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  1. Final project reports for Fall 2017

    Associated Project(s): 
    CEE Project Based Learning (PBL)
    Sustainability Minor
    Independent Student Projects
    Energy Dashboard Project
    Develop Local Foods Network
    Biomass use on Campus
    Smart Grid for Campus
    Retrocommissioning (RCx)
    Rain Gardens on Campus
    Solar Power on Campus
    Green Roofs on Campus
    Methane Capture on Campus
    Reduce Foodwaste

    The CEE 398 Project Based Learning and the Sustainability Minor's ENVS 492 Capstone students completed their nine fall 2017 reports.

    There were five projects completed for capstone partners:

    1. Energy Dashboards for Accenture
    2. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Johnson Controls
    3. Food Hub Study for The Land Connection
    4. Sensors and Green Buildings for CERL
    5. Biomass Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) for Chip Energy

    There were four other projects completed by CEE students:

    1. Rain Garden Design
    2. Solar and Green Roofs Analysis
    3. Food Waste to Energy
    4. ADA Sidewalk Repair Cost Analysis
    Attached Files: 

  2. info from EMC^2

    Associated Project(s): 
    Smart Grid for Campus

    With appropriate controls and monitoring systems this building and all others on campus could be integrated for additional efficiencies and advantages that go far beyond simply reducing electrical loads:

    • All campus power generators and energy storage could be utilized more reliably and efficiently
    • Buying and selling power over the grid could realize additional savings
    • Researchers and students could use data from the campus grid for modeling software systems
    • Researchers could develop proven secure and reliable dynamic load control systems
    • Researchers could beta-test large systems developed elsewhere
    • Researchers and students could explore cyber security technologies in new ways
    • Researchers could further develop trustworthy validating systems

    A partnership of researchers and campus power plant administrators* envision a way to very significantly enhance the role ILLINOIS has on the national stage of grid modernization, by using our own campus grid as a fully functioning and operational beta test site. ILLINOIS is unlike any other university, having an array of key complementary assets that make such an alliance compelling:

    • A very significant financial commitment to improving campus energy infrastructure
    • Diversified power generation capabilities (CHP, renewable energy sources)
    • Significant energy storage capacity
    • A for-profit university related organization that enables buying and selling electricity
    • A microgrid with a single point of contact with the national grid
    • Internationally recognized experts in computer science, electrical engineering, and bio fuels
    • History of cooperation between academic and administrative departments
    • Established institutes like the Information Trust Institute that are dedicated to developing trustworthy systems, validating systems intended to be trustworthy, cyber security, autonomous engineering systems, technical training and knowledge distribution.
    • Established highly-trained support staff with a workload capacity for growth
    • Strong reputation that draws top student talent; commitment to education excellence