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OVCRI newsletter highlights transformative learning experiences
Associated Project(s):Sol Systems Blog about SEE Fellows student project
Associated Project(s):Sol Systems published a blog today sharing information about the collaborations with the UIUC Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Fellows program, the campus-wide minor in sustainability.
F&S Executive Director Dr. Mohamed Attalla talks Solar Farm 2.0 on The Solar Podcast
Associated Project(s):Dr. Mohamed Attalla, the Executive Director of Facilities and Services, recently spoke on the Solar Podcast about the progress made at the University of Illinois in regards to green energy with the addition of Solar Farm 2.0. Dr. Mohamed Attalla was alongside Pedro De La Barra, the Project Manager for Sol Systems, as they discussed the working relationship between the University and those at Sol Systems. Solar Farm 2.0 is expected to be producing solar energy in early 2021.
Please see the link below to listen to this podcast!
ENVS301 Sustainability final report
Associated Project(s):See attached the report "Influence of LEED on Water Consumption & Cost: Business Instructional Facility vs. Undergraduate Library" as submitted by Lucia Dunderman, Dustin Frye and Olivia Yu for their project in ENVS301.
End of semester update - Enrollment by major
Associated Project(s):On April 3, 2018, Evan Delucia thanked the Steering Committee for the Sustainability Minor for their guidance and support. He gave them the end of semester update and shared the demographics for the Sustainability minor (see the attached pie chart).
As shown in the graph, currently there are 85 students enrolled in the program. The first cohort finished their capstone research projects this past semester.
Final project reports for Fall 2017
Associated Project(s):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:
- Energy Dashboards for Accenture
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Johnson Controls
- Food Hub Study for The Land Connection
- Sensors and Green Buildings for CERL
- Biomass Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) for Chip Energy
There were four other projects completed by CEE students:
Applications open for Sustainability Minor
Associated Project(s):Final Report by Logan Ebling
Associated Project(s):Logan’s final paper. Pretty fun.
Highlights:
archived info - previous project intro
Associated Project(s):A key piece of the Institute’s mission is to prepare the next generation of leaders in sustainability. To that end, its first education initiative is the development of a campuswide undergraduate minor in sustainability.
Minor approved by Faculty Senate
Associated Project(s):This program was approved by the Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus at its Sept. 21, 2015, meeting, and enrolled its first cohort of students in late fall 2015.
Education Roundtable
Associated Project(s):From: Lage, Stephanie M
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 2:50 PM
To: Bender, Karen L; Vanhoy, Roger; Fruehling, Amy; Goodlad, Lauren M E; Hodson, Piper; Chakraborty, Arnab; Johnston, Morgan B; Ben McCall
Cc: Kokini, Jenny; Rosenbery, Amy Nichole; Mancuso, Anthony D; Khanna, Madhu
Subject: Roundtable October 7Good afternoon,
We are finalizing some details for the Roundtable Discussion on Tuesday, October 7, 2014.