Attached are the meeting minutes from the Zero Waste meeting on 8 October 2019. Once again, iCAP 2020 objectives were discussed; specifically, sustainable procurement (discussion led by Aaron Finder) took up the bulk of the meeting, with reuse of surplus goods taking up the last part.
All, Much like the weather, we’ve been starting off cold and slow most days and heating up by the end. We’ve been weaving in and out of our FVF policy as I’ve felt bad turning people away when the shop is empty. But then, of course, in a blink of an eye we’re All Stands Full and members are waiting for stand time, which seems unfair.
We had Light The Night on Thursday and that was a success from what I saw of it. Two CBC staffers helped out with the event in my absence as the shop was too busy for me to be able to get away for the whole event.
We also had our Fix-a-Flat class on Friday. We had one participant. He was eager, engaged and said he’d be back for the next class, which was great.
This week we have our Bike Maintenance 101 class on Friday and I’ll be doing a training with a new hire.
The numbers:
Visitors: 80
Sales: $2,108
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $640
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $400
Tires/tubes: 15 for $59
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Manager, Campus Bike Center
Hi Pete and Shawn--
This past week, I replied to Savannah Feher of ISTC's questions on the recycling FAQ that she is developing. I also consulted with Morgan White on possible campus contacts for additional information to provide to Savannah.
Best regards,
Marya Ryan
These are the minutes of the first meeting of the Education SWATeam, on September 26, 2019.
Tristan Pisarczyk connected Sarthak Prasad with Jenna Fesemyer, the Resident Director, at Newman Hall. Jenna said that she does not believe that this is a service that their residents need. She said that this program would serve better towards the beginning of the school year.
Jenna suggested that we should wait for the next academic year to put on a program during an earlier time.
Got a response from Evan Alvarez on Oct 7, but had to move the date of the event from October 9 to October 16, because one week promotion would not have been enough for the event.
The University Housing submitted the attached Step 1 Funding Application for Dump and Run 2020 (SSC).
Please see attached the list of avenues used to promote Light the Night event.
UPTV coverage of Light the Night event, featuring Barry Isralewitz and Sarthak Prasad
Thanks for the introduction, Rajee.
Hi Morgan, I'm a Freshmen here at University of Illinois Champaign Urbana. This is my first time participating in an organization like Design For America and I can't wait to see the process and outcome of our project. All of your help for our community outreach is greatly appreciated and I'm excited to work with you!
Thank you so much,
Elisa
There were 400 e-bikes and nearly 75 pedal bikes in operation. Please see the September Report below:
September Rides: 36,426
September User Growth: 2,203
September Average Ride Time: 8 minutes
Average Rides per day: 1,214
Total Ridership: 337,704
Total Userbase: 18,567
Reports to remove bikes from Private property: 23
Reports of improper parking: 25
Below are answers to questions brought up at our last meeting on campus:
Attached are the meeting minutes from the Transportation SWATeam, where the iCAP 2020 objectives were discussed. Of five general topics, two have definitive objectives, one needs outside consulting, and two have not yet been discussed.
Andy Stumpf provided the following response for eGEN010, "Yes. The summary will be compiled as part of a 'Living Labs' project proposed by the Illinois Water Resources Center."
See the iWG Assessment of eGen010 Geothermal Feasibility Study here.
See the SWATeam recommendation eGen010 Geothermal Feasibility Study here
Meeting minutes for the Land and Water SWATeam meeting on September 26th, 2019. We met to discuss the 2020 iCAP timeline and objectives as well as project recommendation updates.
Jennifer Carson from McKinley Health Center provided 400 (200 each for two locations) reflective orange slap bands for the Light the Night event that have imprinted on them our 24/7 Dial-A-Nurse. These are great for being seen in the evening hours.
Jen dropped them off in Sarthak's office at 9 am on October 3.
New dual bins were installed on Green Street this fall, as part of the MCORE project.
I checked again with our market advisor for natural gas purchases, and they are not aware of anyone that produces biogas and injects it into the gas pipeline. They are going to do some additional checking and will follow back up if they find something.
The did note that we could purchase environmental assets (RECs) associated with renewable gas that is produced. They are going to provide an overview summary of what this market looks like and what these type of RECs would cost.
I also came across the attached website from DOE that I thought might interest you about renewable gas production.
https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/natural_gas_renewable.html
This site also have a link to a BioFuels atlas which was interesting as well.
Mike Larson
Associate Director of Utilities Production, Facilities and Services
Attached are the meeting minutes of the meeting on 1 October.
Food waste was discussed and potential objectives were discussed.
Additionally, Landon Hill of DRS joined the group for a quick chat about the DRS battery recycling program.
The students on the Bee Campus committee met to discuss their plans for this year.
Hi Morgan,Thank you for taking the time to meet with me a few weeks ago! Since we last spoke, we have hit a few bumps in the road! First, our team did not get the Nationals Project with P&G; however, we still intend to take the next few months to tackle the plastic film recycling challenge. Using the information and insights that you provided us, we have been able to establish a list of community organizations and members we would like to reach out to.We also spoke with County Market, only to find that they actually just discard their plastic bags in the regular dumpsters despite being listed as official bag collectors on the Champaign website. Thus, we are still looking for viable avenues to gather more information before proceeding with the project. If you would be able to provide us with any potential contacts that we could reach out to, we would really appreciate it!Finally, I would like to introduce you to Elisa, who will be our team's point of contact with community partners. She will be taking over communication with you.Thank you again for all of your help! Please let us know if you have any further questions, or if there’s any other information we can provide. We look forward to working with you throughout the year!Best,
Rajee
