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  1. Campus Revolving Loan Fund

  2. Atkins Tennis Center

    Associated Project(s): 

    As part of the Lighting Retrofit #5, 185 T-12 fixtures in Atkins Tennis Center were replaced with more energy-efficient T-8 fixtures. This switch will incur an Annual kWh Savings of 3,886 hours. The simple payback for this project is 2.96 years.

  3. FSI Fire Station

    Associated Project(s): 

    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.

  4. FSI South Storage Building

    Associated Project(s): 

    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.

  5. FSI Storage Building

    Associated Project(s): 

    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.

  6. Office of Sustainability award application

    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.

  7. FSI Hazmat Storage Building

    Associated Project(s): 

    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.

  8. Main Library (Remainder)

    Associated Project(s): 

    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.

  9. Guest Lecturers, staff and student teams work together

    Associated Project(s): 

    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.

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