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  1. Sarthak Prasad and Daphne Hulse present Sustainable Transportation and Zero Waste topics to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students at Franklin STEAM Academy

    Associated Project(s): 
    Encourage Active Transportation
    Increase Public Transportation Use
    Encourage Bicycle Use
    Achieve Zero Waste
    Decrease Wasteful Practices through Behavior Change
    Zero Waste Outreach & Presentations

    Presentations given during the lunch sessions for each grade in the library. Franklin STEAM hosts sustainability speakers each April in honor of Earth Month.

     

     

    Thanks so much for coming!!!

    We really appreciate your time and energy today speaking to Franklin's future "world rescuers."

     

    I know you cannot attend our Open House this May 11th but do consider if you would like to table at our fall Open House on September 14th.

     

    We really appreciated your clear and important messages.

     

    Zanne Newman

    Magnet Site Coordinator

    Franklin STEAM Academy

     

    Attached Files: 

  2. Wind Turbine Charging Station

    Associated Project(s): 
    Wind Power on Campus

    This morning, I met with Ben Isabel, the Chief of Staff for State Senator Laura Fine.  Ben is moving forward looking for grant money to fund our project at UIUC.  He is talking to the Department of Transportation which we both think should be interested given the interest of President Biden with more EVs.

     

    Ben hopes to hear something positive within a week or so.

     

    Regards,

     

    George

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    Good Morning,


    I am forwarding the message I received over the weekend from George.  Cheri, as you have had discussions with George on moving forward with this, who does he consider to be his campus partner when he refers to “our project at UIUC”  Is this research park?   The original turbine on campus was accepted as a donation through isee, but we (Paul Foote and Frank Colacicco) discussed the condition of the unit, challenges and costs as excessive.   Initially, a SSC application was also submitted and not funded in our efforts.

     

    As George is working earnestly in securing funding I am concerned if he is accurately communicating a University commitment / partnership.

     

    Best,
    Tim

     

  3. Resilience iCAP Team April Meeting

    Associated Project(s): 
    Resilience iCAP Team
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    Resilience iCAP Team had its online April meeting on Friday, April 14th, at 1 PM. The team had two guests: Annie Cebulski and Kejsi Ago. Annie presented the carbon offsets that the university has to purchase and gave some recommendations on how to complete these purchases. Afterward, the team discussed next steps for a potential statement and/or recommendation on this carbon offset purchasing. Meeting minutes are attached. 

    Attached Files: 

  5. iCAP-IGT2030 Overview 2022-2023 DRAFT-FINAL

    Associated Project(s): 
    Energy-Efficient HVAC Infection Control

    Sarthak + Morgan,

     

    Please see the attached PDF. It includes all iCAP and related activities for 2022-2023.

     

    We have included direct and indirect impacts such as those originating from: active IAQ legislation, public awareness and concerns, capacity and capital building, workforce equity initiatives, violence prevention and cross-disciplinary collaboration between public health officials and building designers.

     

    See you shortly, Sterling

    Attached Files: 

  6. UIUC Micro Nano

    Associated Project(s): 
    Allocate Existing Resources

    Mario,

     

    EMS Controls (David Hardin’s group) is working on a controls upgrade at Micro Nano. I am trying to connect Ayush (cc’d) with someone who can discuss the engineering on the ESCO project and potential ECM’s that were evaluated but ultimately not included in the project. Are you a good contact for this or should I reach out to GBA (Mike/Tim)?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Amber Perfetti

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    Amber,

     

    I think Mike would be best.  I don’t have access to any of the work we did with ESG.  Maybe Jim C can help as well ?

     

    Mario Zotta P.E.

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    Hey Amber,

     

    Thanks for getting this conversation started. Can you share Mike and Jim’s email ID’s? I can try contacting them.

     

    Thank you,

    Ayush

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    Dear Jim and Mike,

     

    EMS Controls (David Hardin’s group) is working on a controls upgrade project at Micro Nano. Is there someone with whom we can discuss the potential ECM’s that were evaluated but ultimately not included in the ESCO project?

     

    Thank you,

    Ayush Gupta

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    Ayush: 

     

    Jim and I will circle our wagons next week and get together with you by the  weeks end.

    Michael J. McDermott

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    Thank you, sir. That would be great.

     

    Regards,

    Ayush

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    Ayush:

     

    I was able to reach out to Deon Collins and review the 2014 ESG Unfunded list, 2011 VFA Deferred maintenance back log and 2012 Cannon MEP Condition Assessment.    We were able to start a preliminary list of energy conservation measures/deferred maintenance items for consideration:

     

    1. Add DDC control for three (3) existing humidifiers - $30,000
    2. DDC upgrade for AHU-18, 19 and 20 - $225,000
    3. Replace AHU-15 (16,000 cfm ) & 16 (21,600 cfm) (Alternate 3) - $700,000
    4. Replace AHU-13 (16,000 cfm) and AHU-14 and add Heat Recovery (Alternate 4) – $2.9 million
    5. Main building steam valve replacement (ECM-8)- $200,000
    6. Pipe Insulation (ECM-10)- 125,000
    7. Active Media Filtration (ECM-15)- $800,000
    8. Main Building Chilled Water Valve Replacement - $60,000
    9. New Building DDC upgrade
    10. New Building southwest section Lab Upgrade and VAV conversion
    11. E-17A & B (25,600 cfm each) – Replace exhaust fan and move to roof - $1,200,000
    12. E-18A&B (10,600 cfm each) – Replace exhaust fan and move to roof - $600,000
    13. High Efficiency Fume hood and VAV conversion upgrade
    14. Heat recovery Chiller
    15. Acid, Solvent and Special Gas Scrubber Replacement – $700,000
    16. Replace chilled water system - $221,000
    17. Replace steam and Condensate - $108,700
    18. Replace AHU-9(22,000 cfm) , AHU-10 (22,000 cfm), AHU-11 (5,200 CFM) , AHU-12(8,000 cfm) , and AHU-17(34,000 cfm) - $1,600,000
    19. Replace ventilation systems for AHU-11 and AHU-17 - $720,000
    20. Replace AHU-1,2 3,4 &5 - $1,500,000
    21. Replace general exhaust EF-5 - $20,000
    22. Domestic hot water heater-$200,000
    23. Acid waste system – $325,000
    24. Process water system - $300,000
    25. Vacuum system - $220,000
    26. Emergency power system- $300,000
    27. Exit lighting – $25,000
    28. Lighting control systems - $250,000
    29. Exterior Lighting- $20,000

     

     

    Call if you have any questions.  

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    Hey David,

     

    Below is the list of unfunded ECMs and deferred maintenance items that were considered but not acted upon by ESCO.

     

    Thank you,

    Ayush

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    Ayush,

     

    This is useful information and provides a starting point.

     

    Thanks

     

    Hey everyone,

     

    Here is some info from Mike McDermott from their ESCO review.

     

    Thanks

  12. WPP Building 1258 geothermal metering system installation request

    Associated Project(s): 
    Geothermal at WPP

    Good morning,

    Here is what I found.

    Al

     

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    Hi Robbie,

     

    Here are the engineering documents and pictures of the heat pumps. There are 5 heat pumps.

     

    Andy

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    Team,

     

    Here's another geothermal system needing to be metered. It appears to need both ST, RT temperature RTD, and flow meter installation and tied into alpha controller and programming. 

     

    Thanks.

     

    Robbie Bauer

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    Andrew,

     

    The team surveyed it this week and a meter is planned to be installed shortly.  I’ll keep you updated.

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    Hi Yu-Feng,

     

    Robbie Bauer from F&S is finishing the meter install on the last geothermal system on campus. So going forward we will have access to data from all the systems. At the very least, inlet and outlet temperature, flow rate, and energy going into the borefield will be collected. Robbie is interested in calculating the annual energy avoidance for each system.

     

    Best,

    Andy

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    Thanks for the update.

     

    Yu-Feng

  14. Weekly capstone meetings: Meeting from 3/29 and 4/5

    Associated Project(s): 
    2024 Campus Bike Plan
    Independent Student Projects

    Meeting from 4/5/2023

    Summary: Ethan and Sarthak met via zoom where they discussed the work on the plan that Ethan has done so far. They also discussed the thorough plan for the next year to describe to the stakeholders, in regard to their involvement with the 2024 plan. Ethan is expected to respond to stakeholders by next week, add onto the plan (mainly the executive summary, goals & objectives, introduction, and planning process sections). Ethan will send Sarthak separate emails about his Urban Planning presentation on their work for school, and request for GIS information.

    Meeting from 3/29/2023

    Summary: Ethan and Sarthak met briefly via zoom (Ethan was out of town dealing with a family emergency so there was not much to discuss). Ethan is expected to make a Google Sheet with stakeholders' information and responses, a sheet of timeline for the planning process, and a document for the 2024 plan.

    Attached Files: 

  15. Professor Yu-Feng Lin Featured on 'Wired' Article

    Associated Project(s): 
    Geothermal Battery at Energy Farm

    UIUC's Yu-Feng Lin was featured on a "wired" article. Andrew Stumpf explains, "The authors did a simulation for a residential district in Chicago. They don’t provide much detail about the geology and hydrogeology that is the basis for the geotechnical model. In Chicago, aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) has yet to be used because groundwater is pretty scarce in the shallow subsurface and one would need to tap aquifers deeper in the bedrock. In the northern and western suburbs, the subsurface conditions in the glacial deposits is much better and I believe Kane County is looking into using the aquifers for a geothermal resource."

    The article can be found at: https://www.wired.com/story/the-massive-batteries-hidden-beneath-your-fe...

    UIUC newsletter: https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/32/64507332.html 

    The referenced article is attached.

    Attached Files: 

  19. Illini Gadget Garage Update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Illini Gadget Garage [ARCHIVED]

    From Joy Scrogum on April 11, 2023: ISTC transferred this project to the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning in January 2019. To my knowledge, CITL held maybe 1-2 repair events in 2019, but ended the project because they didn’t have adequate support to hire a student coordinator, and one of the staff members who took it on was promoted and had less time to attend to the project.

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