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Engagement iCAP Team Meeting
Associated Project(s):The Engagement iCAP Team met on Wednesday, January 12 to discuss and assign the four major recommendations to be drafted before the team's next meeting, including: updating the iCAP Portal, creating a departmental committee for sustainability, creating a social media marketing campaign, and integrating sustainability into the Career Center. Meeting minutes are attached.
Attached Files:BeeSpotter Project Page Proposal
Associated Project(s):From: White, Morgan
To: Moore, Meredith Kaye
Hi Meredith,
Where on the portal do you think BeeSpotter belongs? I'm thinking it should be in the Resilience theme, but I'm not sure whether it should be under one of the other projects or just under the main one.
Morgan
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From: Moore, Meredith Kaye
To: White, Morgan
Hi Morgan,
That’s a good question. In my opinion, it doesn’t seem to fit well with any of the other projects under the resilience theme page. So unless we want to create a new project “support local pollinator projects” (or something of the sort) with the intention of adding additional pollinator projects, I vote for now let’s make it a project under the main theme. Does that make sense?
Thanks,
Meredith
Link to proposal:https://uillinoisedu-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/fandsamaloto2_ad_u...
Link to BeeSpotter:
Data-driven approach for a new bike shelter on campus - presentation by Pranjali Shah (MUP-1)
Associated Project(s):Pranjali Shah, first year Master in Urban Planning student, presented a data-driven approach to determine the best location for a new bicycle shelter for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. She developed a model based on bike rack capacity, bike theft data, and bicycle census count data. This model can be used by any university or campus.
See attached her presentation here. Also, view the meeting recording here: https://uofi.box.com/s/g15pzg7a6a4znuc9pm8lkskk1obcrvfi.
Attached Files:Tree Campus USA application approved at the state level
Associated Project(s):The University of Illinois’ Tree Campus USA application has been approved at the state level! From there, the Arbor Day Foundation will receive our application for review and for final approval. Each year, the Campus Tree Advisory Committee submits a Tree Care Plan to the foundation to uphold our Tree Campus USA status.
Below are some kind words from Mike Brunk, from the Illinois DNR, after reviewing the Tree Care Plan that included the various projects on the horizon and the progress made throughout 2021.
“Excellent Plan and some challenging and productive Service Learning projects. The south Arboretum is a big project, and the LA internships for creating greenspace designs and selecting tree locations sounds like it is fun especially knowing that there is funding support for the installation of their plans.
…And the new canopy study looks like it will create some interesting information for you to plan with.”
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:Veo - December 2021 ridership overview
Associated Project(s):Please see attached the ridership information for December 2021.
Attached Files:Veo - November 2021 ridership overview
Associated Project(s):Please see attached the ridership information for November 2021.
Attached Files:SSC Semesterly Report: vermiCUlture
Associated Project(s):SSC received a semesterly report for Fall 2021 for the vermiCUlture project on 12/12/2021. Please see attached.
Attached Files:SSC Semesterly Report: Eco Illini Supermileage
Associated Project(s):SSC received a semesterly report for Fall 2021 for the Eco Illini Supermileage project on 12/16/2021. Please see attached.
Attached Files:SSC Semesterly Report: Joint Pollinator Garden and Composting Systems to Offset Environmental Impact and Reinforce Responsible Stewardship in Research
Associated Project(s):SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for Joint Pollinator Garden and Composting Systems to Offset Environmental Impact and Reinforce Responsible Stewardship in Research on 12/17/2021. Please see attached.
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.
LA537 Final Presentation
Associated Project(s):From: Hu, Jie
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 11:27 AM
To: Hays, David Lyle; Ruggles, D Fairchild; Sullivan, William C; White, Morgan; McGuire, Mary Patricia
Subject: LA537 final presentation materials
Dear All,
Thanks for Dede, Bill and Morgan to be juries and participant to LA 537 final presentation, and thanks for all of you comments and suggestions!
After the presentation, students has revised their final submission materials. I have put all of their final works here in the box. I hope you can give more comments, suggestions and ideas to help me further improve my studio teaching.
Thank you for all of your support and help!
Enjoy your winter break! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
JieInvitation to work in LA537-Fall, 2021 Final Presentation" folder on Box
Associated Project(s):From: Jie Hu <noreply@box.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 11:12 AM
To: White, Morgan
Subject: Jie Hu has invited you to work together in "LA537-Fall, 2021 Final Presentation" folder on Box
Jie Hu wants to work with you on LA537-Fall, 2021 Final Presentation
"I'd like to share my files with you on Box."Attached Files: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.
A Visual Story of Illinois' New Champion Carolina Silverbell
Associated Project(s):From: Hayek, Jay C <jhayek at illinois.edu>
To: White, Morgan <mbwhite at illinois.edu>; Lewis, Brent C <bcl at illinois.edu>; McSweeney, Kevin <mcsween at illinois.edu>; Soltis, Sinead (FandS) <fandsssolti2 at mx.uillinois.edu>
Subject: A Visual Story of Illinois' New Champion Carolina Silverbell (Not for Public Consumption Yet)Morning Everyone:
Below is an ArcGIS StoryMap project that I’ve been working on recently. I haven’t made it totally “public” yet as I’m asking for feedback on how it loads and looks on your computers/devices.
Title: A Visual Story of Illinois' New Champion Carolina Silverbell
URL: https://go.illinois.edu/presidents-silverbell
Best regards,
Jay C. Hayek, Extension Forestry Specialist
SAWW Certified Chainsaw Safety Trainer
Chairman; IL Forestry Development Council
Dept. of Natural Resources & Env. Sciences
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Office: (217) 244-0534
Email: jhayek at illinois.edu
Web: https://extension.illinois.edu/forestry
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1102 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
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1102 S. Goodwin Ave.
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New iSEE Green Chapter Certification
Associated Project(s):Congratulations to our newest Green Chapter Certification! Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity received gold certification status as of December 2021. They committed to twenty-one actions that further their sustainability initiatives. They notably had forty-nine chapter members commit to using reusable water bottles instead of drinking bottled water. Twenty-four members also pledged to use active transportation for local travel.
Keep up the great work!
Campus food options to address food insecurity challenges
Associated Project(s):The attached document was compiled by Kim Kidwell to overview options for finding food on campus to address local food insecurity.
Attached Files:Funding Approval for Grind2Energy
Associated Project(s):Ehab Kamarah and Madhu Khanna approved $135,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for the Grind2Energy system.
"This project will install the Grind2Energy system for food waste at the Lincoln Avenue
Dining Hall on campus... Housing has successfully installed the Grind2Enery system as a sustainable solution for dining hall pre-consumer and post-consumer food waste in four of the five dining halls. This funding would allow them to complete the final installation before the student body returns in fall 2022." -Morgan White (12/14/2021)An email of approval is attached below.
Attached Files: