Hi Kathy,
Morgan is the ASSOC DIR SUSTAINABILITY, F&S • Facilities and Services and the interim Director of Capital Programs and is on the Green Research Committee for creating the green labs program on campus.
September 20, 2023 Green Research Committee Meeting 4
Stephanie Hess, Jeremy Neighbors, and Paul Foote collated document outlining the green research committee’s brainstorming efforts
June 6, 2023 Green Research Committee Meeting 3
May 2, 2023 Green Research Committee Meeting 2
April 5, 2023 Green Research Committee (Kick Off) Meeting 1
Attached is a draft charge letter for the green labs committee, as well as the meeting notes from 6-20-22.
Stephanie Hess, Paul Foote, Susan Martinis, Melanie Loots, Jennifer Fraterrigo, Morgan White, Madhu Khanna, Jan Novakofsi, Meredith Moore met and discussed current status and next steps of implementing a Green Lab program. The meeting minutes are attached.
The following files were presented at a webinar on sustainable labs programs from Big Ten and Friends on February 24th, 2022.
From: Becky Chambers Hennessy <hennessy.becky@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 5:07 PM
Following the completion of iWG assessment for Energy006 Integrate iCAP Goals into Research/Learning Labs, the recommendation was transmitted and discussed at the Sustainability Council meeting on November 29, 2021.
See iWG assessment of Energy006 Integrate iCAP Goals into Research/Learning Labs attached.
See submittal of Energy006 Integrate iCAP Goals into Research/Learning Labs here.
The Sustainability Council met on 11-29-21. The presentation is attached and the agenda was as follows:
The SSC approved a scope change for the Green Labs Intern project to allow the funding to be used for the larger Greener Campus program, and to revise the schedule to have an expiration date of June 30, 2023. The project contact is Meredith Moore at iSEE.
The Energy iCAP Team met on April 14th, 2021 with Brian Bundren, a member of the Illinois Space Advisory Committee, about to learn more about how campus space can be managed more efficiently as a way to reduce energy consumption. The University moving from hybrid learning to more in-person instruction and the new IVCB budget model that assigns bills individual colleges for their energy use will have significant impacts on space usage. The team also discussed our recommendation for Green Labs, or ways to integrate sustainability in research labs and reduce their energy consumption.
The Energy iCAP Team met on March 10th, 2021 to discuss next steps on a recommendation for a Comprehensive Energy Master Plan after F&S has published their Energy Management Plan that aims for a 50% reduction in energy utilization by 2026. The team also discussed recommendations for a Green Labs Program and ways to manage space usage on campus. Given how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed in-person activites and created a hybrid workforce, the team believes it will be important to study underused spaces on campus to reduce building-level energy use.
See this article in Lab Manager, the author works with My Green Labs and lightly covers every aspect of what sustainable labs actions are and how they help.
iCAP Working Group Meeting Notes from March, 2019.
The Student Sustainability Committee allocated $11,000 to the Green Labs program to hire student interns.
This proposal directly funds:
Attached are the meeting minutes from the iWG meeting that was held on April 9th, 2018.
