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Projects Updates for Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

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  1. Carbon Credit Funding Approval for Energy Piles at Hydro-Systems Lab

    Associated Project(s): 
    Hydro-Systems Lab Energy Foundations
    Utilize Carbon Credits
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    $230,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund was approved for Energy Piles at Hydro-Systems Lab by Evan DeLucia and Mohamed Attalla

     

    Purpose of Project:

    "This project will install 8 energy piles in the foundation of the Hydro-Systems Lab on campus, and provide new research capabilities and a geothermal exchange system for reduction of energy demand from that building." -Morgan White (2/6/19)

     

    An email of the approval is linked below.

  2. Funding Approval for Geothermal Characterization/Monitoring Station

    Associated Project(s): 
    Geothermal Monitoring Well on Bardeen Quad
    Utilize Carbon Credits
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    Evan De Lucia and Mohamed Attalla approved $65,610 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for a Geothermal Characterization/Monitoring Station at John Bardeen Quad.

     

    An email of approval is attached below.

    The project proposal is attached below.

  3. Funding Approval for MSTE to update the iCAP portal website

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal
    Utilize Carbon Credits
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    Evan De Lucia and Mohamad Attalla approved $15,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for MSTE (Office of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education) to make improvements and new coding designs to the iCAP Portal.

     

    An email of approval is attached below.

  4. Funding Approval for Green Restaurant

    Associated Project(s): 
    Green Restaurant Certification
    Utilize Carbon Credits
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    Mohamed Attalla and Evan De Lucia approved $32,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for the Green Restaurant Certification Pilot.

    "The requested funds will fully cover a five-year pilot of Green Restaurant Certification for all campus dining facilities and University Catering." -Micah Kenfield (11/8/2018)

     

    An email of approval and the benefits the project will provide is attached below.

     

  5. Sale of Carbon Credits to Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

    Associated Project(s): 
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    1,075 Carbon Credits (CCs) were sold to BEF @ $6.25/CC.

    This sale resulted in $6,718.75 being added to the Carbon Credit Sales Fund.

     

    An email explaining the sale is attached below.

    An email with transaction information is attached below.

  7. Payment for sale of vintage 2016 Carbon Credits (CCs) to BP Target Neutral (BPTN)

    Associated Project(s): 
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    Second Nature transferred $236,175.00 to UIUC's Carbon Credit Sales Fund for the sale of 37,778 vintage CCs to BPTN @ $6.25/CC.

     

    An email containing the transaction information is attached below.

  9. Carbon Credit funding declined for Virtual Storeroom offsets purchase

    Associated Project(s): 
    Virtual Storeroom for Carbon Offsets
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    Helen Coleman declined the purchase of 10,000 $7.14 offsets for the virtual storeroom.

    "I do not understand why we should buy $7.14 offsets instead of more $0.40 offsets, especially when we sold our original carbon credits for $6.75." -Helen Coleman (12/05/2017)

     

    An email with more information is attached below.

     

  10. Confirmation of payment and Transfer from Carbon Credit Fund to different CFOP

    Associated Project(s): 
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    1. Confirmation of receiving $123,727.50 on 06-27-2017 for a partial sale of the 2016 carbon credits

    2.  "We bought more than originally was planned, so the actual cost was $48,532 rather than $41,200. The $48,532 was paid out of our CFOP#: 1-100018-508000-508001 on July 21, 2017 Document #: I6801799" - Eugenie Kokini (11-13-2017)

     

    An email with more information is attached below.
     

  13. Carbon Credit funding approved for Virtual Storeroom

    Associated Project(s): 
    Virtual Storeroom for Carbon Offsets
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature
    Utilize Carbon Credits
    Reduce Emissions from Business Travel

    The estimated cost of $2-3/Carbon Credit has been approved by Director of iSEE Evan DeLucia and Interim Executive Director of F&S Helen Coleman for buying 10,000 additional carbon offsets, when purchasing the 103,000 replacement offsets from the carbon credits sold from 2015.  The additional carbon offsets will be used as the initial inventory for a new Virtual Storeroom for carbon offsets being developed by iSEE for on campus users.

    An email of approval is attached below.

  14. RFP update for buying offsets

    Associated Project(s): 
    Virtual Storeroom for Carbon Offsets
    Utilize Carbon Credits
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    The State Purchasing Officer recommends a single quantity for the Request for Proposals for buying Carbon Offsets.  F&S and iSEE are considering the use of Carbon Credit (CCs) sales funding for the start-up inventory of 10,000 CCs for the Virtual Storeroom for Offsets.

  15. Status update for purchasing offsets

    Associated Project(s): 
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature
    Virtual Storeroom for Carbon Offsets
    Utilize Carbon Credits

    iSEE is working with the Purchasing Division to publish a Request for Proposals (RFP) to purchase carbon offsets.  These will include replacement offsets for the 2015 Carbon Credits (CCs) sold, and an option to purchase an additional 10,000 CCs to start an internal virtual storeroom for voluntary departmental offsets.

  16. Approval for increase in the Purchase Order (PO) w/ BPTN to pay Second Nature

    Associated Project(s): 
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    Helen Coleman and Evan De Lucia approved an increase in the PO to $55,799 to pay Second Nature in exchange for their services with the transaction of Carbon Credits with BPTN.

     

    An email of approval is attached below.

  17. Approval for Chevy funds to go toward Second Nature Purchase Order

    Associated Project(s): 
    Carbon Credit Purchasing Program (C2P2) with Second Nature

    Morgan Johnston and Brett Pasinella emailed about the Retirement Language for BPTN RFP, and F&S confirm approval for the Chevy funds to go toward the Second Nature Purchase Order.

     

    An email with more information is attached below. 

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