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Child Development Laboratory
Associated Project(s):A total of 314 lighting fixtures in the Child Development Laboratory were changed from T-12 fixtures to T-8 fixtures as part of the ICECF Lighting Retrofit. This will allow an Annual kWh Savings of 50,497 hours. The Simple Payback for changing the fixtures in the Child Development Laboratory is 3.49 years.
Wind turbine fact sheet
Associated Project(s):In December 2008, Facilities and Services published a fact sheet for the wind turbine project.
Attached Files:LiveGreenWeek Presentation 2008
Associated Project(s):Tom Abram discussed various UIUC sustainability policies and goals, along with current energy conservation efforts on campus.
Attached Files:News article about Wind turbine proposal
Associated Project(s):Daily Illini published an article about wind turbine proposal: "Sustainability Committee struggles to pass wind turbine proposal" -- http://dailyillini.com/news/2008/10/23/sustainability-committee-struggle...
Attached Files:Turner Student Services Building
Associated Project(s):A total of 3,799 lighting fixtures in the National Soybean Research Center were changed from T-12 fixtures to T-8 fixtures as part of the ICECF Lighting Retrofit. This will allow an Annual kWh Savings of 597,686 hours. The Simple Payback for changing the fixtures in the Turner Student Services Building is 1.89 years.
Conservation Program Presentation 2008
Associated Project(s):Presentation discussed UIUC's conservation progress along with a 10 year plan on how to continue reducing carbon emissions.
Attached Files:Psychology Building
Associated Project(s):The lighting fixtures in the Psychology Building were changed from T-12 fixtures to T-8 fixtures as part of the ICECF Lighting Retrofit. In this facility, 2,571 fixtures were changed. This will allow an Annual kWh Savings of 393,534 hours. The L.S. project seperately funded 1,812 of the 2,571 fixtures. Occupancy sensors were also installed in the lighting retrofit of this building in order to provide further energy savings.
National Soybean Reasearch Center
Associated Project(s):The 1,481 lighting fixtures in the National Soybean Research Center were changed from T-12 fixtures to T-8 fixtures as part of the ICECF Lighting Retrofit. This will allow an Annual kWh Savings of 248,885 hours. The Simple Payback for changing the fixtures in the National Soybean Research Center is 1.28 years.
Energy Presentation 2008
Associated Project(s):Terrt Ruprecht discusses past UIUC energy costs, production, and overall consumption.
Attached Files:AASHE award application FY08
Associated Project(s):In the past two years, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has made a substantial and systemic commitment to sustainability. This commitment is expressed in our strategic plan, in the development of a campus Sustainability Council, a new Office of Sustainability, and in a host of other ways that impact our curriculums, physical design, and our daily practices.
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Attached Files:English Building
Associated Project(s):The lighting fixtures in the English Building were changed from T-12 fixtures to T-8 fixtures as part of the ICECF Lighting Retrofit. In this facility, 1,006 fixtures were changed. This will allow an Annual kWh Savings of 245,319 hours. The Simple Payback for changing the fixtures in the English Building is 1.31 years. Occupancy sensors were also installed in the lighting retrofit of this building in order to provide further energy savings.
LED Exit Signs Phase 2
Associated Project(s):Phase 2 of the LED Exit Sign project to replace incandescent exit signage with LED fixtures started on June 30, 2008. This phase of the project will replace fixtures in the Armory, Foellinger Auditorium, Harding Band Building, Illini Hall, the Optical Physics Building, the Illinois Program for Research & Humanities, the Architecture Building, Noble Hall, the Art & Design Building, the Music Building, Flagg Hall, and University High School.
ICECF Grant Approval for Single Turbine
Associated Project(s):In May 2008, ICECF approved the university's request to build only one wind turbine instead of three because of insufficient funding (based on estimates from GE Wind Energy proposal).
Attached Files:Student support
Associated Project(s):In February 2008, the students leaders in the environment movement wrote letters to the Provost Linda Katehi, Chancellor Robert Herman, and Facilities and Services Administration, Dr. John Dempsey. These letters were signed by the student leaders and expressed their excitement and support to the project.
Attached Files:Transit analysis
Associated Project(s):In FY08, the UI funded a Transit Analysis for the University District by MAB. The study reviewed options for Bus Rapid Tramsit lines and methods for reducing bus traffic on Wright Street.
Electrical Utility Estimate
Associated Project(s):In December 2007, Electrical Utility Estimate was performed by the engineers of ITG - Henneman Engineering, Inc.
Attached Files:Estimates from GE proposal
Associated Project(s):The project proposal was received from GE Wind Energy on September 10th 2007, and opened on September 16th 2007. According to the proposal, the estimate for construction is a range of $11.4 million to $12.6 million and for the total project budget would be $12.1 million to $13.4 million.
Also, GE Wind Energy proposal stated an October 1, 2007 expiration date! This estimate infers that the university's current budget ($5.7 million) is enough to build only one turbine.
Proposal from GE
Associated Project(s):GE Wind Energy were the only ones who would quote the University of Illinois. (Vistas said they were not taking orders for anything less than 30 MW, however, the UI project was for only 4.5 MW)
GE could not meet the August 16th deadline and therefore, the university extended the deadline to September 20th. The university received GE's proposal on September 10th. However, GE quoted the turbines to be delivered by late 2009 or early 2010.
LED Exit Signs Phase 1
Associated Project(s):Phase 1 of the LED Exit Sign project will replace incandescent exit signage with LED fixtures in facilities used for the Engineering Open House. The building involved are the Material Sciences and Engineering Building, the Mechanical Engineering Building, the Transportation Building, Altgeld Hall, Morrill Hall, Burrill Hall, Noyes Laboratory, and the Undergraduate Library.