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  3. Update from Eric

    Associated Project(s): 
    Green Jobs

    Below is an update from Eric Green: 

     

    The Green Career Forum was hosted on February 27 this year and had 9 companies and over 100 students in attendance. There is likely to be another event hosted in the Spring of 2025 with the help of the Career Center. 

  4. Update from Eric

    Associated Project(s): 
    Broaden Sustainability Education

    Below is an update from Eric Green:

     

    We plan to have some educational pieces included in the sustainability literacy asessment being sent out this summer. The team has investigated and abandoned the idea of creating an ACE-IT/FYCARE type program as well as integration into the 100/101 courses. However, the sustainability gen. ed. should also help with this objective.

     

  5. Update from Betsy

    Associated Project(s): 
    Rainwater Management Plans

    Below is an update from Betsy Richardson:

    I am not on the icap resilience team committee however when the Farnsworth consultant is ready to share information with the surrounding cities MS4 leaders I will invite the consultant to the quarterly MS4 stormwater meeting (tentatively this fall or winter). I will also invite someone from the icap resilience team to the meeting, if anyone on this email knows the correct resilience team contact, please let me know. The city of Champaign, Urbana and the village of Savoy already have stormwater master plans so our hope from this collaboration is to share information and to attempt to align some of our stormwater goals.

  6. iCAP history

    Associated Project(s): 
    iCAP 2025
    2015 Illinois Climate Action Plan (2015 iCAP) [ARCHIVED]
    iCAP 2020: Illinois Climate Action Plan
    Illinois: A Climate Action Plan (2010 iCAP) [ARCHIVED]
    • The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign formally committed to sustainability in February 2008, when Chancellor Richard Herman signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment with Second Nature, pledging to be carbon neutral by 2050. 
    • Illinois was the first Big Ten university to submit a climate action plan to Second Nature. The 2010 iCAP was approved by Interim Chancellor Robert Easter on May 10, 2010.
    • The iCAP Portal was established in May 2012 to track and share updates on campus sustainability progress.
    • Chancellor Phyllis Wise approved the Formal Procedures for Campus Sustainability in June 2014, creating the Sustainability Working Advisory Teams (iCAP Topical Teams) and the iCAP Working Group.
    • Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson approved the 2015 iCAP and signed the Resilience Commitment with Second Nature.  Second Nature renamed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate commitment as the Carbon Commitment. As a signatory to both commitments, this campus is a signatory to the “Climate Leadership Commitments” at Second Nature.
    • The current version, iCAP 2020, was signed by Chancellor Robert R. Jones.  It includes 56 specific SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-based) objectives, organized into eight themes: Energy, Transportation, Land & Water, Zero Waste, Education, Engagement, Resilience, and Implementation. The latest updates on this effort are listed above, from the iCAP Portal project updates available at the iCAP page on the Insititute for Sustainability, Energy, & Environment (iSEE) website.
    • The next iCAP will be released in Fall 2025.

  10. 05/13/24 Update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Increase Recycling Rates

    We are using the blue bags in all the buildings. That is the expectation but it is possible a few here and there use black bags in containers as we had some complaints on the size didn’t fit.  

    Thanks 

    Mark Kuehl

     

    Hi Mark,


    Do you know what the status of the colored bag transition is across the residence halls? E.g., how many have transitioned so far?

    Thank you,
    Daphne

  11. Resilience iCAP Team Meeting 3-28-24

    Associated Project(s): 
    Resilience iCAP Team
    Urban Biodiversity Master Plan

    The Resilience iCAP Team met to discuss the Master Biodiversity Plan, review 2020 iCAP Objectives, and create content for the 2025 iCAP kickoff poster.

     

    Meeting Agenda: https://uofi.box.com/s/6qnvds4yindt7o0xjxmvx4icxt6x5suo

     

    iCAP Kickoff Poster content: https://uofi.box.com/s/tutm186z277r7i7rqh19x4o8a5edxm03

     

    2020 iCAP Objectives Evaluation: https://uofi.box.com/s/lxozegioep2o9drfa3v669l0ytlha7qo

     

     

  12. Intentional Endowments Network 2022 Report

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainable Investment Policy

    Attached is a Feb 2022 report from the Intentional Endowments Network which looked at the U of I system's investment policies. The report is entitled,  "Commitment to Sustainability: Investment Strategies at the University of Illinois System".

    Included is a link to an article discussing the report which states, "The study details how two years after establishing a program to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions, an initial allocation of $160 million has grown to $252 million, returning 47% on an annualized basis and outperforming its benchmark (Russell 3000) by 1.2%."

    Attached Files: 

  15. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - June 10, 2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Agenda

    • Quinn’s updates
      • Working on updating the portal during the summer
      • Created three tracking sheets that I will share
        • Lists include In Progress and Ongoing projects, and metrics
        • Used Power Search to generate the lists and get the extra info!
      • Have already reached out to folks and received updates for a few In Progress projects
    • Power Search:
    • Recommendations:
      • See Recommendations Administration page for links to add new Recommendations and Recommendation Updates, as well as searchable/filterable listings of Recommendations and Recommendation Updates
      • New blocks available on project pages, at the bottom of the left-hand sidebar:
        • Recommendations are listed on any projects they're associated with
        • Recommendations are listed on any projects their associated iCAP Team is associated with
        • iCAP Teams are listed on any projects they're associated with
      • New iCAP Team content type
        • Currently used in Recommendations (for grouping recommendations by associated team) and Project Updates (for assigning Pending Tasks)
    • SSC Projects:
    • Archiving projects
      • Instead of adding an Archived/Active state checkbox, I propose we use the built-in "Published" checkbox.
        • Pros:
          • Built-in, already exists
          • No need to update every single display of projects - only displaying published projects already
        • Cons:
          • Usually an unpublished node would indicate draft content (since we don't have a workflow that requires draft approval, using the Published checkbox seems reasonable)

    Discussion/Decisions

    • Dark Mode??

    TODOs

    • ✔️ Clerks should be able to view Pending Tasks
    • Archived projects - what happens to Project Updates?

  16. Discussion about SSC projects in iCAP Portal - May 3, 2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Miriam Keep, Codie Sterner, and Michael McKelvey met to discuss progress on embedding projects from the iCAP Portal on the SSC website.

    Discussion

    • Michael's questions:
      • Ok to move SSC Projects to full-blown content type?
      • Entering funding details options:
        1. Enter details for each status (Requested, Approved, Allocated, Spent, Relinquished)?
          • Pros: can enter very detailed info which could be useful for complicated situations
          • Cons: more laborious to enter
        2. Enter broader details directly into SSC Project record in a single field for each status (less detail allowed, simpler
          • Pros: much simpler to enter
          • Cons: cannot enter very detailed info; may lose ability to represent multiple funding sources for a project (depending on setup)
      • Do SSC Projects ever have multiple funding sources in a single semester?
      • What's the "Other" funding source? (see 2009-2010)
      • Combine Semester and Year into one field? Or leave separate?
    • Sheri: can we automate entry of data?
      • Michael: this might be possible, we can look into this in the future

    Decisions

    • SSC Project full-blown content type is a go!
    • Prefer option to enter detailed funding info
    • Can ignore "Other" funding source, it was used to trick Tableau into displaying funding info correctly
    • Leave Semester and Year separate

    Timeline

    • Meet next week for final discussions
    • Have students start to enter information in the following weeks

    TODOs

    • SSC Projects:
      • ✔️ Add Image Gallery
      • ✔️ Show Image Gallery in main section
      • ✔️ Move map to sidebar
      • ✔️ Use Featured Image from SSC Project rather than associated iCAP Portal Project
      • ✔️ Add Award Expiration date field
      • ✔️ Merge Active and Closed into SSC Project Status field (Active, Closed)
    • Embed:
      • ✔️ Change Project Category to text instead of icon
      • ✔️ Show Semester filter only if Year selected (lower priority, can wait until other changes are done)

  17. Transportation iCAP Team Meeting 5/1/2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Transportation iCAP Team
    iCAP 2020: Illinois Climate Action Plan
    2024 Campus Bike Plan
    Install Public Use Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations

    The Transportation iCAP Team had their last meeting of the 2023-24 year on 5/1/2024. The Team discussed the final draft of the DESMAN study report, progress on the 2020 Transportation iCAP objectives, potential 2025 Transportation iCAP goals, the end-of-year report, and priorities for next year. Attached is a link to the meeting recording. Thank you all for a great year! It was a pleasure working with you all :) 

    Attached Files: 

  18. Sustainability Council Meeting 04/26/2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council
    iCAP 2020: Illinois Climate Action Plan
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)

    The Sustainability Council met on April 26, 2024. The primary agenda items included: 

    • Updates
      • Green Research Program
      • Solar Farm 3
      • Plastic Waste Reduction in Housing and Athletics
    • Student Group Activities
    • Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP)
      • Progress & Challenges

    The slide deck is attached.

    Attached Files: 

  19. ME 470 Enerdrape Project Presentation

    Associated Project(s): 
    Steam System Maintenance
    Stop Burning Coal at Abbott Power Plant
    Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)

    Attached is information about the senior design project presentations scheduled for next Tuesday.

     

    The project that we have been helping with is scheduled to present at 8:30 on Tuesday in 4100 LuMEB, Abbott Enerdrape System.

     

    Mike Larson

    Attached Files: 

  20. Engagement iCAP Team Meeting Minutes 04-18-2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Engagement iCAP Team
    Facilitate campus-wide sustainability events
    Major Annual Events
    Sustainable Events Program

    The iCAP Engagement Team met on 04/18/2024 to review 2020 objectives, and discuss iCAP 2025 planning. The team will continue to add to the living documents and finalize them in May. The team also discussed the upcoming Sustainapalooza event. 

    Attached Files: 

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