Colleagues,
Please see the attached correspondence sent on behalf of Chancellor Robert J. Jones regarding the FY22 Sustainability Council.
Kindest regards,
Wendy
Wendy M. Bertram
Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
The Energy004 recommendation was discussed at the spring 2021 Sustainability Sub-Council meeting and was then sent to UES to address. Rob Roman, F&S Director of Energy and Utility Services, sent the following response:
“UES has had the opportunity to have discussions with the College of ACES and the Provost office regarding a large ESCO project being performed at the ACES facilities. This project has received a priority status for the Energy Performance Contracting group, who will begin working with the College on scope development of the project. The Provost Budget Office remains supportive of the ESCO initiatives.”
See iWG assessment and transmittal of Energy004 - Energy Conservation Funding here.
See iCAP Team submittal and recommendation of Energy004 - Energy Conservation Funding here.
For additional progress on this effort, see Energy Performance Contracting / ESCO.
Interim Director for iSEE, Madhu Khanna, released the formal charge letter for the FY22 Sustainability Sub-Council. In this document, Khanna outlines the members' official campus sustainability duties for the academic year.
See the attached file to read the formal FY22 Sustainability Sub-Council Charge Letter!
Attached are the meeting minutes from 9-22-21. The agenda focused on iWG iCAP 2020 priorities, Council/Sub-council updates, ZW004 and LW002 next steps, an overview of campus sustainability month, and updates from the student groups.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for Energy004 Energy Conservation Funding, the recommendation was transmitted to the Sustainability Council. The recommendation was discussed on 4/28/21.
See iWG assessment of Energy004 Energy Conservation Funding attached.
See SWATeam Recommendation Energy004 Energy Conservation Funding here.
The Sustainability Council met on April 28, 2021 and discussed the following:
See PowerPoint attached.
The iWG met on 3-30-21. The discussion focused on the following: summarizing the Sustainability Sub-Council meeting, the Engagement001 recommendation, the upcoming Sustainability Council meeting, Earth Month updates, and student group updates. The meeting minutes are attached.
The first Sustainability Sub-Council meeting occurred on 3-18-21 and discussed the iCAP process and procedures, Solar Farm 3.0, Energy Performance Contracts, and Land Management Practices. The meeting minutes and presentation are attached. The meeting recording is found here.
The Daily Illini published an article about the impacts of covid-19 on the campus sustainability efforts. One key message is that, even with some delays associated with the pandemic, we are still determined to move forward. The conclusion of the article says:
Mohamed Attalla, executive director of Facilities and Services, said there are lots of initiatives to reach carbon neutrality in terms of energy and hopes to reach 400,000 metric tons of CO2 this year.
Attalla said the addition of a third solar farm, advances in geothermal energy and research in carbon capture contribute to achieving carbon neutrality and that long-term, COVID-19 should not be a problem.
“Maybe we’re behind a little in implementing some projects, but we’ll be able to catch up,” he said. “I don’t think there will be a long-term impact on the iCAP implementation.”
White also said she doesn’t anticipate any long-term problems with achieving the iCAP goals and believes it’s important for the University to lead by example when it comes to sustainability.
“I really believe that accomplishing the iCAP goals is something we can do, we need to do and we will do,” she said.
“Climate change isn’t waiting for us,” Edwards said. “(The University is) the laboratory for science, for humanities, for arts … all those kinds of things show what is possible of humanity.”
“If we’re going to call ourselves leaders, then we need to lead,” he said.
https://dailyillini.com/covid-10/2020/12/08/covid-19-pandemic-impacts-un...
The Sustainability Council met November 17, 2020 on Zoom. The presentation from the meeting is attached.
This presentation includes a review of the draft iCAP 2020 objectives.
Agenda includes: iCAP 2020 timeline, Clean Energy planning, and Zero Waste planning
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.
Attached are the meeting minutes from the iWG meeting that was held on April 9th, 2018.
see file
Chancellor Jones approved moving forward with soliciting proposals for Solar Farm 2.0, at the Sustainability Council meeting yesterday. F&S will now start working on an RFP process to consider building another 50 acres of solar PVs on south farms.
The SWATeam recommendation, eGen007 Solar Farm 2.0, was transmitted to the Sustainability Council and was presented during their meeting on December 7, 2017.
For future updates, please refer to Solar Farm 2.0.
See iWG assessment of EGen007 Solar Farm 2.0 here.
