The Zero Waste team met on October 3rd at 1:30 pm. Attached are the meeting minutes.

Morgan White reviewed the F&S and SSC records, and completed this final project report for the FLB greenroof.

The iCAP Education Team met on Friday, October 3rd from 12-1 pm via Teams. This was the first team meeting of the semester, so we began with introductions of each of the members on the team. Then we reviewed the iCAP charges for the upcoming year as well as the new iCAP pathways. The meeting minutes are attached. 

The iCAP Engagement Team met on Thursday, October 2nd, from 4pm-5pm via Microsoft Teams. First, the team reviewed and refined this year's priorities, then moved into a discussion on ways to share these initiatives with the campus community in a digestible way.

The meeting minutes are attached.

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the September 2025 Buyer's Share amounts by the hour, totaling 732.8 Megawatt hours.

The September 2025 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

Zipcar is launching a nationwide competition to let student groups compete to earn funding for scholarships, operations, and driving credit. Zipcar is looking for groups to share how they are driving societal change on campus and in their community through their mission. The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 17th.

The original event post can be found here.

Email from Jacob Benjamin:

All,

Last week was the conclusion of the bike retrieval period for abandoned bikes.  We got three claims in the 11th hour, which was good. I’ll begin organizing the leftovers this week, with help from my staff. We are critically low on some used parts, so this is fortuitous timing.

Elsewhere, I have two new staffers starting this week—just in time for October!

The numbers:

Visitors: 94
Sales: $1,319.25
Bikes (refurb): 1 for $100
Memberships: 24 for $720
Tires/tubes: 28 for $153

Thanks!

The land and water team met for the first time of the academic year on Friday, September 26, 2025, from 2-3 PM on Teams with their new chair, Bridgette Moen. The team discussed when the upcoming iCAP 2025 will be released. The team also discussed project updates from the summer and refreshed the team objectives, goals, and current projects. The minutes and notes from the meeting are included here. 

The iCAP Transportation Team met on Tuesday, September 23rd, from 2:00-3:00pm to go over goals for the year. We are planning to submit two recommendations within the next month, one for EV charging for micromobility devices on campus and one regarding a change for ChromeRiver, the emission reporter for travel. 

At this Friday's Illini Lights Out event, 2011 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $305.96 in energy costs. This also prevented 2.93 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 330 gallons of gasoline being consumed. That's a great impact! 

From Aaron Madrid:

Afternoon all,
Thank you for your time today. I just wanted to recap a few action items and next steps from our call. 
1. Aaron will reach out to the parent who emailed in and offer to have a conversation and see if we can find some additional solutions for their student.

2. Aaron will coordinate meeting between geofence team, operations team, and Sarthak to discuss parking locations outside of bike racks in the coming week(s)
3. Gameday Geofence Activation
    a. Geofence will activate as a "No Parking Zone" 4 hours ahead of kick-off.
    b. Geofence will transition to a "No Ride Zone" 2 hours ahead of kick-off.
    c. Geofence will deactivate 90 minutes after the conclusion of the game.

I think this will position us to ensure we're maximizing the access for the community to gameday activities while reducing the number of errant vehicles.

Let me know if there are any questions or concerns regarding the items we discussed on our call today.

The metric "Total Campus GHG Emissions" has been updated according to SIMAP. The factors which calculate emissions are frequently refined and updated on SIMAP. Revisions are indicated on each tracking point within the metric. 

Light the Night 2025 was a success, students and community members alike biked to various stations on campus to receive free bike lights.

Bike Lights Remaining:

Email from Jacob Benjamin:

Last Wednesday was Bike To Work Day! It was a success. Had good weather and good turn outs at the stations I visited.

Light The Night is tomorrow evening. Should be good weather—if warm—for that, too!

We are busy but it’s not mayhem anymore—that’s a plus!

We are low on used tires, as is common this time of year. I’ll roll over to the Urbana shop to see if they have any to spare.

The numbers:

Sales: $1,735.35
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50

Memberships: 38 for $1140
Tires/tubes: 31 for $286

• Alma Mater Plaza
• Campus Bike Center
• Campus Recreation Center East
• College of Veterinary Medicine – Lot F27
• Disability Resources and Educational Services
• I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center – Intersection of First Street and St. Mary's Road
• Orchard Downs
• Siebel Center for Computer Science – Intersection of Main Street and Mathews Avenue

Lawn signs have been placed to advertise Bike to Work Day and Light the Night.

Alma Mater attendees: Bike to Work Day is TOMORROW MORNING!

C-U Bike to Work Day is tomorrow – Wednesday, September 10!  This is a reminder that you pre-registered to stop at the Alma Mater welcome station (southeast corner of Green & Wright Streets), which will be open from 7-10 AM.  Sarthak Prasad is your station manager.

Tell a friend that they can still register for Bike to Work Day today at cuBikeMonth.org or tomorrow on-site – 16 welcome stations will be open across Champaign County!

The weather looks great – dry, and temperatures between 60-75F.  Tag any photos with us on Facebook at “C-U Bike Month.”  Enjoy the ride!