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  1. Sustainability Council Meeting 12/03/2025

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council

    The Sustainability Council met on Dec 3, 2025. The primary agenda items included: 

     

    1. Overview of campus sustainability efforts

    a. Process

    b. Campus ecosystem fo partners

    c. Progress to date

    2. Illinois Climate Action Plan 2026

    a. Overview of goals

    3. Perspectives on sustainability from Gies, Grainger, ACES, DIA

    4. Deferred maintenance burden 

    5. Campus sustainability challenges and opportunities

     

     

    The slide deck is attached.

    Attached Files: 

  3. Sustainability Council Meeting 04/30/2025

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council
    Energy Performance Contracting / ESCO
    Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) Climate Action Plan

    The Sustainability Council met on April 30, 2025. The primary agenda items included: 

    • iCAP 2025: Objectives for DIA
    • iCAP 2025: Updating energy targets
    • Student perspectives
    • Energy Performance Contract for ACES

    The slide deck and meeting minutes are attached.

    Attached Files: 

  5. Sustainability Council Meeting 11/05/2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council

    The Sustainability Council met on Nov 5, 2024. The primary agenda items included: 

    iCAP 2025 development process

    • a)    Timeline
    • b)    Progress on iCAP 2020 goals
    • c)    Challenges and opportunities going forward 
      • i.    Trends in energy efficiency and space
      • ii.    Funding opportunities
      • iii.    Dealing with the question of divestment

     

    The slide deck and minutes are attached.

    Attached Files: 

  7. Sustainability Council Meeting 04/26/2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council
    iCAP 2020: Illinois Climate Action Plan
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)

    The Sustainability Council met on April 26, 2024. The primary agenda items included: 

    • Updates
      • Green Research Program
      • Solar Farm 3
      • Plastic Waste Reduction in Housing and Athletics
    • Student Group Activities
    • Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP)
      • Progress & Challenges

    The slide deck is attached.

    Attached Files: 

  9. Sustainability Sub-Council Meeting 11/27/2023

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council
    iCAP 2020: Illinois Climate Action Plan
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)

    The Sustainability Sub-Council met on November 27, 2023 in preparation of the Sustainability Council meeting. The primary agenda items included: 

    • Sustainability General Education Requirement
    • Green Research Program
    • Plastic Waste Reduction
    • Carbon Credits

    The slide deck and meeting minutes are attached.

    Attached Files: 

  11. Sustainability Council Meeting 5-10-23

    Posted by ewgreen on May 25, 2023

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council

    The Sustainability Council met on 5-10-23 and discussed the following agenda:

    • Zero Waste
    • Energy Planning
    • Green Research Committee
    • White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions
    • Student Updates
    • Old Business
      - Sustainability General Education Requirement

    The meeting minutes and slide deck are attached. 

    Attached Files: 

  13. Sustainability Council Meeting 12-13-22

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council
    Achieve Zero Waste
    Clean Energy Plan
    Sustainability Gen-Ed Requirement
    Sustainable Land Management Committee

    The Sustainability Council met on 12-13-22 and discussed the following agenda:

    • Zero Waste
    • Energy Planning
    • Strategic Plan
    • Old Business
      - Sustainability General Education Requirement
      - Sustainable Land Management Committee Report

    The meeting minutes and slide deck are attached. 

    Attached Files: 

  14. Sustainability Sub-Council Meeting Minutes 11-17-22

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council
    Include iCAP in Strategic Plan
    Clean Energy Plan

    The Sustainability Sub-Council met on Thursday, November 17 and discussed the following agenda. 

    1) Zero waste
    2) Energy planning
    3) Campus Strategic Plan
    4) Old business
    a. Sustainability General Education requirement
    b. Sustainable land management committee report

    The meeting minutes and PowerPoint presentation are attached. 

    Attached Files: 

  15. Sustainability Council revision to energy slides

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council

    Below is an email exchange between Morgan White and Karl Helmink:

    Hi folks,

     

    I’ve revised the energy slides for the sub-council meeting next week, per discussion with Jen and Madhu (and a quick check in with Rob).  Please see attached and let me know if the energy slides look good to you.

     

    Thanks,

    Morgan

    ---------------------------------

    Morgan,

     

    Looks good.  I’d suggest that we need to get more proactive about campus space items.  We need to know where we have underutilized space like on the South end of Freer, Plant Sciences building, NRSA Annex greenhouse, ..etc. This probably exists more so on the South end of campus.  It would be nice for departments to let us know where fume hoods are no longer needed when faculty retire ..etc.   Departments tend to hang onto to space, generally speaking,  for just in case future events or faculty hires.   What about the new budget model??   This probably needs to be discussed more.  

     

     

    Thanks,

     

    Karl

  16. Suggestion for Reducing Plastic Waste

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council

    From: Fraterrigo, Jennifer M <jmf at illinois.edu>
    Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022 5:27 PM
    To: Brown Young, Danita M <dbyoung at illinois.edu>
    Cc: Moore, Meredith Kaye <mkm0078 at illinois.edu>; White, Morgan <mbwhite at illinois.edu>
    Subject: swag for new students

     

    Dear Vice Chancellor Young,

     

    I am writing to follow up about reducing plastic waste and how we might accomplish that through the swag new students receive when they arrive on campus. At the Sustainability Council meeting last week, you mentioned that students are given water bottles, reusable straws and utensils, which is great! We wanted to explore with you the possibility of giving students a coupon that could be redeemed for a water bottle of their choosing instead of giving them a standard water bottle. The reason is that we think students might value a bottle more if they select it rather than if they are given a standard bottle.

     

    Thanks for considering it and looking forward to hearing from you.

     

    Sincerely,

    Jennifer

    ____

     

    Jennifer Fraterrigo (she/her)

    iSEE Associate Director for Campus Sustainability and
    Professor of Landscape and Ecosystem Ecology
    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

    University of Illinois

    W-423 Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave.

    Urbana, IL 61801

    jmf at illinois.edu
    ph 217-333-9428

    https://fraterrigolab.nres.illinois.edu/

  17. Sustainability Council Meeting 5-12-22

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council

    The Sustainability Council met on 5-12-22 and discussed the following agenda. The meeting slides and minutes are attached.

    Agenda:

    •Introductions

    •Sustainable Land Management Plan

    •Waste Reduction Strategies

    •Updates

    • Campus Landscape Master Plan
    • Sustainability in Gen Ed requirements
    • STARS Shifting to Platinum
    • Student Groups

    •Old business

    Attached Files: 

  18. Sustainability Sub-Council Meeting Minutes 3-30-22

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council
    Sustainable Land Management Committee
    Achieve Zero Waste
    Campus Landscape Master Plan (CLMP)
    Broaden Sustainability Education
    "Don't Waste" with Coca-Cola
    Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS)

    The Sustainability Sub-Council met on 3-30-22 in preparation of the Sustainability Council meeting. The agenda was as follows: 

    • Introductions
    • Sustainable Land Management (for South Farms)
    • Waste Reduction Strategies
    • Updates – Campus Landscape Master Plan, Sustainability Gen Ed requirement
    • STARS report

    The meeting minutes and PowerPoint presentation are attached. 

    Attached Files: 

  19. iWG Meeting Minutes 3-29-22

    Associated Project(s): 
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)
    Energy iCAP Team
    Zero Waste iCAP Team
    Sustainability Council

    The iWG met on 3-29-22 and discussed the following agenda. The meeting minutes are attached. 

    1. Review from last meeting
      1. Energy008 – will be returned pending completion of planning doc
      2. Energy009 – update from Qu?
    2. New recommendations
      1. ZW005 Water Bottle Survey
      2. ZW006 Water Filter System Tracking
    3. Overview of Sub-Council Agenda
    4. Round the table - updates
    Attached Files: 

  20. Pouring Operations Clarification

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Council

    Jennifer Fraterrigo reached out to Alexa Smith and Aaron Finder asking to have "pouring operations" defined in preparation for her presentation about plastics at the Sustainability Sub-council. Aaron Finder replied explaining that "pouring operations encompass everything outside of the campus vending machine program. This includes but is not limited to Athletics, Housing's dining, catering, and retail locations, Illini Union''s retail locations, and the conference center at the i-Hotel. 

     

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