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Joint Meeting Notes 17 April 2018
Associated Project(s):The two teams decided on further steps toward planning for nitrogen monitoring and parking lot sustainability, some of which were based on organization and ease of approval by the iCAP Working Group.
Attached Files:Water and Stormwater SWATeam Meeting 2/6/2018
Associated Project(s):Meeting topics included potential for the team to move forward with a water audit of campus buildings, ways that nitrogen runoff could be monitored, and incentives the Parking Department would have in following through with adding green infrastructure to parking projects.
Attached Files:IWG Meeting Minutes November 30, 2017
Associated Project(s):Attached Files:iWG meeting agenda November 30, 2017
Associated Project(s):see file
Attached Files:Water & ALUFS SWATeam Joint Meeting
Associated Project(s):Each team shared ideas of the semester and came together to propose a few joint recommendations. Suggested logistics for a water audit were mentioned, as well as nitrate runoff data from the 1990s that would be used as benchmark levels for runoff reduction. Different possible measuring techniques regarding future progress in nitrate reduction were mentioned. Ideas for greener parking lots were introduced, including replanting of trees on Lot E14.
Attached Files:iWG meeting minutes October 27, 2017
Associated Project(s):see file
Attached Files:Posters from all the SWATeams at the Campus Sustainability Celebration
Associated Project(s):The attached pdf shows the FY16 status update posters for iCAP objectives, shared by each SWATeam at the Campus Sustainability Celebration.”
Attached Files:SWATeam expectations 2017-18
Associated Project(s):Dr. Ximing Cai presented the attached presentation to the SWATeam members at the beginning of fall 2017.
Attached Files:Meeting 4 October
Associated Project(s):The attending members of the meeting on October 4th made observations on which data on water and campus population needed clarification and/or updating. Boneyard Creek was confirmed as being impaired, through the connected Saline Branch Drainage Ditch, due to low aquatic life.
Attached Files:Meeting 27 September
Associated Project(s):Topics of discussion included the planned water audit and parking lots that could be used for studies related to stormwater runoff. A student in the Sustainability minor planned to work with Rabin Bhattarai on the audit. The EPA Rainworks Project would have potential to redesign Parking Lot F4 because Burnsides Laboratory will be torn down.
Attached Files:First Meeting, 20 September
Associated Project(s):The team reviewed projects from 2016-17 and discussed potential student projects to carry out the objectives to inventory landscape performance, investigate water quality impacts of stormwater runoff, and performing a water audit.
Attached Files:SWATeam Charge Letter for FY18
Associated Project(s):The charge letter was sent to FY18 SWATeam members, noting the SWATeams' responsibilities for the academic year.
Attached Files:A Model Program for Reducing Water Waste on Campus
Associated Project(s):As collegians head back to campus this fall it means campus water use will spike, so ISTC has released a video on a model program which dramatically cut water waste with a student-directed behavior change campaign. Loyola University Chicago implemented its “Gallons Saved and Shared” project with the help of a grant from ISTC’s Billion Gallon Challenge. Student interns and volunteers planned and executed fixture upgrades across much of the campus and designed a awareness/behavioral campaign with the expertise of psychology majors. In addition, Robyn Mallett, associate professor of psychology and her colleagues, were able to study the responses to produce scientific insights. A college campus is an ideal setting to build a culture of sustainability that can follow graduates throughout their lives. The experience of “Gallons Saved and Shared” is a model that can be considered to produce conservation results on other campuses, said Aaron N. Durnbaugh, Loyola’s director of sustainability.
BIF Greywater Meter Recommendation - approved
Associated Project(s):The Water and Stormwater SWATeam recommendation to install a real-time water meter on the greywater pipes in the Business Instructional Facility has been approved by F&S leadership. This project will proceed with funding from the Student Sustainability Committee and F&S Utilities & Energy Services.
Water & ALUFS Joint Meeting Minutes 4/27/17
Associated Project(s):Water & Stormwater SWATeam and the Agriculture, Land Use, Food & Sequestration (ALUFS) SWATeam had a joint meeting to discuss shared objectives and project ideas.
Attached Files:Water & Stormwater Meeting Minutes 4/13/2017
Associated Project(s):Discussion of upcoming joint meeting with Agriculture, Land Use, Food and Sequestration (ALUF) SWAT. Development of ideas for student projects, including georeferenced inventory for F&S, analysis of green roofs and solar panels, and phoshorus monitoring of stormwater.
Attached Files:Water & Stormwater SWAT Meeting Minutes 3/30/2017
Associated Project(s):Updates and discussion of greywater meter, greywater design standards, cooling tower cycles of concentration, water use dashboard, and student outreach.
Attached Files:iWG meeting minutes March 28, 2017
Associated Project(s):see file
Attached Files:iWG meeting agenda March 28, 2017
Associated Project(s):see file
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