On February 22, 2008, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign signed the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). This action committed the campus to carbon neutrality by the year 2050 (see the University's official commitment pledge here). This Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) describes a path toward the fulfillment of this commitment.
iCAP Working Group Thursday, October 30, 2014 358 NSRC, 1:30 - 3:00 pm
It is time to evaluate — and update — the Illinois Climate Action Plan, our campus sustainability roadmap. The campus and local community is invited to join iSEE on Sustainability Day, Oct. 22, for an iCAP Forum from 1 to 4 p.m. in Illini Union Room 314B. You'll get updates on progress toward 2010 goals and hear about and discuss proposed revisions for the 2015 version. RSVP: http://bit.ly/1BIPn4K
iSEE leaders provided an introduction to the SSLC
Six Objectives: Facilitate communication, facilitate collaboration, provide a forum for student leaders to voice their opinions to iSEE and thereby to the campus administration, help identify students who can serve on iSEE working groups or advisory groups, help identify potential interns, encourage more awareness about sustainability among student body
Unofficial objective: Create political will/pressure to implement sustainability initiatives
This file was created by the Energy Generation Purchasing and Distribution SWATeam.
This report was developed by Morgan White and Stephanie Lage, from F&S and iSEE, respectively.
This draft report was prepared by Associate Director for Campus Sustainabilty Ben McCall at iSEE, and comments were provided by Morgan White from F&S.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was submitted (and later recognized) in the continuous improvement category for the Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award in 2013. It is clear that this campus is serious about meeting our commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050. This was emphasized this year, when “Energy, Environment, and Sustainability” was identified as a top priority for the Urbana-Champaign campus. Through the many iCAP projects completed and in progress, the campus is becoming a better steward of our financial, human, and natural resources. Our goal is to be the m
Morgan created a simple FileMaker Pro database for tracking progress towards the 2010 iCAP commitments. The attached file is a pdf of the info in the original system. This was a precursor to the iCAP Portal.
Morgan worked with Jack Dempsey, the Executive Director of F&S, to identify people who would be responsible for each 2010 iCAP commitment. See attached file.
This is the excel file to do list Morgan put together for the 2010 iCAP with input from Tom Abram, Suhail Barot, and Jack Dempsey.
In May 2010, iCAP was completed with the following goals (for the wind project):
The attached word doc is a semi-final draft of the first Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) for our university. This file includes comments from Jack Dempsey, Brian Deal, Stephanie Lage, Tom Abram, Suhail Barot, Terry Ruprecht, and notes from Jack Dempsey entered by Judy Harris.
The attached file shows questions and answers about the energy on campus.
