The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was submitted (and later recognized) in the continuous improvement category for the Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award in 2013.  It is clear that this campus is serious about meeting our commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050.  This was emphasized this year, when “Energy, Environment, and Sustainability” was identified as a top priority for the Urbana-Champaign campus.  Through the many iCAP projects completed and in progress, the campus is becoming a better steward of our financial, human, and natural resources.  Our goal is to be the model of sustainability for campuses across the globe.

The ECI and SSC identified the following list as the building priorities for the metter upgrades.

1)      Residence Halls: Allen/LAR, FAR/PAR, ISR, SDRP

2)      Illini Union

3)      ARC

4)      CRCE

5)      Siebel Center

6)      BIF

7)      Loomis Lab

8)      English

9)      Psychology

Professor Bob Pahre plans to work on a Native Landscaping Signage Network" for the SSC Land Working Group. The sign at the Red Oak Rain Garden is one model.

Twelve racquetball and three squash courts at the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) were retrofit with 193 fluorescent and 96 mercury vapor light fixtures. The project was funded by the Student Sustainability Committee through an interest-free loan of $75,000.

Once the lighting retrofits were completed, occupancy sensors were installed in all 15 courts.

The overall cost of the project ended up at $61,203.69 -- $13,796.31 less than the original quote. Campus Recreation requested that the remaining balance stay with the division and be used to further fund energy reduction projects within their facilities.

The total average reduction in power consumption is 129,226 kWh. This is a 75.7 percent decrease in consumption, which translates to an annual savings of $9,020. The simple payback for this project is 6.78 years.

Ten buildings on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus were selected to receive RLF funding for occupancy sensors in FY12. In order from top priority to lowest priority, the buildings that received funding are Gregory Hall, the Foreign Languages Building, the Agriculture Engineering Sciences Building, Newmark Laboratory, the Rehabilitation Education Center, the Education Building, the Law Building, the Water Survey Buildings, Noyes Laboratory, and Freer Hall. The University will now proceed to implementation of occupancy sensors in all of the above buildings.

Gregory Hall, the Foreign Languages Building, Newmark Laboratory, the Rehabilitation Education Center, Noyes Laboratory, and Freer Hall have also been selected to receive HVAC occupancy sensors.

As part of the Lighting Retrofit #5, 50 T-12 fixtures in the Animal Sciences A/C Center were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 7,884  hours. The simple payback for this project is 3.56 years.

As part of the Housing Lighting Retrofit, 126 T-12 fixtures in FARH Oglesby Residence Hall were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 19,868  hours. The simple payback for this project is 2.81 years.

As part of the Housing Lighting Retrofit, 51 T-12 fixtures in Sherman Residence Hall were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 8,042  hours. The simple payback for this project is 2.81 years.

As part of the Housing Lighting Retrofit, 176 T-12 fixtures in ISR Residence Hall Lounge were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 27,752  hours. The simple payback for this project is 2.81 years.