The iCAP Education Team met on May 4th from 12-1 pm in person at the National Soybean Research Laboratory. The team discussed end of year updates for Sustainability in Study Abroad, Undergraduate Levenick Scholars Program, and the Green Career Forum. The team also discussed ideas for collaboration between iCAP teams as well as ways to achieve the 2026 iCAP objectives with several EcoReps. The meeting minutes are attached.

The iCAP Education Team met on April 13th from 9-10 am via Teams. The group discussed results and updates of the newly updated Undergraduate Levenick Scholars Program, discussed next steps for the Green Career Fair, shared updates on the Undergraduate Levenick Scholars Program, and shared findings of a comparison report of curriculum scores of AASHE stars reporting with similar ranking institutions. The meeting minutes are attached.

This month, the Land and Water iCAP team met on April 1st, 2026, at 9:00 AM for the team's monthly meeting. This month, the team discussed testing pavement permeability at different sites on campus, the status of working to change the plumbing code in Illinois to allow for the use of gray water, funding status for landscape sustainability on campus, beginning a project focused on irrigation monitoring, the planting of prairie strips on campus, and the signing of the iCAP 2026. 

This month, the Land and Water iCAP Team met on Teams on March 4th, 2026, at 9:00 AM for the team's monthly meeting. This month, the team discussed a report comparing the sustainable practices of peer and model institutions in landscaping, sustainable land management, and sustainable water management. Additionally the team discussed a student project on the team focusing on testing the permeability of pavers and asphalt on campus, the status of legalizing gray water usage in Illinois plumbing code, the possibility of irrigation monitoring, the status of prairie strips plantings, the status of milkweed plantings on campus, green stormwater infrastructure on campus, and upcoming events in relation to the Land and Water Team. To learn more about the topics listed above, please see the attached document containing the agenda and minutes for the team. 

Agenda

• Migrating from Google Maps to Mapbox after incurring charges last month
• Power BI charts discussion continuation

Discussion

• Migrating from Google Maps to Mapbox
  • Mapbox has a higher free tier (50K map views vs. 10K)
  • Converted maps:
    • Main Collections map (e.g. Campus Sustainability Tour map)
    • Main Themes map (e.g. Education & Energy map)
    • Place map (e.g. Illinois Fire Service Institute)
    • Project page mini map (e.g. Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS))
    • Project large map (e.g. Map for Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS))
    • Theme page map (e.g. Theme: Zero Waste)
  • Maps not yet converted:
    • Project Collection maps (e.g. Bicycle Related Projects)
    • SSC Project maps (e.g. ACES Farm Drainage Assessment)
    • Power Search: All Places (Map)
    • SSC Projects Embed: SSC Funded Projects & iCAP
  • Feature comparison (each of these features appeared on at least one Google Map previously):
    • Zoom in/out buttons: Yes
    • Full-screen button: No; is this important?
      • Yes, if easy
    • Camera controls (i.e. pan up/down/left/right): No; is this important?
      • No
    • Added scale component in lower-left; should we keep it?
      • Yes
    • Custom layer settings hiding various places of interest like businesses, attractions, parks, places of worship, and medical facilities): No; is this still important?
      • Yes, if easy
    • Map vs. Satellite
      • Yes, if easy
• Power BI charts discussion continuation
  • Example Power BI embed (still a work in progress)
  • Power BI only supports embedding entire project, not individual sub-pages. Options:
    • ✅ Create separate report for each metric graph (i.e. each individual bicycle & pedestrian counter + summary report for each type of counter)
    • ❌ Create page in report for each counter location; start each embed on corresponding page (users can switch pages - may be confusing)
  • Question: do we need individual reports for each bike/pedestrian counter location, or is summary report for each sufficient?
    • Summary report for each is enough - we can cut out dozens of individual metrics! 🥳

TODOs

• Maps:
  • Finish migrating to Mapbox
  • Investigate adding full-screen button
  • Investigate custom layer settings hiding various places of interest like businesses, attractions, parks, places of worship, and medical facilities)
  • Investigate adding Map vs. Satellite switcher
• Power BI:
  • Investigate making charts responsive
  • Create Bicycle Counter report with all bicycle counter data sources
  • Create Pedestrian Counter report with all pedestrian counter data sources
  • Add "Get Data" link to metrics to link to CSV(s) for a given report

Agenda

• Update: Quinn cleaned up permissions for a number of old users! 🥳
• Metric graphs - testing out PowerBI
• Long text field formatting - should we slim down the allowed formatting options?

Discussion

• Metric graphs - Michael demonstrated a sample Power BI visualization pulling data from CSV files in our Teams channel.
• Long text field formatting
  • Decided to slim down formatting options for consistency and simplicity
  • Clarification on decision not to share emails
    • Don't post private emails/correspondence - can post summary of decisions
    • Ok to post public emails
    • Not just posting link because links break over time
    • Future discussion: what should/shouldn't be posted in iCAP Portal; make decision tree & guidelines for Project info & Project Updates

TODOs

• Michael will continue investigating Power BI for charts
• Discussion for next meeting: clarify what types of things should/shouldn't be posted in iCAP Portal; make decision tree & guidelines for Project info & Project Updates

The Transportation Team met on Teams, 2:00 - 3:00pm on Tuesday, February 3rd.

We heard from Xingrui Pei about the usage of Level 2 EV chargers on campus in the year 2024 and the need for expanded EV infrastructure at parking lot B4. Parking is working with a company on an app, hoping to universalize information regarding campus availability and then combine it in the Illinois app, making it easier for people to understand where there are open EV chargers and other parking information.

We also talked with Matt Brown about partnering with Housing to pilot e-bike chargers at dormitories, which is looking promising. We will be drafting an SSC application over the next month to continue taking steps toward that.