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  1. Off-Rack Locations for Veo - Approved by ARC

    Associated Project(s): 
    Bike Share with Veo

    The Architecture Review Committee (ARC) has approved 24 off-rack locations for Veo bikes on campus. This will reduce the impact on the campus bike racks and it would allow for more space for personal bicycle users to lock their bicycles to those high traffic locations. 

    The F&S Paint Shop will add green paint at these locations to denote Veo locations. The Work Order is issued: 11290535

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  2. Weekly Update -- Future Events & Sales

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    Email from Jacob Benjamin:

    Deceptive time of year: cooler temps usually mean fewer folks in, but that did not prove out. We were all-stands-full for a good bit last week. This week feels like just about peak foliage, which is a great time to ride a bike!

    Additionally, this week we’ll be tackling the abandoned bikes and preparing for our Kids Bike Giveaway event. We have ~5 kids bikes done already here at CBC. I’ll do inventory at Urbana and meet with Marketing folks to get the word out.

     

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 89
    Sales: $595

    Memberships: $10 for $300
    Tires/tubes: 16 for $146

     

    Thanks!

  3. Grounds for the Garden at Illini Union Bookstore

    Associated Project(s): 
    Reduce Foodwaste

    Grounds for the Garden at Bookstore Starbucks

    The Illini Union Bookstore Starbucks offers the Grounds for the Garden program. Faculty and staff can stop by the Starbucks at the Illini Union Bookstore and pick up FREE five-pound bags of used coffee grounds which you can use to add to your gardens and/or compost pile. Bags are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are placed outside of the Starbucks counter. Stop by any time and any day. If bags aren't available, just ask a barista. Details and why coffee grounds are good for your garden.

  5. Weekly Update -- Kids Bike Giveaway & Sales

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    Email from Jacob Benjamin:

    I was out Friday and Monday so this is a day late. I was in Berkeley, CA which has roundabouts at all of their side-street intersections. (Hint, hint.)

    Pretty uneventful week otherwise. I’ll continue work on the containers and begin prep for our Kids Bike Giveaway event, which’ll be on 12/20. Look for flyers/advertisements for that next week.

     

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 106

    Sales: $157.50
    Memberships: 15 for $450
    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50
    Tires/tubes: 12 for $101

    Thanks!

  6. Illini Lights Out 10/24

    Associated Project(s): 
    Illini Lights Out

    At this past Friday's Illini Lights Out event, 3068 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $466.78 in energy costs. This also prevented 4.78 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 469 gallons of gasoline being consumed. That's a huge impact! 

  7. Illini Lights Out 10/3

    Associated Project(s): 
    Illini Lights Out
    Illini Lights Out

    At this Friday's Illini Lights Out event, 3454 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $525.51 in energy costs. This also prevented 4.7 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 462 gallons of gasoline being consumed. That's a great impact! 

  8. ILO 10/3

    Associated Project(s): 
    Illini Lights Out

    At this Friday's Illini Lights Out event! With your help, 3454 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $525.51 in energy costs. This also prevented 4.7 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 462 gallons of gasoline being consumed. That's a great impact! 

  9. Land and Water Team October Monthly Meeting Minutes and Notes

    Associated Project(s): 
    Land and Water iCAP Team
    Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard

    The Land and Water team met for their monthly October meeting on Friday, October 24th, 2-3 PM. This month, the team discussed ongoing research around the usage of gray water in Illinois and other states' plumbing systems, the new map locating the milkweed planting locations, current and ongoing MOU requests, the status of the maintenance of the Florida Orchard Prairie, and green stormwater infrastructure controls on campus. Attached below are the agenda minutes, which show the details of what was discussed during the meeting. The meeting recording is available to watch in the meeting minutes. 

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  10. October Meeting Transportation Team

    Associated Project(s): 
    Transportation iCAP Team

    The Transportation Team met on October 17th, between 1:00 - 2:00pm. We discussed the Air Emissions Recommendation we had just sent on to the IWG and drafted a recommendation on e-bike policy changes on campus. We talked about student research projects, including commuter program research and expanding bike racks on campus.

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  11. Weekly Update -- Bike Parts & Sales

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    Email from Jacob Benjamin:

    Things are a tick slower now that the temps have dipped. I’ve been pulling from the abandoned bike containers for parts, mostly tires and saddles as those have been most in-demand. We have two bikes on the sales floor with a handful in the queue.  Our supply of checked-over Build-a-Bikes is returning to an acceptable number as well.

    This week I’ll tackle the containers of bikes and work to get them organized between bikes we’re keeping and those we’ll have scrapped.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 96

    Sales: $1,224.39

    Memberships: 19 for $570
    Tires/tubes: 39 for $353

     

    Thanks!

  12. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - October 17, 2025

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Agenda

    Discussion

    • Next steps from strategic discussion
      • We'll review what Christina sent and circle back next week
    • Discuss sending message to current iCAP Portal users informing them to avoid posting emails on the iCAP Portal
      • Summarizing email communications is ok, but don't copy-and-paste and don't include email addresses
      • Define "current users" - e.g. accounts created in past few months + anyone who's made an iCAP Portal addition or edit since the beginning of the calendar year?
        • This is part of a larger user permissions review
      • Send email through website or manually?
        • Send emails manually to various groups (e.g. iCAP Clerks, iCAP Working Groups)
    • Discuss metric naming convention (see Discussion about Metrics - May 19, 2025)
      • Morgan has asked Avni to remove objective numbers from beginning of Metric names
      • Still need to come up with naming protocol - Miriam and Morgan to discuss
    • Research programs restructuring/archiving completed!
    • Michael shared some accessibility resources:
    • [Moved to next meeting] Discuss 2025 Objectives dashboard (add in September, start displaying in October) - see "Adding Key Objectives" private file under Sustainability iCAP Portal project
    • [Moved to next meeting] (Continue discussion) New iCAP Team (Sustainable Buildings) being formed - discuss what that looks like on the iCAP Portal

    TODOs

    • TBD

  13. iCAP Engagement Team 2nd October Meeting

    Associated Project(s): 
    Engagement iCAP Team
    Certified Green Chapter Program

     

    The iCAP Engagement Team met on Wednesday, October 15th, from 3:00pm-3:30pm via Microsoft Teams. The team shared updates on the Green Chapter project, composting efforts at Illinois Street Resident Halls, and the Sustainable Learning Living Community's film festival.

    The meeting minutes are attached.

    Attached Files: 

  15. Archived research theme description

    Associated Project(s): 
    Research Supported through iSEE

    While Professor Ximing Cai was the iSEE Associate Director for Campus Sustainability, he worked with PhD student Majid Shafiee-Jood to develop a comprehensive list of national research funding programs that could coordinate with sustainability sites and projects on campus.  In 2017, these files were linked from the Research Theme page on the iCAP Portal, and the related iCAP projects were linked for each of the national research funding programs.  In 2025, the list of national research funding programs was no longer accurate, and the iCAP Portal leadership determined that it would be best to remove that segment of the Portal records.  

    The Research theme page intro statement said:

    In addition to 2015 iCAP objectives related to research, the hundreds of iCAP projects are linked to a number of national research programs sponsored by various national funding agencies. A click on the plus icon by one of the agencies and then a second click on one of the programs under the agency will lead to a program page with a list of iCAP projects that are linked to the selected program.

    Background about those links can be seen from two reports: 

    • Review of Campus Sustainability Programs: Opportunities for Education and Research
    • Overviews of Campus Sustainability Projects at Illinois: Opportunities for Education and Research

    The related reports are attached here.

    Attached Files: 

  20. iCAP Education Team October Meeting 2025

    Associated Project(s): 
    Education iCAP Team
    Sustainability at Career Fairs
    Sustainability Literacy Assessment

    The iCAP Education Team met on Friday, October 3rd from 12-1 pm via Teams. This was the first team meeting of the semester, so we began with introductions of each of the members on the team. Then we reviewed the iCAP charges for the upcoming year as well as the new iCAP pathways. The meeting minutes are attached. 

    Attached Files: 

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