Please see attached photos from the Energy Farm. These photos show approximately 1 month old plants which are growing under the array as part of agrivoltaic research. During the 2024 season, tomatoes and kale are being tested. Future plantings will include more consumer crops like carrots. 

The Interational District Energy Association (IDEA) has awarded the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with the 2024 System of the Year award. See below a press release about the award. Attached is a submission document with details about the system. 

https://www.districtenergy.org/blogs/district-energy/2024/06/28/universi...

2nd meeting with the planning team discussing Light the Night details, Bike to Work details, and other event announcements. 

All, Slow week, except for the full family that brought in 4 bikes over 2 days so everyone could get riding. One of the kids was extra inquisitive on what bikes parts were and their function. Genuine interest is always appreciated!

Worked through most of our donations of the last few weeks and now have to parse out the build-a-bikes from the for-sale builds to hopefully make the process easier for my staff.

The numbers:

Visitors: 12
Sales: $424.50

Bikes (refurb): 1 for $175
Memberships: 6 for $180
Tires/tubes: 3 for $20

Thanks!

Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the June 2024 Buyer's Share amounts by the hour, totaling 1,739.5 Megawatt hours.

The June 2024 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

All, Had a visit from someone who works at the Idea Store in Urbana. We were able to donate an old junky wheel to them for an art project—always happy to repurpose bike parts we can’t use! Even more so to an organization that helps recycle as many things as they do.

This week we’ll still be working through the donations we’ve accrued in the last few weeks.

The numbers:

Visitors: 17
Sales: $514.25
Bikes (refurb): 1 for $180
Membership: 4 for $120
Tires/tubes: 11 for $88

Thanks!

Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center

An interdisciplinary proposal to address urban climate threats and make cities more sustainable has been awarded a two-year, $50,000 planning grant from the Institute for iSEE. Additionally, iSEE has awarded $30,000 in seed funding for an interdisciplinary proposal to examine the economic and human health effects of exposure to wildfire smoke on a broad scale, to help inform climate policy.

Attached is a detailed metrics report for total Veo rides taken on campus for the month of April 2024.  

The attached PDF contains performance metrics for ZipCar usage on campus for April 2024.

The meeting schedule for the planning team for Champaign County's Bike Month and Light the Night 2024.

The dates for Bike Month 2024 have been set, and noted on the flyers:

• Wed, Sept 18, 7-10 am:  Bike to Work Day
• Thu, Sept 19, 4-7 pm:  Light the Night
• Fri, Sept 20, 7-10 am:  Bike to Work Day rain date
• Tue, Sept 24, 4-7 pm:  Light the Night rain date

Register at cubikemonth.org. 

First meeting from the planning team discussing event dates & times, meeting dates & times, next steps, and Light the Night. 

A new draft was shared with Stacey DeLorenzo, Morgan White, and Miriam Keep.

Work Order #11178391 was created for Construction Service Support to provide a formal estimate for the 7 shipping containers and for the installation of a 6" rock bed with fabric. This is for the placement of shipping containers for bicycle storage in the lot immediately west of the Personnel Building along Gregory Dr. Attached is a pdf for the bicycle storage container layout and another pdf of the site layouts.

Work Order #11178397 was created for Ironworkers to fabricate and install bike hooks to the 7 shipping containers that were purchased for bike storage. Most of the abandoned bikes will be stored on the bike hooks, in the shipping containers. The cost for this task is $14,324.48 and it is a work in-progress.

Energy Farm Solar Panels Online! The small agrivoltaics solar array at the Illinois Energy Farm is now adding energy to the campus grid! You can check out an energy dashboard that tracks the power produced and the savings in costs and carbon dioxide emissions.

All, Uneventful week to report on. Real Feel temp all week was hovering near or above triple digits. Not a lot of folks out riding in that weather. We were closed on Wednesday for Juneteenth and had shorted hours on Monday due to a conference I was attending.

Tonight is the Bike Project member’s meeting, which I’ll attend.

The numbers:

Visitors: 6
Sales: $308.50
Memberships: 6 for $180
Tires/tubes: 5 for $38

Thanks!

Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center