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ME 470 Enerdrape Project Presentation
Associated Project(s):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:Weekly Update: Sustainapalooza, bike rental, Lincoln Avenue Corridor Study Open House
Associated Project(s):All, Sorry for the delay, I was out yesterday. My staff tabled at the Sustainapalooza yesterday on the quad.
Elsewhere, our visitor numbers are creeping up and we had two people originally interested in renting our 1-person bikes but upon further consideration, opted to try out our tandem to great success. Our donations have anecdotally ticked upwards as well, which is fortuitous timing as we had exhausted our supply of used 26” tires.
Just received late notice about the RPC having an outreach/input session this afternoon on the Lincoln Avenue Corridor Study, which I’ll publicize to my staff and visitors. The more voices that can provide input, the better.
The numbers:
Visitors: 44
Sales: $682.65
Bikes: 4 for $675
Memberships: 2 for $60
Tires/tubes: 9 for $68
Thanks!Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center4/19/24 Project Update
Associated Project(s):Lowell Miller is updating a scope change for this grant to look at acquiring a machine to recycle 3d prints and other plastic that can then repurpose those materials into 3d printer filaments.
iWG Meeting Notes from 04/19/2024
Associated Project(s):Please see attached the iWG meeting notes from the meeting held on April 19, 2024. The following items were discussed:
- Energy recommendation under development, “Energy Efficiency and Conservation Funding for Infrastructure and Mechanical System Modernization”
- iCAP challenges and opportunities
Attached Files:Low-Carbon Transportation Research Initiative
Associated Project(s):The project, Sustainable Low-Carbon Alternatives for Meeting Mobility Needs of Urban and Rural Communities, aims to provide a grand vision and detailed engineering guidelines for next-generation decarbonized transportation systems.
Engagement iCAP Team Meeting Minutes 04-18-2024
Associated Project(s):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:CTAC spring 2024 meeting recording and slides
Associated Project(s):CTAC meeting was held on Monday, April 15, 2024, focusing mainly on the Campus Bike Plan update. Please see attached the slides from meeting. To view the recording, please go to https://uofi.box.com/s/e50m8p6xzclztmf9grnzdt7bvloyo39e
Attached Files:2024 Tree Care Plan
Associated Project(s):Attached is the 2024 annual Tree Care Plan.
Attached Files:Discussion about iCAP recommendations - April 15, 2024
Associated Project(s):Michael McKelvey, Miriam Keep, and Sarthak Prasad met to discuss modifications to how projects are associated with recommendations and whether there are any modifications we'd like to make to the current setup.
Discussion/Decisions
- Recommendations:
- Leave Associated Project(s) field as is - optional, allowing multiple projects to be associated
- Add new field linked to a project where future updates can be found (naming it is tricky - "Further updates"? "See further updates"? "See additional updates"? "See ongoing updates"?) - optional, allows only 1 project
- iCAP Teams:
- Add Associated Project(s) field - optional, allows multiple project to be associated
- On any projects associated with an iCAP Team, show all the recommendations for that team (will be used on iCAP Team projects)
TODOs
- ✔️ Add new Further Updates field to Recommendation content type
- ✔️ Add new Associated Project(s) field to iCAP Team content type
- ✔️ Add new Recommendations listing to projects associated with an iCAP Team
- Recommendations:
Discussion about reporting Bike Fee funding - April 15, 2024
Associated Project(s):Michael McKelvey and Sarthak Prasad met to discuss how to report Bike Fee funding in the iCAP Portal. The Bike Fee and SSC are currently the only student-initiated fees to report, but we should consider the possibility that new sustainability-related fees will need to be reported in the future as well.
Discussion/Decisions
Two options came out of our discussion:
- Use the existing funding structure which was created early on in the iCAP Portal's development but isn't currently used. This structure requires entering each line item separately, which is powerful but laborious
- Implement a new, simplified funding structure which allows a single entry per year for each type of allocation, but wouldn't allow individual line items for each expenditure within a category. This option is simpler, but less granular.
TODOs
- Michael will implement the new, simplified funding structure on a dev site so Sarthak can test both options and compare them.
Weekly Update: bike sale, TBP community ride
Associated Project(s):All, Getting busier with the warmer temps. Working our way through a glut of single speed bikes, which are both easy to fix (thus far; knock on wood) and will be in demand come the fall. We’ve got around 20 or so bikes for sale, but the math is shifting from when we have more time to fix than help to now having more people in than down time to fix up bikes.
Over the weekend The Bike Project held a community ride, which I attended. Great weather for some bumpy road meandering!
The numbers:
Visitors: 26
Sales: $1,047.50
Bikes (refurb): 4 for $685
Memberships: 5 for $150
Tires/tubes: 12 for $96Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike CenterWeekly Digest
Associated Project(s):Rainy weather last week kept our visit numbers down at the beginning of the week. This allowed us some time to fix more bikes, and we’re up to 20 for sale bikes. We’ve also seen an uptick in drop-off repairs.
We had another Bike Center on the Quad event last Friday and that went very well with a reported estimate of a dozen attendees. A success! Even though the team forgot to pack repair stands (whoops!).
Saturday was Sustainapalooza ’25 and we were able to lend a bike for a Smoothie Bike—pedal to blend your smoothie! Happy to be able to facilitate that.
This week we will host another instructional class, this time covering Gear Shifting 101.The numbers:
Visitors: 60
Sales: $461.50
Memberships: 9 for $270
Tires/tubes: 9 for $65ZipCar usage data for March 2024
Associated Project(s):The attached PDF contains performance metrics for ZipCar usage on campus for March 2024.
Campus Bike Plan progress report FY24
Associated Project(s):Please see attached the Campus Bike Plan progress report FY24.
Read the Campus Bike Plan progress report FY23
Attached Files:Transportation iCAP Team Meeting 4/10/2024
Associated Project(s):The Transportation iCAP Team met on 4/10/2024 to discuss the final draft of the DESMAN study report, progress on the 2020 Transportation iCAP objectives, and potential 2025 Transportation iCAP goals. Attached is a link to the meeting recording.
Attached Files:Outdoor Bins Follow Up
Associated Project(s):Hi all,
We have completed all outdoor bin location proposals. With all the photos it is a large document, so I have placed it on a shared Box. Please let me know if any of these locations need further clarification
In response to your question below of completion by June 30 that is not possible. Also, without knowing all of the locations it is difficult to give you an answer as to what the completion timeframe would be. Below are the two scenarios depending on the proposed locations of the bins.
Installing the bins on existing concrete:
1. Ironworkers can go to the site with the bins/post with two guys and install the anchors and the bins in 2-3 crew hours (4-6 hours total with two guys).
Installing the bins on newly placed concrete:
1. This process will begin with the labor supervisor going to the site and marking the location. 1-2 hours
2. The utility marking crew would then be notified, and they have a 48 hour window to locate utilities. 1-2 hours
3. Laborers and operators go to the site and dig out the spot and place rock. 3-4 crew hours
4. Cement finishers form and pour the concrete and it needs to cure for at least 48 hours. 3-4 crew hours
5. Ironworkers can install the anchors and the bin once concrete has cured. 2-3 crew hours
Depending on how closely the locations are to each other they may prepare 2 or 3 at once and rotate through those with the different steps above. However, that is not always possible.
I hope this helps to see how the two differ in time needed and to see how it really gets involved when the location requires new concrete.
I wanted to reach out & reconnect on the topic of the black, metal outdoor bins. I believe we have 18 identified locations approved by Brent Lewis ready to be installed as soon as the shops are able (locations attached) – these all require concrete poured. We then have ~56 more stored primarily in the Buenting Barn that we have not yet identified locations for, but will very shortly. Some of them will require concrete and others will not. We have WO# 10814481 for this project. Pete is hoping to have the whole process wrapped up by June 30, 2024. I just wanted to put this back up on the radar and get a sense of whether we will be able to get these all installed by summer?
I will be in contact soon regarding the locations of the remaining bins.April 2024 SmartWay posts
Associated Project(s):Using the #EPASmartWay logo helps differentiate your company from the competition. Be sure to let your customers and stakeholders know that you’re leading the way on clean, sustainable supply chain management. Learn more: epa.gov/smartway
Weekly Update: Walking Tour
Associated Project(s):All, Slow week with the bad weather. This week looks better. Friday we’re helping with the Campus Recreation Walking Tour and so will show off our space to some folks that probably wouldn’t visit otherwise—that’ll be fun.
Also have a couple new staff starting this week.
The numbers:
Visitors: 14
Sales: $223.50
Memberships: 2 for $60
Tires/tubes: 4 for $35Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike CenteriCAP Portal Admin Meeting - May 3, 2024
Associated Project(s):Agenda
- SSC project embedding
- Discussions since our last meeting:
- Discussion about reporting Bike Fee funding - April 15, 2024 (Sarthak, Michael)
- Discussion about SSC projects in iCAP Portal - May 3, 2024 (Miriam, Codie, Michael)
- Discussions since our last meeting:
- Recommendations
- Discussions since our last meeting:
- Discussion about iCAP recommendations - April 15, 2024 (Miriam, Sarthak, Michael)
- Discussions since our last meeting:
- Power Search: Projects
- Add CSV download option
- Archiving projects
Discussion/Decisions
- The idea of Power Searches is popular - will add additional content types and filters. Suggestions welcome!
- Archiving projects
- Decided to start with a simple Archived/Not Archived checkbox or dropdown list (do we have better terminology than "Not Archived"? Public and Visible are already used in other contexts). Michael will try it out on a dev site and report back next meeting.
- Rejected ideas:
- Add "Archived" to Visibility options - seems distinct from Public/Private, plus we want the option to still show projects publicly, just default to hiding them in most listings.
- Add "Archived" to Project Status options - this mixes the status of the project itself with whether we still want it to show up on the site; e.g., cannot represent both "Cancelled" and "Archived" simultaneously
- The Phantom Menace is in theaters this weekend in honor of Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you) and Codie's birthday (5/5)! See it, you will.
- SSC project embedding
