F&S Newsletter: New Conservation Record!
Please see the attached link to read the F&S newsletter.
Please see the attached link to read the F&S newsletter.
The link below is an informational letter with information on how labs can join the International Freezer Challenge.
https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/91/1674395291.html
Below is the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories Winners for Sustainable Achievements. UIUC was awarded excellence for the following.
Excellence Winners in the Renovation/Retrofit Category
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UIUC is the first image on the My Green Labs web page. The link of the webpage is https://www.freezerchallenge.org/
UIUC was within top 4 for energy savings in the Freezer Challenge this year among academic organizations.
And, in the top 2 in terms of normalized points earned. UAB beat UIUC in both categories this year, with over 100 labs participating from their campus.
UIUC was within top 4 for energy savings in the Freezer Challenge this year among academic organizations.
And, in the top 2 in terms of normalized points earned. UAB beat UIUC in both categories this year, with over 100 labs participating from their campus.
From: Foote, Gerard Paul <gfoote2 at illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 4:01 PM
Subject: Urgent poll for photo shoot & 2022 Freezer Challenge results
Hello Everyone,
Congratulations, on another world-class performance and international recognition in the 2022 International Freezer Challenge!
You have reduced over 290,000 kWh’s annually, an energy cost savings of over $25,500, which is our second highest results since participating in this competition and has earned the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign an Honorable Mention in the 2022 Freezer Challenge!
Yes, I know this is not the same as first place or even the innovative Winning Streak Award that we helped create, but it is a testament to our world-class example and leadership in sustainable laboratory practices in research sample cold-storage management.
Most importantly, your continued efforts, participation and documenting these lab practices reflects efficient adoption and implementation of sustainable laboratory practices that have long lasting impacts once incorporated into the labs day-to-day operations.
On a side note: My competitive side suspects that we once again may have outperformed or at least participated in the top tier of participating universities worldwide, more follow up to come.
Please add your availability in this When2Meet calendar: https://www.when2meet.com/?16378891-ETV5Z by August 19th 2022 deadline?
FYI- The overall impacts are still being accumulated and will be shared in a campus wide media release and mass email.
The rules now state we are only able to be recognized for 1st place or the Winning Streak Award if previous winners surpass their previous year’s energy savings calculations and while we achieved are second highest reductions to date, overall it was not higher than last year’s reductions of over 383,000 kWh’s.
Thank you
Paul Foote
Think Globally. Act Locally
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Specialist
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
F&S Energy Services Retrocommissioning
Email: gfoote2 at illinois.edu
Office: 217-244-1048
https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/1684374878.html
Register your lab for the 2022 International Freezer Challenge and help maintain the Illinois research community’s track record of 1st place in cold-storage sample management.
The Spring 2022 iSEE Quarterly Update (iQ) was released with the following message from Madhu Khanna, the Interim Director of iSEE:
Greetings Colleagues,
Attached, please find the Spring 2022 edition of iQ, our quarterly update. You will see that in this six-page pdf recapping the recent semester, we had plenty of news and updates from our research, education, events, and campus sustainability fronts.
But the work did not end there! Since the semester ended, we have had two other exciting announcements:
For more up-to-date news from iSEE, please sign up for our E-newsletter at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/5031776.
Best wishes for a healthy and productive summer,
Madhu
This link contains the 2022 Freezer Challenge Newsletter:
More information can be found in the attached link.
SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for ISFS Extrusion Coating Expansion on 02/21/2022. Please see attached.
Becky Chambers Hennessy, writer of R&D World magazine, wrote a Q&A style piece on UIUC's "Winning Streak Award" for the International Freezer Challenge. The piece contains answers from Deborah S. Katz-Downie, Martin Gruebele, and Paul Foote. The piece can be found here.
On October 20, 2021, the 2021 Energy Conservation Incentive Program (ECIP) Award Winners were announced at the Campus Sustainability Celebration!
UIUC is home to a total of 10 winners and honorable mentions, as listed below according to their categories:
See the attached file to read the official announcement of 2021 ECIP Winners, including the locations' % improvements and monetary savings.
All are invited to the 2021 Campus Sustainability Celebration and appreciation event! Meet and network with your peer sustainability advocates and hear about exciting campus sustainability progress! Since the event is in person, please be prepared to wear a mask and show your Safer Illinois app or equivalent status. If you can't make it in person, watch the livestream on YouTube! >>>
October 20, 1–4 pm • National Center for Supercomputing Applications lobby, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana
Julie Wurth • Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
For the second year in a row, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign won the "Winning Streak Award" for earning the most points and saving the most kWh/year of any academic institution. This is the fourth year in a row we have topped the academic sector list! UIUC estimated annual energy savings was at 383,615 kWh's or approximately $32,262.
All of the freezer challenge winners can be found here.
In the 2021 Freezer Challenge, 222 labs participated from over 100 different research institutions across 17 countries. The combined efforts of the scientists and labs saved 4.6 million kWh of electricity over the past year, which is the equivalent of reducing carbon emissions by 3,260 metric tons.
Based on the U of I's submitted scoresheets (33 in total), the combined actions of the university saved a total of 1051 kWh/day across multiple labs throughout campus.
The iCAP Working Group met on 7-22-21. Attached are the meeting minutes. The agenda was as follows:
A student research team, under Dr. Yuanhui Zhang, will expand the Environment-Enhancing Energy (E2E) research program to campus application by augmenting wet food waste produced through the dining halls. They will first survey dining services food waste and make their findings available to campus affiliates. Next, they will take dining waste and convert it into biofuel and asphalt. This process will reduce UIUC’s food waste, advancing the Illinois Climate Action Plan efforts. Likewise, the project will bring awareness to food waste at a local level. In December 2017, this project received $10,000 from the Student Sustainability Committee to kickstart the project.
A student research team, under Dr. Yuanhui Zhang, will expand the Environment-Enhancing Energy (E2E) research program to campus application by augmenting wet food waste produced through the dining halls. They will first survey dining services food waste and make their findings available to campus affiliates. Next, they will take dining waste and convert it into biofuel and asphalt. This process will reduce UIUC’s food waste, advancing the Illinois Climate Action Plan efforts. Likewise, the project will bring awareness to food waste at a local level. In December 2017, this project received $10,000 from the Student Sustainability Committee to kickstart the project.