take that up this coming weekend instead. 

Best regards,

Marya Ryan
Zero Waste Coordinator

Specific stakeholders were invited to join a workshop on July 11, 2017 for stakeholder input to the rennovation design of the Red Oak Rain Garden.

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You’re invited to a series of two facilitated meetings seeking input from stakeholders about the Red Oak Rain Garden.

Red Oak Rain Garden was installed 10 years ago as part of Tony Endress’ NRES classes. As of this year, the Extension Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists have an agreement in place with F&S Grounds to volunteer with the garden. Although the garden still performs well keeping water off of the pedestrian sidewalk, approximately 90% of the original plantings did not survive. We are working on a renovation plan that will enhance its aesthetics and multi-functionality. But, how exactly does the space function presently? What would be ideal?

This is where you come in. As either a campus neighbor, student, volunteer, and/or stormwater-related professional, we seek your input that will inform the garden plan.

Meeting 1: July 11 (Tue) 3 – 4:30 PM ACES Library, Monsanto Rm. Agenda: Provide background/history, ask questions, and present preliminary design direction options.

Meeting 2: July 20 (Thu) 3 – 4:30 PM ACES Library, Heritage Rm. Agenda: Present refined design options based on feedback from Meeting 1 and seek preferences.

IWRC intern/MLA Candidate Cameron Letterly will lead the sessions along with a facilitator to guide discussion.

There will be an opportunity to provide input online for those that cannot be present.

Please feel free to forward to invitation to others who have an interest in this garden.

Thank you,

C. Eliana Brown

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Interim Provost Wilkin, on behalf of Chancellor Jones, approved moving forward with the recommendations discussed at the March 2017 Sustainability Council meeting. See attached file.

See iWG follow-up on the March 2017 Sustainability Council meeting here.

See Transmittal of EGen005 Rooftop Solar Standards here.

See iWG Assessment for SWATeam recommendation EGen005 Rooftop Solar Standard here.

See SWATeam recommendation EGen005 Rooftop Solar Standards here.

See Transmittal of EGen003 PPA term to the Sustainability Council here.

See iWG Assessment of EGen003 PPA Term here.

See SWATeam recommendation EGen003 PPA Term here.

See Transmittal of ECONS003 Conservation Budget to the Provost Office here.

See iWG Assessment of ECONS003 Conservation Budget here.

See SWATeam Recommendation of ECONS003 Conservation Budget here.