iSEE Quarterly update for Winter 2022
Greetings, Colleagues,
Greetings, Colleagues,
On Oct 20, 2021 Christopher Tessum reached out to Morgan White to discuss two projects he and a collaborator were working on.
The follow is a segment of that email:
A collaborator and I are thinking about submitting two proposals to the ISEE campus as a living laboratory program, and when I discussed them with Jeremy Guest he mentioned that it could be good to reach out to you first to see if one or both of them would be something that F&S would be okay with being implemented.
Chris Tessum, assistant professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering reached to Morgan White to discuss the submission of two proposals to the iSEE campus as a living laboratory program. The first project concerns developing a new method to estimate traffic related air pollution exposure using deep learning based on traffic camera footage. The second project involves using passive samplers to collect ammonia air pollution measurements.
Mei Tessum reached out to Morgan White to ask for approval to put ammonia air pollution sensors around campus. Morgan redirected Mei to the Architectural Review Committee who is responsible for requests regarding temporary and permanent installations on campus.
A picture of the ammonia air pollution measurement instrument is attached:
The University of Illinois (UIUC) is interested in achieving its Climate Action Plan’s transportation sustainability goals by “reducing single-occupancy vehicle usage” and “promoting the use of electric vehicles” on campus. This survey is designed to evaluate the commuting needs of UIUC faculty and staff, so as to inform future actions on two fronts: (i) feasibility of developing a faculty/staff carpool service, and (ii) expanding electrified vehicle charging infrastructure on campus.
From: Guest, Jeremy S <jsguest at illinois.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2021 8:07 AM
To: Verma, Vishal <vverma at illinois.edu>; Cusick, Roland <rcusick at illinois.edu>; Geiger, Sarah Dee <smurphy7 at illinois.edu>
Attached are the meeting minutes from the iWG meeting that was held on April 9th, 2018.
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) shared iSEE’s Seed Funding program in the newsletter this week.
Here is a link to a news release by iSEE - iSEE Launches Seed Funding Program for ‘Campus as a Living Lab’ Projects
http://sustainability.illinois.edu/seed-funding-program-highlights-campu...