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  1. comments on draft from Junhua Jiang

    Associated Project(s): 
    Zero Waste iCAP Team

    Warren and SWAT Team:

    Thank you very much for your time and the new version. I think that it is in great shape. I will be available on October 13.

    Best regards,

    Junhua Jiang

    Senior Research Engineer, PhD

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

  2. note from Amy and Kishore

    Associated Project(s): 
    Water and Stormwater SWATeam

    From: Rajagopalan, Nandakishore
    Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 5:36 PM
    To: Amy Liu
    Cc: swat-water@dib.illinois.edu
    Subject: RE: Update

    I think that’s a great idea. Do contact the wolverines

    From: Amy Liu
    Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 5:13 PM
    To: Thayer, Danielle J
    Cc: swat-water@dib.illinois.edu; Nishant Makhijani
    Subject: Re: Update

    Hi all,

    I will probably be unable to attend tomorrow's meeting due to a time conflict with SSC. 

    Along the lines of something I conveyed before, there are minor differences between the inputs we've entered for UIUC water use and the data that is shared in "iCAP Water Emissions". These might need to be resolved in order to propose the most useful benchmarks. And for our special interest University of Michigan, I am considering whether I should contact someone from their water institute to gather more information about their use statistics and strategies. I assume that such information will be be more related to our later goals. Let me know what you think.

    Best regards,

    Amy Liu

  5. notes about stormwater and targets

    Associated Project(s): 
    Water and Stormwater SWATeam

    Dear SWATwater team and Ben,

    Good morning, unfortunately I have to attend another meeting (today 10/1 & again 10/15) during our swat water meeting time. I'm truly sorry for my absence today. 

    I've attached my notes on the storm water aspect of the reduction/re-use goals and scenarios, with a draft list of recommended steps/studies to support moving forward through planning and design. I hope these goals and strategies hit the level of information needed at this point, supporting 5) d. of Kishore's handout. They can be translated into the recommendation format for future iCAP working group review, post Oct 22.

    Ben, I'm sorry to miss the chance to meet you today - I look forward to the next opportunity. 

    And I look forward to any comments from the team.

    Very best,

    Mary Pat

    Mary Pat Mattson, RLA, ASLA

    Assistant Professor : Department of Landscape Architecture

    College of Fine and Applied Arts : UIUC

    Attached Files: 

  6. update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Zero Waste iCAP Team

    Hello, SWATeam and Consultation Group.  Thank you for your comments on the draft report and for providing additional information.

    Here is the report that our SWATeam is submitting to iSEE.  Let's hope that it will be helpful.

    The next step is drafting a revised section of the iCAP.  Let's meet on Monday, October 13 at 4:30 pm (Dilip, can you find a room?).  I'll send around a draft before the meeting.

    Best wishes.

    Warren Lavey

    Attached Files: 

  7. meeting update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Water and Stormwater SWATeam

    Hello everyone,

    I have updated the SWAT folder with the new minutes and documents that have been being passed around.

    Just a reminder, 2 weeks ago, we spoke about how we may want to utlize our volunteers moving forward, and also, about reaching out to other faculty/ staff at UIUC to get an expert opinion on some of our ideas for the new iCAP goals. Since we have 3 meetings left until the Campus Sustainability Day deadline, establishing these decisions this week so that we have 2 weeks to coordinate might be beneficial. (I can also assist in reaching out to persons we are interested in to save you some time once we establish a date).

    Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 1st in NSRL room 358 at 12 pm. I will see you all there.

    Have a great day,

    Danielle

  8. note from Amy Liu

    Associated Project(s): 
    Water and Stormwater SWATeam

    Hi Kishore,

    The spreadsheet is very helpful, many thanks. 

    I quickly combed through the document and didn't find any errors in calculation. However, there seem to be minor differences between inputs for UIUC water use when compared to the "iCAP Water Emissions" spreadsheet Ben recently shared with us e.g 1023 mgpy vs. 1063 mgpy.  

    I might look at University of Michigan more closely later today since it's of special interest to us.

    Amy Liu

  9. draft Water targets

    Associated Project(s): 
    Water and Stormwater SWATeam

    Amy/Lance/Lance:

    If you have the time, please go through the attached xlsx and see if you can catch either transcription or formulaic errors.

    Stephanie/Keith: If you have data from 2005 on water consumption per year and buildings sq. ft. age that would help us in estimating annual growth rates.

    Thanks

    N. Rajagopalan PhD

    Attached Files: 

  12. project update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Green My Crib [ARCHIVED]

    Hi Morgan,

    The project I am working on is called Green My Crib. I have attached the flyer that I sent out to houses below. Basically, I made a checklist of items in the categories of energy, waste, green purchasing, education and community. Houses compete against each other by receiving points based on what items from the checklist they implement in their house. 

    Right now, I am trying to get houses interested. The end goal right now is to get about 5 houses interested this semester and expand next semester. I am planning to do audits of the houses who sign up so I can recommend the best ways for them to make their houses more green.

    Let me know if you can think of any ways to better publicize this competition to the Greek community or if you know any students interested in helping out.

    Regards,

    Madeline Kull
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    College of Civil and Environmental Engineering

     

    Attached Files: 

  13. Agenda for meeting

    Associated Project(s): 
    Transportation iCAP Team

    Dear Colleagues:

    I have asked Tina Candler to schedule a meeting of our group for as soon as possible.

    I have attached the our Fall 2014 report….

    In preparation for our next meeting, please read the report and think about the following

    1. Should the transportation iCAP targets be modified?

    2. For each of the iCAP targets how should we modify the previous year’s report?  Are there new strategies or action steps that we should be proposing?

    3. Are there additional strategies to reduce transpiration emissions we have no thought of?

    4. Can we make proposals about additional data collection that would help to advance the interests of ICAP in the area of transportation.

    Please come to our next meeting prepared to discuss the above.  If you would like to edit our Fall 2014 report prior to the meeting, feell free to do so.

    Best wishes

    Wojtek

    Wojtek J. Chodzko-Zajko, PhD
    Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor and Head

    Department of Kinesiology and Community Health

    Attached Files: 

  14. MTD solar array article

    Associated Project(s): 
    Support the MTD Bus System

    "This summer, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (CUMTD) maintenance facility got something cool to go on top of its roof — a big photovoltaic system — 1,212 panels.

    According to Jane Sullivan, whose title at CUMTD is grant manager and sustainability planner (and who is a 2012 graduate of the UI School of Earth, Society, and Environment, where I teach), it's the biggest solar array operating in central Illinois.

    It generates 350,000-kilowatt hours of electricity over the course of the year, which translates to one quarter of the electricity used there. (The maintenance facility is a busy place, operating 24/7 when the UI is in session and providing full service maintenance for the district's 102-bus fleet.)

    Sullivan said the investment in solar is in keeping with the broader environmental mission of the district. "We're interested in finding as many ways as we can to reduce our environmental impact, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an important part of that."" - Rob Kanter, http://www.news-gazette.com/living/2014-09-28/environmental-almanac-loca...

     

  15. SEDAC installs a Max-R recycling bin

    Associated Project(s): 
    Install Appropriate Waste Collection Infrastructure

    Morning, all.

    Courtesy of Max-R (big name in recycling bins), we have a new, functional, clean, state-of-the-art rubbish/recycling station in the break room (photo attached). It will still be serviced by our same cleaning staff. As free time allows, I’ll update the signage. The cardboard bin is next to the pretty bin. Note the SEDAC logo and the “this is made from 1501 recycled milk jugs” image.

    Thanx to Lucas, Stevie, Carrie, Aaron and others for logistical and physical support in getting it sited.

    Cheers,
    Marcus

    Attached Files: 

  16. Education Roundtable

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Minor

    From: Lage, Stephanie M
    Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 2:50 PM
    To: Bender, Karen L; Vanhoy, Roger; Fruehling, Amy; Goodlad, Lauren M E; Hodson, Piper; Chakraborty, Arnab; Johnston, Morgan B; Ben McCall
    Cc: Kokini, Jenny; Rosenbery, Amy Nichole; Mancuso, Anthony D; Khanna, Madhu
    Subject: Roundtable October 7

    Good afternoon,

    We are finalizing some details for the Roundtable Discussion on Tuesday, October 7, 2014.

    As you can see on the attached agenda, the event begins at 9:30 and will be finished up by 4:00.

    We have 12 visitors coming from corporations, government and non-government agencies. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity to interact with them and stay for the whole day, particularly for the roundtable discussion, and the small group discussion. 

    Please confirm your attendance for lunch and the afternoon discussions so that we can finalize lunch counts and appropriate seating arrangements.

    Thanks!

    Stephanie 

    Stephanie M. Lage

    Assistant Director

    Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

    Attached Files: 

  17. News about Coffee Ground repurposing

    Associated Project(s): 
    Reduce Foodwaste

    From: Kenfield, Micah Charles
    Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:00 AM
    Subject: SSC Spotlight in the Daily Illini

    Good morning, team!

    Some of you may have already seen this, but the Daily Illini gave some great coverage to the Coffee Ground Repurposing Project in today’s paper:

    http://www.dailyillini.com/news/article_bd4b0c04-4381-11e4-93bc-0017a43b2370.html

    Great job to all involved in the project, and a special thanks to Dr. Wander for her interview in the article.

    All My Best,

    Micah Kenfield

    Program Advisor, Student Sustainability Committee

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    285 Illini Union, MC-384

  18. Sustainability Ambassadors - September meeting

    Associated Project(s): 
    Certified Green Office Program (CGOP)

    Hi All,

    Thank you so much for taking out the time to come to the Certified Green Office meeting this morning. It was yet another high energy meeting and we hope that you got a chance to learn something new today. Thank you for your commitment to sustainability.

    As promised the presentation is uploaded on our website, you can find it on this webpage under resources. Also please mark your calendars for the iCAP Forum (Oct. 22, 2014) and nominate yourself to be a part of the SWATeam Consulting groups. More information about consulting groups here.

    We will see you all on Tuesday, November 4th, 10am - 11am in Room 314B Illini Union. Sorry about the confusion about the day earlier this morning.

    If you have any questions, please let me know.

    Thanks,

    Nishant Makhijani 

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    18 people attended.
     

    Attached Files: 

  19. on campus distribution locations

    Associated Project(s): 
    C-U Area Bicycle Map

    Champaign-Urbana Area Bicycle Map
    Distribution Locations on the Illinois Campus

    University Locations

    Campus Parking:
    Public Safety Building, MC-241
    1110 Springfield Ave., Suite 201
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Campus Police:
    Safety Day
    September 11, 2008

    Campus Recreation
    Campus Recreation Center East
    Activities Recreation Center

    McKinley Health Center
    1109 S. Lincoln Ave.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Illini Union Bookstore
    809 S. Wright Street
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Undergraduate Library
    1402 West Gregory
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Illini Union
    1401 West Greet Street
    Urbana, IL 61801

    International Student and Scholar Services
    400 Student Services Building
    610 E. John
    Champaign, IL 

    Turner Student Services
    Front Desk or Third Floor (Dean of Students)
    610 East John
    Champaign, IL 61801

    Alice Campbell Alumni Center
    601 South Lincoln Ave.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    University Housing

    Allen Hall front desk
    1005 W. Gregory Drive
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Busey/Evans Hall front desk
    111 W. Nevada Street
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Townsend Hall front desk
    918 West Illinois St.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Wardell Hall front desk
    1012 West Illinois St.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Trelease Hall front desk
    901 College Ct.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Oblesby Hall front desk
    1005 College Ct.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Babcock-Carr Hall front desk
    1001 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Blaisdell-Sunders Hall front desk
    901 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Weston Hall front desk
    204 E. Peabody Drive
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Taft-Van Doren Hall front desk
    1213 South Fourth Street
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Barton and Lundgren Halls front desk
    1205 South Fourth Street
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Forbes Hall front desk
    101 East Gregory Drive
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Garner Hall front desk
    201 East Gregory Drive
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Hopkins Hal front desk
    103 East Gregory Drive
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Orchard Downs front desk (Family and Graduate Housing)
    1841 Orchard Place
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Sherman Hall front desk
    909 South Fifth Street
    Champaign, Il 61820

    Daniels Hall front desk
    1010 West Green Street
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Private Certified Housing

    Armory House
    1010 South Second
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Bromley Hall
    910 South Third
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Europa House
    802 West Oregon
    Urbana, IL 61820

    Illini Tower
    409 East Chalmers
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Newman Center
    604 East Armory Ave.
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Presby Hall
    405 East John
    Champaign, IL 61820

    Cultural Houses

    Asian American Cultural Center
    1210 West Nevada Street
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
    708 South Mathews
    Urbana, IL 61801

  20. Press Release - 2014 Bike Map released

    Associated Project(s): 
    C-U Area Bicycle Map

    Champaign County Bikes (CCB) announces “Go by Bike”, the latest version of its Champaign-Urbana-Savoy Bicycle Guide and Map. CCB will begin making it available through local bicycle shops, City and Park District offices, and public libraries. In addition, the map will be distributed by the University of Illinois to students, faculty and staff as well as at CU-MTD’s Illinois Terminal. The map will also be available at Urbana’s Market at the Square, Sat., Sept. 27, from 7am - 12pm.

    Attached Files: 

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