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Clothing Swap and Sustainability Rocks
Associated Project(s):iSEE held a Clothing Swap and a Sustainability Rocks event at Green Quad Day on 4/12/2025. Students, community members, and visitors were able to donate and take used clothes during the free thrifting event, as well as paint rocks to place around campus to promote sustainability.
Campus Trash Pick-Ups 2025
Associated Project(s):Over 50 volunteers helped pick up trash resulting in a total of 220 pounds of trash being removed from campus on 3/11/2025 and 4/22/2025.
E-bike and E-scooter Study at Peer Universities
Associated Project(s):Check out our new report on e-bike and e-scooter infrastructure, based on a survey of peer universities.
It explores how campuses are supporting e-bike e-scooter usage through planning, policies, and infrastructure and offers insights to guide our future efforts.Attached Files:EV Infrastructure Study at Peer Universities
Associated Project(s):Check out our new report on EV infrastructure, based on a survey of peer universities. The study examines how institutions across the country are planning, funding, and implementing EV charging solutions to support campus sustainability and evolving transportation needs.
The insights gathered will inform our campus’s approach to EV infrastructure development and long-term mobility planning.
Attached Files:Final (May) Engagement Team Meeting
Associated Project(s):Final meeting where members reflected on the year's accomplishments and reviewed projects/gave feedback on procedures.
Attached Files:School of Art and Design Re-Fashioned Fashion Show
Associated Project(s):School of Art and Design Re-Fashioned Fashion Show
The annual School of Art and Design fashion show is back! Re-Fashioned will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, in the Siebel Center. Admission is free. Students from the Studio Arts Fashion Concentration will be presenting over 100 one-of-a-kind ensembles. Wearable works of art walk the runway, combining sustainability and creativity in a fun event for the whole family.
CTAC spring 2025: meeting recording and presentation
Associated Project(s):The Campus Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) met on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 from 1 - 2:30 p.m.. Following was the agenda for the meeting:
- Introduction – Morgan White (5 minutes)
- Old Business
- F&S TDM Status Update – Stacey DeLorenzo and Sarthak Prasad (25 minutes)
- Lincoln Ave Corridor Study (North of Florida Ave) – CCRPC (15 minutes)
- Bike Share Updates– Sarthak Prasad (5 minutes)
- New Business
- EV infrastructure research – Bhagyashree (10 minutes)
- E-bike research – Bhagyashree (10 minutes)
- Air Travel Emissions research – Karina Jang (10 minutes)
- 2025 Transportation Survey – Sepideh Azizi (10 minutes)
- Community Updates – (5 minutes)
Please see attached the slides from meeting. To view the recording, please go to https://uofi.box.com/s/f9vq8w52a4tjmu154ecuspfyfjqb9784.
Attached Files:Zipcar Usage in April 2025
Associated Project(s):The attached PDF contains performance metrics for ZipCar usage on campus for April 2025.
Updated the University Bicycle Ordinance
Associated Project(s):The University Bicycle Ordinance was updated in spring 2025. This update includes information and rules for bicycles, e-bikes, and e-scooters on-campus. Download the updated document here: https://go.illinois.edu/BikeOrdinance
Attached Files:Illini Lights Out 5/2/2025
Associated Project(s):At our last Lights Out event of the semester, 2711 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $412.47 in energy costs. This also prevented 4.045 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 397 gallons of gasoline being consumed. That's a great impact and thank you all for a great semester!
2025 Arbor Day Celebration Summary
Associated Project(s):Please follow the document attached to read about the 2025 Arbor Day celebration, which was celebrated on the south quad.
Attached Files:iCAP Education Team May 2025 Meeting
Associated Project(s):The iCAP Education Team met on Monday, May 5th from 4-5 pm via Teams. First we had a discussion recapping the Green Globes and iCAP Reception event where student input on the 2025 iCAP objectives was collected. Then we discussed the next steps towards the sustainability Gen-Ed requirement and the sustainability literacy assessment. We closed by sharing iSEE partnered internship opportunities. The meeting minutes are attached.
Attached Files:Land and Water May Monthly Meeting Minutes and Notes
This month, the land and water team held their last meeting of the semester on May 2nd, from 9-10 am on a Teams call. At this meeting, the team discussed project updates for the end-of-year report and projects to look forward to in future semesters. The meeting minutes and notes are attached.
Attached Files:April 2025 Buyer's Share Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the April 2025 Buyer's Share amounts by the hour, totaling 2,377 Megawatt hours.
The April 2025 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.
Attached Files:iCAP Energy Meeting May 2025
Associated Project(s):The Energy Team held its final meeting of the semester on Thursday, May 1st, from 2:00–3:00 PM. We reviewed progress on the building occupant engagement interview questions and discussed summer plans for the solar rooftop project. We wrapped up by finalizing our infrastructure modernization recommendation and outlining next steps for fall. The meeting minutes are attached!
Attached Files:2025 EPA Rainworks Challenge Submission
Associated Project(s):Students from the Dept of Landscape Architecture, Dept of Civil Engineering, and faculty advisors have submitted to the 2025 EPA Rainworks Challenge.
Attached Files:Sustainability Council Meeting 04/30/2025
Associated Project(s):The Sustainability Council met on April 30, 2025. The primary agenda items included:
- iCAP 2025: Objectives for DIA
- iCAP 2025: Updating energy targets
- Student perspectives
- Energy Performance Contract for ACES
The slide deck and meeting minutes are attached.
Attached Files:Weekly Digest
Associated Project(s):
Friday was a busy day. First up was the quad event, which despite the rainy weather earlier in the day, ended up being a dry time and quite popular. We’ve had 2 – 3 people come by CBC after having been at the Quad event, so it’s definitely getting some new folks aware of our space. Our open hours were not crazy busy on the bike side of things, but our gear rental partners were positively slammed, which created some logjams at the entrance—nothing we couldn’t handle!
This week we have our last Instructional Class of the semester, and unfortunately the lead staffer for that program is graduating. Replicating that staffer’s expertise and enthusiasm for the work will be a tall order.
Tonight is the Bike Project Members’ Meeting, which I’ll be attending.
Warm weather this week, so we’ll likely be busy.The numbers:
Visitors: 60
Sales: $1,005.25
Memberships: 9 for $270
Bikes (refurb): 2 for $360
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50
Tires/tubes: 14 for $111March 2025 Prairie Photos
Associated Project(s):Additional photos of the Florida Orchard Prairie from March 2025 have been added to the box folder.