Dr. Mohamed Attalla, Executive Director at F&S, responded to Dr. Ximing Cai, iWG Chair, on August 22, 2019 stating, "We will prepare the report as requested."
See the transmittal of PWR015 Lightbulb Replacement Recommendation.
See SWATeam Recommendation PWR015 Lightbulb Replacement here.
For future updates on this project see Lighting Conservation Projects.
Dear FY19 SWATeam members, As another academic year is about to begin, we want to first thank you for all of your help moving campus toward the goals outlined in the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP). Each of the six SWATeams worked on multiple recommendations last year, and after careful evaluation by the iCAP Working Group (iWG), several recommendations are under consideration now at the appropriate campus units. Additionally, several prior SWATeam recommendations are continuing to show progress, such as the Solar Farm 2.0 project, which is likely to be approved by the Board of Trustees this fall.
Now, the iWG is gearing up for the drafting of the 2020 iCAP. Last year, we have received a lot of feedbacks from the SWATeams and the student body about the 2015 iCAP, our successes, and our areas for growth. After extensive consideration, we have reorganized the SWATeams as announced in the iSEE newsletter earlier this month. Soon we will be updating the email lists, so please do not be concerned if you are removed from a SWATeam email list and are planning to stay on the new team; all returning members will be added to the new SWATeam email lists, as they are created.
If you have any questions, please let us know and we’ll be happy to discuss this further. We thank you for your time, your enthusiasm, and your continuous efforts!
Sincerely,
Ximing Cai and Morgan White
iCAP Working Group, co-chairs
Dean Kidwell responded to the iWG transmittal:
Ximing,
Thank you for sending this information to us. We are exploring the details surrounding these recommendations and will respond after our inquiry phase has been completed.
I appreciate your efforts.
Thank you,
Kim
See iWG transmittal: ALUFS006 Increased Agroforestry - Transmitted.
See original SWATeam Recommendation ALUFS006 Increased Agroforestry.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for PWR016 Motion Sensor Lighting, the recommendation was transmitted to Dr. Mohamed Attalla, Executive Director of Facilities & Services.
See iWG Assessment of PWR016 Motion Sensor Lighting attached. The iWG asks, "Please provide the Zero Waste SWATeam with an overview of the existing occupancy sensor efforts. Please explain the direction of these efforts, reasoning, and status/progress to date."
See original SWATeam recommendation PWR016 Motion Sensor Lighting - Submittal.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for PWR015 Lightbulb Replacement, the recommendation was transmitted to Dr. Mohamed Attalla, Director of Facilities & Services.
See iWG assessment of PWR015 Lightbulb Replacement attached.
See SWATeam Recommendation PWR015 Lightbulb Replacement here.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for PWR020 F&S Waste Report Endorsement, the recommendation was transmitted to Dr. Evan Delucia, Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment.
See iWG assessment of PWR020 F&S Waste Report Endorsement attached.
See SWATeam Recommendation PWR020 F&S Waste Report Endorsement here.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for Water007 SeeClickFix, the recommendation was transmitted to Dr. Mohamed Attalla, Director of Facilities & Services.
See iWG assessment of Water007 SeeClickFix attached.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for PWR014 Sustainability Ethics Training, the recommendation was transmitted to Dr. Evan DeLucia, Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, who agreed that this is a great recommendation. Collaboration between the Zero Waste SWATeam, iSEE Communications team, and the University Ethics Office will result in training questions and videos to be included in the annual Ethics Training for staff and faculty.
See iWG assessment of PWR014 Sustainability Ethics Training attached. The iWG recommends: "Council: We would like to pilot this as an optional, five minute addendum to the annual Ethics Traning. SWATeams: Work with the ethics office and iWG to recmmend questions by the end of October 2019."
See SWATeam Recommendation PWR014 Sustainability Ethics Training here.
For future updates, see Sustainability Training Best Practices Video.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for Water006 Lot F23 Monitoring, the recommendation was returned back to the Water SWATeam so that a proposal for funding this project may be submitted to the Student Sustainability Committee.
See iWG assessment of Water006 Lot F23 Monitoring attached.
See SWATeam Recommendation Water006 Lot F23 Monitoring here.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for ALUFS006 Increased Agroforestry, the recommendation was transmitted to Dean Kimberlee Kidwell of the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences.
See iWG assessment of ALUFS006 Increased Agroforestry attached, saying, "Work with the university landscape architect, Brent Lewis, to develop a plan for adding trees along the Embarras, including costs and requirements, and supporting implementation."
See SWATeam Recommendation ALUFS006 Increased Agroforestry here.
These are the meeting minutes of the July 2, 2019 Illinois Climate Action Plan Working Group. Several SWATeam recommendations were assessed in this meeting.
These are notes from 6/7/2019 iWG meeting. They have been submitted in an informal style. Several SWATeam recommendations were assessed.
The PWR SWATeam compiled the following recommendation:
"The PWR & ECBS SWATeams kindly request the installation of Motion Sensor Lighting in all buildings. This would be done gradually so F&S does not become burdened by the switch. The main targets for motion sensor lighting in buildings would be public spaces, lobbies, hallways, stairwells, rest rooms,
discussion/collaboration spaces, classrooms, etc.
• In conjunction with ECBS, PWR would like to recommend that all campus buildings be gradually retrofitted to use motion sensor lighting wherever possible, as well as enforce the policy for new buildings and remodels to use motion sensor lighting. We suggest that the installation of motion sensors should be the
default option and to be pursued unless there is a reason not to do so.
• This switch would occur during mainly during replacement and upgrading of light switches in all buildings and or during remodeling. Such a switch needs to be implemented gradually, replacing the current switches as they stop working or become obsolete, which will lower energy usage.
• The University would procure the motion sensors through a contracted vendor like Grainger or HD Supply. Ordering in bulk, which would give Purchasing more leverage to negotiate a bulk discount."
See attached the SWATeam recommendation PWR016 Motion Sensor Lighting with comments from PWR SWATeam members.
An iCAP Working Group assessment of this recommendation began on July 2, 2019.
iCAP Working Group Meeting Notes from March, 2019.
Attached are the minutes from the iWG meeting on February 7, 2019.
These are the meeting minutes from February 7, 2019.
Dr. Mohamed Attalla, Executive Director of Facilities & Services, responded via email to iSEE Associate Director of Sustainability Ximing Cai affirming the intent of F&S to hire a full-time Zero Waste Coordinator:
"We have reviewed the PWR013 Zero Waste Coordinator SWATeam Recommendation and iCAP Working Group Assessment, and we will proceed with hiring a full-time Zero Waste Coordinator.
The key responsibilities for this position will be to “educate the campus on recycling, and to push for systemic changes to improve campus recycling” as suggested by the iWG. This position will report to Pete Varney and work closely with Morgan White. Additionally, once the position is filled, that person will serve as the F&S staff person on the Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling SWATeam."
For future updates on this project, please visit Zero Waste.
See iWG Assessment of PWR013 Zero Waste Coordinator here.
See SWATeam Recommendation PWR013 Zero Waste Coordinator here.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for PWR013 Zero Waste Coordinator, the recommendation was transmitted to Dr. Mohamed Attalla, Director of Facilities & Services.
See iWG assessment of PWR013 Zero Waste Coordinator attached.
See SWATeam Recommendation PWR013 Zero Waste Coordinator here.
Attached are the draft meeting minutes from the iWG meeting that was held on December 6th, 2018. Minutes will be finalized at the upcoming February 7th, 2019 iWG meeting.
Attached are the meeting minutes from the iWG meeting that was held on October 26th, 2018.
