Sustainability Portal
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The Office of Sustainability is working with MSTE to develop the Illinois Sustainability Portal, an online hub for sustainability-related information on the Urbana-Champaign campus. We met with MSTE several times in January to develop the site architecture and database structure for the site. A preview of the site will be shared during Earth Week (April 16-20). When complete, the portal will be the go-to place for people to learn about all iCAP projects and goals, to submit ideas for consideration, and to research historical data about emissions and other sustainability metrics. Additionally, project leaders will be able to report to the OS on their progress and plans. We envision this to be an incredibly useful tool going forward.
Sustainability staff met with Corporate Relations to discuss the potential for developing a database of sustainability research at Illinois. Corporate Relations already has a database for water related research that is very detailed. Future meetings are planned to move forward with this project.
Office of Sustainability staff spent some time reviewing recruiting materials that is sent out by admissions. Efforts are underway to determine the best place to highlight sustainability in these publications.
Office of Sustainability Staff have posted the Fall 2011 Progress report to its website, along with the greenhouse gas inventories under the ‘Illinois Climate Action Plan’ section.