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  1. November iCAP Transportation Meeting

    The Transportation Team had their November meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12th, from 1:00 - 2:00pm. We discussed the student research projects and heard an update on the EV Charging survey from Denissa Darmawi. We ended by discussing the problem of motorized transit on the quads and what might be helpful to discourage it. The meeting minutes are attached!

    Our next meeting is December 10th, 1:00 - 2:00PM.

    Attached Files: 
  2. Illini Lights Out 11/8

    Associated Project(s): 

    At Friday's Illini Lights Out event,  2209 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $336 in energy costs. This also prevented 2.7 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 300 gallons of gasoline being consumed. That's a huge impact

  3. iCAP Energy Meeting November 2024

    Associated Project(s): 

    The Energy Team met on Tuesday, Nov. 12th, from 3:30 - 4:30 PM. We provided updates on building energy efficiency efforts, explored occupant engagement strategies, and continued progress on solar rooftop initiatives. A draft recommendation for campus-wide energy upgrades was reviewed, and we discussed the upcoming agrivoltaic solar project. The meeting minutes are attached!

    Our next meeting is December 10th, 3:30 - 4:30 PM.

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  4. Sustainability Council Meeting 11/05/2024

    Associated Project(s): 

    The Sustainability Council met on Nov 5, 2024. The primary agenda items included: 

    iCAP 2025 development process

    • a)    Timeline
    • b)    Progress on iCAP 2020 goals
    • c)    Challenges and opportunities going forward 
      • i.    Trends in energy efficiency and space
      • ii.    Funding opportunities
      • iii.    Dealing with the question of divestment

     

    The slide deck and minutes are attached.

  5. Campus Trash Pick-Up

    Associated Project(s): 

    On October 10th, 2024, iSEE hosted it's semesterly Trash Pick-Up in honor of Campus Sustainability month. Volunteers picked up litter near Boneyard Creek and around the Bardeen Quad, and sorted the litter into trash or recycling bags. In total, 40 lbs of litter were collected.

  6. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - December 6, 2024

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    Agenda

    • [Michael] Updates:
      • Recommendations: added iWG Team
      • Project page: showing list of associated iCAP Teams only to logged in users
      • Recommendations search page:
        • Only showing links for Recommendations; made the rest plain text
        • Added column for latest Recommendation Update status
      • Trimmed down content in Project Updates listings so they're easier to scan:
        • Before: associated projects, full description, public & private files, notes, visibility
        • Now: associated projects, summary description, notes, visibility
        • Open to feedback!
      • Project page: "Add Project Update" and "Add new Metric" links on Project page now auto-fill the current Project!
      • Recommendation page: "Add Recommendation Update" on Recommendation page now
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  7. Monarchs Need Milkweed Oct Update

    Associated Project(s): 

    Below is an update from Brent Lewis on Oct 17th about the Monarchs need Milkweed recommendation:

     

    FYI, I’m close to getting a $2.5k bag of milkweed seeds delivered to me.  😊  We are getting this in the portal and ordered so Grounds can get this spread out this fall. 

     

    I’m hoping we can still get pots in the ground this fall too.  I see plenty of plants available at Midwest Groundcovers nursery in St. Charles, IL.  Deb is working on that.

     

    Additionally updates from the Land & Water Clerk which were provided at the Campus Sustainability Celebration:

     

    Milkweed Seeds for Monarch Butterflies

    •Received a grant for planting milkweed across campus to support monarch butterfly populations...Expand »

  8. Google Analytics changes impact the user counts for the Portal

    Associated Project(s): 

    This is likely due to the change in Google Analytics’ reporting system. They moved from “Universal Analytics” (UA) to “Google Analytics 4” (GA4) which included a significant change in the way they count things like pageviews. It’s not exactly that the numbers we had before were inaccurate, nor that the new numbers are inaccurate, it’s that they’re being counted in a different way. Here are 2 major differences:

    1. UA tracked each device as a user; GA4 tries to track the same person across multiple devices (e.g. phone, tablet, laptop, desktop computer)
    2. UA would count the same person visiting on different days as different users; GA4 will track the same person visiting multiple times as a single user in a given report. So if you ran a report
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  9. CTAC fall 2024 meeting recording and slides

    CTAC meeting was held on Thursday, October 24, 2024, focusing mainly on

    1. 2024 Campus Bike Plan: Public Input - Accepting feedback until October 31, 2024. The public input form can be found here: go.fs.illinois.edu/BikePlanPublicInput
    2. Long Range Transportation Plan 2050: https://ccrpc.gitlab.io/lrtp-2050/
    3. Lincoln Avenue Corridor Study - Between Green St and Florida Ave - CCRPC
    4. Lincoln Avenue Corridor Study - Between Florida Ave and Windsor Rd - F&S TDM

    Please see attached the slides from meeting. To view the recording, please go to https://uofi.box.com/s/kvpjfs26kyqwofjkri0y8gwocbqye5jp

  10. Weekly digest

    Associated Project(s): 

    The Bike Center received a few more donations and started processing the abandoned bike pile which they'll continue to tackle throughout the week. There was a mention in E-Week for their Kids Bike Giveaway and already have donations lined up. 

    Visitors: 66
    Sales: $575.10
    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $140
    Memberships: 8 for $240
    Tires/tubes: 9 for $69

  11. SSLC newsletter promotes SSC Working Groups

    Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) ♻️

    The Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) is a student-led organization charged with distributing two student fees: the Sustainable Campus Environment Fee and the Cleaner Energy Technologies Fee. With the ultimate goal of making the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign a leader in campus sustainability, the SSC reviews, recommends, and funds projects that increase environmental stewardship, inspire change, and impact students. Feel free to attend our weekly or biweekly meetings to learn more about SSC, workshop your projects and ideas, meet more people, and overall get more involved in sustainability on campus!

     

    Working Groups and Meetings- SSC Calendar

  12. 10/18 Lights Out!

    Associated Project(s): 

    At Fridays Illinii Lights Out event, 2,223 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $338 in energy costs. This also prevented 3.1 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 349 gallons of gasoline being consumed. That's a great impact! 

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