Department of Energy Program
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The Parking Department may choose to utilize this Department of Energy Program for promoting public use EV charging stations.
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Projects Updates for Install Public Use Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations
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Engineering Design preliminary meeting
Associated Project(s):Eva Sweeney, Robert Halverson, and John Summers from F&S Engineering Design Services met with Paul Foote and Morgan Johnston. They discussed the SSC step two proposal for an EV charging station. Robert had met with Michelle Wahl and Tom Skaggs from Parking. Eva will be the key electrical engineer for this project.
There was discussion about a connection from the parking meter to the electric charging station. The meter could have contacts that would energize the charging station when the parking meter is paid.
There was a question whether this proposal is for one or two charging stations which would take two or four parking spaces. Morgan said she would check with Michelle about the quantity. It was later clarified that the proposal is for one charging station, which would need two parking spaces.
Parking will have reduced revenue from the parking spaces. A departmental space is $1980 per year. Parking meters are currently charging $1.00/hour. We need to be able to report on the effectiveness of this program, so we need to track the energy usage.
There will be ongoing maintenance costs. The Engineering design work can help understand these potential costs, once the specific charging station is selected.
This will go in parking lot B4. It will not be a leased space.
The SSC request is for $20k.
According to Robert, Michelle indicated that UA wants a trending report on usage.
EV club meeting
Associated Project(s):Greetings, This is a reminder notice that our next meeting of the Illinois EV Club will be this Wednesday, 10-16-2013, at the University YMCA at 6 pm. (Neither Matt Childress, Cara Day nor I were able to host a meeting last Wednesday because of other committments, so we decided to delay our meeting by a week, until this Wednesday.) Our format for the meeting will be the usual "Open Discussion" format we've used for recent meetings. During the meeting, there should be plenty of time for any general-purpose questions and discussion among ourselves about anything having to do with the past, present or future of energy-efficient vehicles, so be sure to bring along with you any questions you may have and /or any ideas you may have come up with for additional projects the club could get involved in. (Club member Richard told me last week that he hopes to bring along a book on EVs that we should find quite interesting.) - David Noreen ----------------------------------- New members and guests are always welcomed and encouraged to attend our meetings! Please help spread the word about our club by forwarding this message to anyone you know who might be interested in high-mileage-per-gallon (or equivalent) vehicles, whether the vehicles be electrics, hybrids, or whatever, and regardless of how many wheels they may or may not have. Also, please encourage them to check out our “Illinois EV Club” page on Facebook, by simply typing “Illinois EV Club” in Facebook’s search box. https://www.facebook.com/groups/illinoisev/ ------------------------------------ Note: Free parking is available (after 5 pm) in the UI lot that's 1 block due west of the YMCA, on the SW corner of Chalmers and Sixth, so that's another option that's available in addition to the on-street, metered parking near the Y. (As long as you don't mind walking that short block on Chalmers after you've parked in the UI lot.) ------------------------------------ More information about the UI’s “Illinois EV Club”: 1.Please feel free to contact Club President Matt Childress [childrss "at the domain" illinois.edu] for further information and / or to be added to our regular mailing list, if you're not already on it. 2. The club has been mentioned in several area newspaper articles that are listed here: http://web.archive.org/web/20100708200544/http:/sugarrides.com/index.php... 3. On Google Groups, we have an Illinois EV Discussion Group that has its Archive page here: http://groups.google.com/group/illinoisEV so you can check out our past activities and some of the interests of our members. If you'd like to join this discussion group, email our Club President Matt, and he can add you as a member. (See Item #1 above.) 4. If you like, you can also view the following online videos, which feature members of the club: (i). Here are 2 videos of Club President Matt Childress and his Twike: http://www.youtube.com/champaigncountynet#p/u/3/dPlNJLkKleA http://communitymediaworkshop.org/npcommunicator/?tag=matt-childress (ii). Here’s more information on Matt’s Twike: http://web.mac.com/mattchildress/Twike/About_Me.html (iii). Here’s a video featuring Randy Reisinger discussing the Sugar Rides EV (built by members of the club): http://www.youtube.com/champaigncountynet#p/u/5/0vfCsMShrGg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Illinois EV Club" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to illinoisEV+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to illinoisEV@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/illinoisEV. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
request for public charging station
Associated Project(s):-----Original Message-----
From: Skaggs, Thomas R
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 10:39 AM
Cc: Ivey, David J; Wahl, Michelle
Subject: FW: electric vehicle charging stations
Dear Mr. Hobbs,
Thank you for contacting the Parking Department and providing your comments. While electric charging stations are not readily available on our campus, there are discussions currently underway that include the Parking Department about the installation of electric charging stations. We are in touch with other campuses around the nation and many are likewise exploring the use of EV stations. Because the scale of the UIUC campus is vast, the program requires extra consideration, funding and logistics to execute. Please know however, that UI is committed to sustainability and will continue our effort.
Again, thank you for your input. We hope your visit to our campus was enjoyable.
Regards,
Thomas Skaggs
Coordinator
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Hobbs [mailto:amhobbs22@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 10:16 AM
To: parkingcomments@illinois.edu; esbeaty@urbanaillinois.us
Subject: electric vehicle charging stations
To Whom It May Concern:
I visited the U of I campus yesterday to attend a football game and was disappointed in the absence of EV charging stations. I would expect a university and city of this caliber to have numerous Level II charging stations available for the public to use. Normal/Bloomington have dozens of public EV charging stations, all of which are free to the public to use. Many are located on or near the ISU campus. Is the Bloomington/Normal and ISU community that much more progressive and environmentally friendly than the U of I and Champaign/Urbana community. I don't think necessarily that is the case, but the absence of electric vehicle charging stations sure leaves a black mark on the reputation of the university and the community. I sincerely hope that your community has plans to install Level 2 charging stations in the near future.
Sincerely,
Martin Hobbs
Eureka, IL
Initial Meeting with Campus Parking, Car pool and Sustainability
Associated Project(s):The first meeting was held on August 6th to discuss campus public use EV charging station plans.
It was determined at this time more research into parking enforcement options, types of charging stations to use, and sites available for installation is needed. Follow-up meeting to take place after research findings are completed.
To this date no method exists to interface from the chargers software to the campus parking enforcement software.
See picture below: with this type of charger the enforcement officer could identify that billing is taking place by the Solid lightning bolt on the right as opposed to the one on the left.
Paul Foote will develop a draft plan for public charging stations
Associated Project(s):Morgan Johnston and Paul Foote met to discuss the Electric Vehicle public use charging stations plan. Paul will research the options and review peer institution practices, and make recommendations for what, where, and how to install public use EV charging stations on campus.
F&S internal meeting to address EV charging stations
Associated Project(s):Jack Dempsey, Pete Varney, Michelle Winters, Pam Voitik, and Morgan Johnston met to discuss options for supporting EV charging stations for public use on campus. It is unethical to allow UI resources to be used for personal needs, so the UI power cannot be freely distributed to Electric Vehicle owners. A public charging station will need to include a payment mechanism. Michelle Winters and Morgan Johnston will work on a plan for implementing public EV charging stations on campus.
Staff meets with UI Electric Vehicle Club
Associated Project(s):Staff met with a representative from the UI Electric Vehicle Club. We discussed potential implementation strategies for an electric vehicle charging station on campus.
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