FY20 College Energy EIU Documents
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Energy SWATeam Meeting Minutes from 11-17-20
Associated Project(s):On November 17th, the Energy iCAP Team met to discuss student, staff, and chair priorities for forming new recommendations. The team decided on starting to develop three different recommendations in the future:
(1) Requiring campus buildings to comply with state Energy Code Compliance;
(2) Encouraging labs on campus to save energy;
(3) Educating students in residence halls about reducing energy consumption.
Agenda, meeting minutes, and chat log are attached.
Energy iCAP Team Meeting
Associated Project(s):The Energy iCAP Team met for the first time on Oct. 2nd to discuss new ideas for addressing building-level energy usage during the pandemic and brainstormed priorities for achieving iCAP 2020 goals. Attached are the meeting minutes.
The agenda is as follows:
Update from Gopal Pareek
Associated Project(s):Gopal met with Professor Cheryl L. Cole about her work with the Green Sports Alliance. She is also a teacher in RST. He also is working on getting meetings with the SWATeams, to consider how DIA can help with the iCAP objectives.
Today, Gopal and Morgan White reviewed the data from the Energy Billing System for each of the DIA facilities, and discussed next steps for finalizing the energy and water reports, and coordinating them into the Building-Level Energy Report Card format.
Meetings with Building Experts
Associated Project(s):With the finalized format of the energy report card and the compiled major events documented in Facilities and Services’ records, Ms. Morgan Johnston, Ms. Barnes, and I scheduled meetings with facilities staff who have the most knowledge about how each building works. This week, we talked to Ms. Mylinda Granger, Ms.
Report Card Layout Finalized
Associated Project(s):During this week’s meeting, Ms. Johnston, Ms. Barnes, and I finalized the layout of the energy report card. The front of the card consists of 3 graphs -- annual energy consumption from 2008 to 2017, monthly energy consumption of the most recent fiscal year 2017, and annual potable water consumption from 2008 and 2017.
Discussion with Mr. Damon McFall regarding specifics during RCx 2008 in NCEL
Associated Project(s):A meeting was held with Mr. Damon McFall, director of Facilities and Operations, for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He was involved in all operations during retrocommissioning (RCx) in Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL) in 2008.
Building History Records
Associated Project(s):To get the noticeable events (such as remodeling and retrocommissioning) that happened in each building, Ms. Morgan Johnston, Ms. Anna Barnes, and I are reviewing the detailed records that F&S has for all projects on campus.
Meeting with F&S Contacts
Associated Project(s):This week, Ms. Morgan Johnston, Ms. Anna Barnes, and I met with F&S contacts Mr. David Boehm (from building maintenance team), Mr. Robert Halverson (from engineering design team), and Mr. Karl Helmink (from retrocommissioning team).
Data Acquisition for Lincoln Hall
Associated Project(s):Last week, I gathered data for energy consumption in Lincoln Hall from the Energy Billing System (EBS). The total consumption was broken into three components -- electricity, chilled water, and steam. Excel spreadsheets and two graphs were created.
New Member on the Project Team!
Associated Project(s):My name is Chen Zhang, a rising senior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering. As a new member of the project, I am excited to join the team and make contributions! This past week, I obtained access to the Energy Billing System (EBS) and created my account at the iCAP Portal. I learned how to navigate both systems and find useful information for the project.
ECBS SWATeam meeting minutes
Associated Project(s):On the agenda at the ECBS SWATeam meeting:
1) Status of our recommendations to iWG;
2) Review of Illini Lights Out over the past year;
3) Any final thoughts, recommendations for Eco-Olympics;
4) Progress on building energy standards;
5) Updates on the revolving loan fund (RLF) projects;
6) Turning off computers. Change in policy, at least at F&S. Implications for Certified Green Office Program?
7) Building level energy consumption report summary;
8) Good-byes and thanks to departing members.
Building level energy consumption report
Associated Project(s):The report is about behavior change messaging, which lets the occupants of each building see their consumption changes over time and it will motivate them to conserve energy. The goal of the report is to display “past-current-new” patterns of energy conservation change. The result will be a paper with recommendations how to motivate people to be more sustainable.
Plans for wrapping up student project
Associated Project(s):Diliya Murtazina and Morgan Johnston reviewed the work tasks completed this year, and identified files to finalize for the end of this project. Diliya will formalize the behavior change strategies document, collect all the example images, and provide documentation on the creation of the building level energy charts with examples.
ECBS SWATeam meeting minutes
Associated Project(s):On the agenda at the ECBS SWATeam meeting:
1) Comments needed on Illini Lights Out (ILO) recommendation;
2) Illini Lights Out final planning for 10th of March;
3) Building level energy consumption report;
4) Participation in Earth Hour and Earth week activities on campus;
5) Updates on the Green Labs Coordinator;
6) Planning for a campus walk focused on space utilization.
Building Level Energy Consumption Report
Associated Project(s):1) We used total energy use by year in MMBTU (FY08-FY2016) and created a bar chart. Then we converted the MMBTU to BTU, and divided the number by GSF to get the energy use intensity (EUI). We used both bar charts and added them to the presentation for the Lincoln Hall.
2) We made a research to find out what Notable Energy Events occured in the Lincoln Hall: