AlliedOffset, a database of voluntary carbon offset programs in the world, helped curate a case study regarding carbon offsetting at UIUC. This document offers a variety of information including, but not limited to, Credits Retired per Year per Student, Ranking of Universities by Total Credits Retired, and details regarding major solar installation projects on campus.
See the attached file to read the case study.
Here is more infomation about the Study Abroad Carbon Offset!
The Transportation SWATeam met on Wednesday, February 2021 at 10AM to discuss the following:
The Transportation SWATeam met on Wednesday, February 2021 at 10AM to discuss the following:
The dollars spent from TEM for faculty/staff air travel from FY20 is attached.
Microsoft's 2020 carbon recap offers an example progress report for climate commitments. In this article, the company highlights its biggest commitment to focus on the climate crisis by pledging to become carbon negative by 2030. Focusing on this initiative in-depth, Microsoft speaks about its plan to reduce the company's carbon emissions, remove carbon from the environment, and advancing transparency and accountability as a global company.
Attached are the meeting minutes for the Transportation SWATeam Meeting on 12/16/2020. The following agenda items were discussed:
Attached are the meeting minutes and chat from the Zero Waste SWATeam meeting on 10/30.
Discussed were the following topics:
Evan DeLucia and Mohamed Attalla approved $310,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for replacing outdoor trash receptacles with trash and recycling dual bins.
An email of the approval is attached below.
A project memo is attached below.
Evan De Lucia and Mohamed Attalla approved $50,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for iCAP Portal maintenance and improvements for FY20 to FY23.
"This will allow us to continue improvements to the iCAP Portal and continue to enhance the usability
and impact of this well-used resource." -Morgan White (06/01/2020)
The email of funding approval is attached below.
The Memorandum of Understanding between iSEE, F&S, and MSTE is attached below.
Mohamed Attalla and Evan DeLucia approved $17,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for an Energy Advisor for Solar Farm 3.0, Customer First Renewables.
An email of the approval is attached below.
The dollars spent dollars spent from TEM for faculty/staff air travel from FY19 is attached.
"I’ve Heard of Carbon Off-Setting - But What is Carbon In-Setting and How Can It Reduce the Carbon Footprint of My Supply Chain?" presented via webinar by Angela Foster-Rice, Principal at Aerial Consulting. Join us in the SJW conference room at ISTC or view it from the comfort of your own office. This event is free, but registration to view the webinar is required.
October 10, 12–1 pm • 1 Hazelwood Dr. in Champaign
Elizabeth Meschewski • Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
Sustainability Seminar: Reducing Carbon Footprint in Supply Chains
These are the meeting minutes of the July 2, 2019 Illinois Climate Action Plan Working Group. Several SWATeam recommendations were assessed in this meeting.
The attached document contains the meeting minutes for 6 February 2019.
$230,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund was approved for Energy Piles at Hydro-Systems Lab by Evan DeLucia and Mohamed Attalla
Purpose of Project:
"This project will install 8 energy piles in the foundation of the Hydro-Systems Lab on campus, and provide new research capabilities and a geothermal exchange system for reduction of energy demand from that building." -Morgan White (2/6/19)
An email of the approval is linked below.
Evan De Lucia and Mohamed Attalla approved $65,610 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for a Geothermal Characterization/Monitoring Station at John Bardeen Quad.
An email of approval is attached below.
The project proposal is attached below.
Evan De Lucia and Mohamad Attalla approved $15,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for MSTE (Office of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education) to make improvements and new coding designs to the iCAP Portal.
An email of approval is attached below.
Mohamed Attalla and Evan De Lucia approved $32,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for the Green Restaurant Certification Pilot.
"The requested funds will fully cover a five-year pilot of Green Restaurant Certification for all campus dining facilities and University Catering." -Micah Kenfield (11/8/2018)
An email of approval and the benefits the project will provide is attached below.
