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  1. FSI Fire Station

    Associated Project(s): 
    Lighting Retrofit #5 [ARCHIVED]

    As part of the Lighting Retrofit #5, 127 T-12 fixtures in the FSI Fire Station were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 20,183 hours. The simple payback for this project is 1.51 years.

  3. FSI South Storage Building

    Associated Project(s): 
    Lighting Retrofit #5 [ARCHIVED]

    As part of the Lighting Retrofit #5, 10 T-12 fixtures in the FSI South Storage Building were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 1,139 hours. The simple payback for this project is 12.71 years.

  4. FSI Storage Building

    Associated Project(s): 
    Lighting Retrofit #5 [ARCHIVED]

    As part of the Lighting Retrofit #5, 26 T-12 fixtures in the Admin Tech Info Building were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 3,048 hours. The simple payback for this project is 18.86 years.

  7. Office of Sustainability award application

    Associated Project(s): 
    Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award [ARCHIVED]
    Office of Sustainability

    The Office of Sustainability (OS) applied for the Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award in 2012.  The OS provides overarching leadership to transform campus into a model for sustainability and to integrate sustainability principles into our campus culture.  The OS scope of work encompasses all components of the University’s mission: education, research, and engagement, as well as effecting change in campus operations and policies.  The OS sets campus-wide sustainability goals and works to enhance communication and collaboration among campus units to achieve these goals. The OS also provides organizational leadership for numerous sustainability initiatives that bring together campus and community on campus. Much of the work by the OS is about educating, motivating, communicating, and celebrating sustainability with various stakeholders.

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  8. FSI Hazmat Storage Building

    Associated Project(s): 
    Lighting Retrofit #5 [ARCHIVED]

    As part of the Lighting Retrofit #5, 20 T-12 fixtures in the FSI Hazmat Storage Building were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 2,278 hours. The simple payback for this project is 6.64 years.

  10. Main Library (Remainder)

    Associated Project(s): 
    Lighting Retrofit #5 [ARCHIVED]

    As part of the Lighting Retrofit #5, the remaining 5,646 T-12 fixtures in the Main Library were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 849,998 hours. The simple payback for this project is 3.11 years.

  15. Guest Lecturers, staff and student teams work together

    Associated Project(s): 
    Curriculum

    Staff gave a guest lecturer presentation to the Urban Planning / Civil Engineering UP430 class, regarding active transportation programs; met with a student team from Professor Rockett’s renewable energy course to discuss rooftop solar opportunities on campus; and gave a guest lecturer presentation to an Architecture class about the iCAP and sustainability initiatives on campus.

  16. Anaerobic Digester progress

    Associated Project(s): 
    Biomass use on Campus

    The scope for an anaerobic digester with a methane capture at the Beef and Sheep Facility on South Farms has been completed and the project will be opened for a Quality Based Selection of an appropriate engineering firm.

  17. 12 proposals for the Solar Farm

    Associated Project(s): 
    Solar Farm 1.0

    The Request for Proposal for a Solar Farm Public-Private Partnership on South Farms resulted in 12 proposals for the Solar Farm.  The technical evaluation committee worked on reviewing and scoring each proposal, and provided some clarification questions to the UI Purchasing contact person.  The committee will meet again in May to identify a preferred vendor.

  19. Beyond Coal student group joint celebration at Abbott Power Plant

    Associated Project(s): 
    Stop Burning Coal at Abbott Power Plant

    F&S and the Beyond Coal student group portion of Students for Environmental ConcernS (SECS) held a joint celebration at Abbott Power Plant to recognize the efforts that have been made to reduce coal usage for campus.  There was a discussion about the additional projects F&S is pursuing and the financial decision makers for campus.

  20. "Smart Campus" Goals Set

    Associated Project(s): 
    Energy Conservation Efforts

    F&S Executive Director Jack Dempsey is working with the F&S Energy Division to clearly describe the “smart campus” goals for direct digital controls, real-time metering, and optimization of the campus power supply and demand decision making.

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