Solar Farm 2.0 RFP overview for pre-conference
F&S Executive Director Mohamed Attalla and a team of university representatives met with several potential vendors for the Solar Farm 2.0 RFP, and provided an overview of the RFP expectations.
F&S Executive Director Mohamed Attalla and a team of university representatives met with several potential vendors for the Solar Farm 2.0 RFP, and provided an overview of the RFP expectations.
We Won 1st place internationally in the Institutional category for last year’s efforts!
My Green Labs and I2SL hosted the 2018 International Freezer Challenge see category winners here
Place Photo here
Worldwide recognition published through these media outlets:
Lab Manager Magazine, Cold Storage March 2019
Published article with participants quoted for expert advice here
Nature Magazine feature published in Oct. 2018 (see attached PDF)
S-Labs highlights our achievements in their short-listed profiles here (PDF of short list attached)
ISEE and Facilities & Services published news releases U of I Wins Freezer Challenge & 2018 International Freezer Challenge Champions
Highlights from lab efforts in 2018
Achievements from researchers in the 2018 competition! |
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# of labs submitted score sheets |
45 |
# of freezers/ refrigerators impacted |
323 |
# of units defrosted and/or cleaned coils |
198 |
# of units retired due to no longer needed |
16 |
# of units replaced with a more efficient model |
9 |
# of units that were cleaned out and/or removed samples |
162 |
# of units where you updated or created new inventories |
143 |
# of samples moved from colder to warmer storage |
14065 |
# of units created a searchable digital inventory |
100 |
# of units containing a Barcoded inventory |
27 |
# of units shared among research groups |
103 |
# of researchers that registered labs |
60 |
# of individual labs registered |
58 |
Goal for this year is to DOUBLE last year’s participation of 45 labs in 17 buildings and energy reduction, which totaled an estimated 720 kWh/day from October 2017 through June 2018. The annual total of 262,800 kWh of electricity saved during the competition is the approximate equivalent of the yearly energy used by 25 typical U.S. homes.
We can repeat the WIN; so far, the CDC is the only group to win twice in their division.
Join us
Thank you
Paul Foote
Think Globally- Act Locally
iCAP Working Group Meeting Notes from March, 2019.
Second Nature paid UIUC for the sale of vintage 2017 carbon credits to Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) as part of UIUC's participation in the Carbon Credit and Purchasing Program.
Second Nature transferred 2,865 vintage Carbon Credits (VCUs) to BP Target Neutral (BPTN) on behalf of UIUC.
For this sale, UIUC receives $6.25 per credit. The total amount paid to UIUC for this sale is $17,906.25
An email of confirmation of this payment is attached below.
We are planning to start the thermal response test (TRT) on Monday. – Andy
Here is the Lab Manager article that quotes many folks from UIUC: http://www.ourdigitalmags.com/publication/?i=570689&ver=html5&p=44
All, As the numbers will show: we had a very slow week. Not a lot of visitors in but the weather was pretty gnarly, too. Snow never helps.
All told, we have 40 bikes as in-progress shop builds or for sale, organized about as well as they can be in the back of the shop. Had my staff work on that last week.
This week I’ll get a handle on summer availability for my staff and make a dent in the bike pile. I was contacted last week by an F&S intern about reviewing the Campus Bike Plan, so I’ll dig into that a bit this week, too.
Numbers:
Visitors: 29
Sales: $20
Thanks!
Jake Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Manager
Hi Pete and Shawn--
Zero waste activities for the past week were that I emailed the Siebel Design Center, the School of Art and Design, and the Architecture Annex to see if any of them would like the EPS densifier.
Best regards,
Marya Ryan
These are the meeting minutes from the PWR (now Zero Waste) SWATeam meeting on 1 March 2019.
Good afternoon all,
This week’s meeting went well and we were able to discover more information on the low-flow water fixtures installed in some of the university buildings. I was also able to update the excel sheet, to the correct display for when we get data. At the beginning of the meeting, I was able to catch the group up on the information I read in the Master Utilities Plan and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) convention. The CHP convention had very general information on CHP generation and some specifics in areas we are not interested in. There was not much information on how water consumption is monitored or improving.
The Master Utilities Plan was very informative on how Abbot Power Plant and the Chiller plants work. It gave good background information and the condition they are in. It also provided suggestions on how to bring them back up to operational standards.
During the meeting, we called Mark Warner, and asked him for more information on the low-flow water fixture installations. We were not able to gain an active list of updated buildings, but were able to learn some other information. We learned that Guy Grant was in charge of the program, and we will contact him in the following weeks. We also found out there were some complaints about the low-flow fixtures which led to the removal of some of these fixtures. For example, some of the sinks are not providing enough hot water. Another contact we will be reaching is the Refrigeration Foreman to learn more about the chiller plants.
For the following meeting, I will continue my research on chiller plants and generate a list of questions about the projects to ask Kent Reifsteck, the Director of Utilities at F&S. I will also be using data on chilled water billing for each university building to figure out which buildings are in the chilled water loop. The low-flow water fixture project has been updated to involve which buildings have had them removed.
Thanks,
Austin Jung
On March 8th, 2019, the ECBS SWATeam held a meeting.
See attached image of new recycling bins at Illini Union
This is or will be running in all the halls, which gives us prime advertising so lets really pull our efforts together this final week before break! Get with the hall councils and building captains to build momentum going into the start of the competition. – Paul Foote
Please see attached the initial idea for the Lock Your Bike Right (LYBR) contest.
RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the Februrary 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2419.6 Megawatt hours. See the attached file.
All, Last week I counted 20 bikes for sale and 19 only in need of safety checks. That should put our number in the 40+ range by the time it gets warm. Maybe higher if the weather stays in the single digits like this.
Friday was completely dead. Not a single person in to work on their bike. I trained up staff on headset installation and test rode some bikes. We also reorganized in the back of the shop, designating areas into “For Sale” bikes and in-progress shop builds. It looks a lot cleaner and will make it easier to point people in the right direction for bikes, which will be crucial when the warm weather comes.
This week I will be organizing a staff meeting for my team as we approach Spring Break and, after that, the potential for the first big rush of people into the shop.
Huge thanks to the guys in the shop next door as I think they’re the ones who plowed right in front of the door to the Bike Center this morning. Usually the plows just push snow into the door but this morning when I got to work, it was cleared with a little path from the sidewalk to the door.
Numbers:
Visitors: 49
Sales: $151.20
Memberships: 2 for $60
Rubber/consumables: 9 for $27.70
Thanks!
Hi Pete and Shawn—
I don’t have any zero-waste activities to report from this past week.
Best regards,
Marya Ryan
SSC convened on March 2, 2019, to discuss Spring 2019 Step 1 proposals.