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  1. Award Letter - Operation Enduring Frigidity - FA2014

    Associated Project(s): 
    Reduce Energy Consumption from Computer Rooms
    Student Sustainability Committee (SSC)

    The School of Chemical Sciences houses a data center in Noyes Laboratory which is the home to more than 30 racks of computers. These machines are used by the Chemistry Learning Center, which serves all undergraduate students in General Chemistry courses, the departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and are used constantly by faculty and graduate students. The goal of this project is to make the server room more energy efficient so as to reduce both the financial and environmental impact on the university.

    This is a multi-phase project with the plan being each phase will take steps towards energy reduction. (1) Install power monitors in the panels so we can collect data on how much electricity is consumed by the machine room, (2) Contain the cold aisle so that hot and cold air do not mix, (3) install new hardware into the HVAC units so that they can communicate with each other so they will not fight, and (4) install a heat exchanger for use during winter. Steps 3 and 4 are planned for a future date.

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  2. Bike recycle event, KellerWilliams Realtor RED Day Bicycle Recycle event

    Associated Project(s): 
    2014 Campus Bike Plan

    Happy Bike Month Everybody,

    We have lots of bike-related events going on in May.  And as the use of bikes and the local bike community grows, we will have more and more bike events.  This is all good.  Champaign County Bikes will try to share local bike information and keep everyone informed. (A growing task for us, and one of the reasons we need to grow and add capacity!)  For now, during Bike Month - our Bike Month calendar and resources are at www.CUBike.org  A more complete and ongoing bike event calendar that draws from many of our local bike groups is at our CCB website, www.champaigncountybikes.org.

    I just want to quick highlight a new event, one I just received some information on tonight.  I believe it’s good that all of us who share leadership roles in our bicycle community are well informed, given that that we might be asked about any bike-related event in town, including this new event.  Scott Bechtel and his staff at KellerWilliams Realtor are hosting this RED DAY Bicycle Recycle event, and as I understand it are promoting it primarily within their extensive network of contacts, and then generally in the community.  One of our CCB members knows Scott and they have had some conversations. This is how CCB knows of RED DAY.  Red Day falls on our local Bike to Work Day, Thursday, May 14.

    You can find more information at:  www.KWChampaignRedDay.com, at KellerWillimas, or their Facebook page.

    Thanks for everything all of you are doing to make Champaign County an awesomely Bicycle Friendly Place!

    Jeff

    Jeff Yockey

    President

    Champaign County Bikes

    jeff@champaigncountybikes.org

    www.champaigncountybikes.org

    217 565-1785

     

     

     

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  4. Opportunities for Collaboration

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability Practitioners at RPC

    Hi everyone,

    Attached is the Opportunities for Collaboration document draft discussed at today’s meeting, including the list of plans that helped inform the document. Please send me your top picks from the ideas listed (and any ideas that aren’t on the list), as well as plans that did not get considered but should have, so that successive drafts can be more comprehensive. Let me know if you have any questions or other comments.

    Thanks!

    Kathleen Oldrey

    Attached Files: 

  5. Layout of Demonstration Plots

    Associated Project(s): 
    Native Plants at Arboretum

    Here is the layout of the 4 prairie plots just west of the pollinatarium building and wooded area.  They are designed to give decision makers and homeowners an idea of how prairie plantings of different heights can look.

    The plant mix is good for pollinators and will have something in bloom most of the growing season, it was however limited by what we could get late in the late spring. 

    ~John C. Marlin, PhD, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

    Attached Files: 

  6. EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review recommendation - Unit response - Denied

    Associated Project(s): 
    Utilities Master Plan for Energy Production and Distribution
    eGen Recommendations Summary
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)
    Energy Generation, Purchasing, & Distribution (eGen) SWATeam

    Facilities & Services unit rejected the recommendation. F&S's response was sent to the iWG and EGen SWATeam on June 15th, 2015. However, this recommendation led to the EGen004 Electrification Study recommendation.

    See SWATeam recommendation EGen004 Electrification Study here.

    See Transmittal of EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review to the unit here.

    See iWG Assessment of EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review here.

    See SWATeam recommendation EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review here.

  8. Trans004 Fleet Study recommendation - Supplanted

    Associated Project(s): 
    Develop Scenarios for Converting the UI Fleet to Renewable Fuels
    Transportation iCAP Team Recommendations Summary
    Transportation iCAP Team
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)

    F&S sent their response to the iCAP Working Group (iWG) on June 12, 2015, which was then forwarded to the Transportation SWATeam on the same day. The Transportation SWATeam supplanted the Trans004 Fleet Study recommendation with the new Trans007 Campus fleet analysis and Planning recommendation.

    See the new SWATeam recommendation Trans007 Campus Fleet Analysis and Planning here.

    See Transmittal of SWATeam recommendation Trans004 Fleet Study here.

    See iWG assessment of Trans004 Fleet Study here.

    See SWATeam recommendation Trans004 Fleet Study here.

  10. Prospectus

    Associated Project(s): 
    Big Ten & Friends Sustainability

    We are writing with an update on the Big Ten and Friends Sustainability Group’s effort to develop a prospectus with the working title “Aligning Sustainability with Leadership Priorities”. We are pleased to inform you that AASHE has agreed to handle financial arrangements for project, including invoicing all partner institutions and paying the consultant. We have reframed the original memorandum of understanding document into a scope of work, which we are attaching here for your review.

    ~ Michael Gulich, Director of University Sustainability, Purdue University

    Attached Files: 

  11. Rooftop Solar Student Project

    Associated Project(s): 
    Rooftop Solar Potential
    Independent Student Projects

    Brendan McDonnell is working with F&S to identify the best buildings on campus for rooftop solar.  Brendan is a MechSE graduate student working toward an MS in ME with a certificate in Energy Systems Engineering, and this is his summer capstone project.  Professor Elif Ertekin is his advisor for the project, and Morgan Johnston is his supervisor at F&S.   The files Brendan is collecting are stored in the iSEE Solar box folder at https://uofi.app.box.com/files/0/f/2802975201/iSEE_-_Solar_Working_Group....

  12. EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review recommendation - Transmittal

    Associated Project(s): 
    Utilities Master Plan for Energy Production and Distribution
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)
    eGen Recommendations Summary

    Following the completion of iWG Assessment, the recommendation was forwarded to the Facilities & Services unit on May 29th, 2015.

    See iWG Assessment of EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review here.

    See SWATeam recommendation EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review here.

  15. EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review recommendation - Assessment with all comments

    Associated Project(s): 
    Utilities Master Plan for Energy Production and Distribution
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)
    eGen Recommendations Summary

    The iCAP Working Group (iWG) met on May 21st, 2015, to discuss the EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review recommendation, and started the recommendation. Their official comment on this recommendation was:

    "We recommend that the Utilities Master Plan be vetted by outside experts with specific expertise in renewable energy and geothermal heat pump technology."

    See the attached file for the complete iWG Assessment with comments from all the iWG members.

    See SWATeam recommendation EGen002 Utilities Master Plan Review here.

    Attached Files: 

  16. PWR005 Zero Waste Coordinator recommendation - Assessment with comments

    Associated Project(s): 
    Appropriately Staff Zero Waste Efforts
    Zero Waste Recommendations Summary
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)

    The iCAP Working Group (iWG) met on May 21, 2015, to discuss and start the assessment for SWATeam recommendation PWR005 Zero Waste Coordinator. Their official comment for the recommendation was:

    "F&S should allocate staff time to communicate and implement waste reduction strategies, to meet the commitments of the iCAP."

    See SWATeam recommendation PWR005 Zero Waste Coordinator here.

  17. May 21 2015 minutes

    Associated Project(s): 
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)
    Energy Conservation and Building Standards (ECBS) SWATeam
    Energy Generation, Purchasing, & Distribution (eGen) SWATeam
    Utilities Master Plan for Energy Production and Distribution
    Reduce Emissions from Energy Consumption
    Zero Waste iCAP Team
    Appropriately Staff Zero Waste Efforts
    Reduce Emissions from Transportation
    Transportation iCAP Team
    2015 Illinois Climate Action Plan (2015 iCAP)

    see file

    Attached Files: 

  18. Conservation Budget Recommendation - Assessment by the iWG

    Associated Project(s): 
    ECBS Recommendations Summary
    iCAP Working Group (iWG)
    Energy Conservation Efforts

    ECONS001 Conservation Budget Recommendation was assessed by the iCAP Working Group (iWG) on May 21, 2015. The iWG's official comment was:

    "Facilities & Services doesn’t have decision authority on this matter. Office of the Provost decides on budgets. Kent had proposed ESCOs to take care of some deferred maintenance, and funding was pulled from the State. The State pulled funding allocations for facilities both retroactive and recurring. iWG members support the statement."

    See ECONS001 Conservation Budget Recommendation

     

  19. University Housing award application

    Associated Project(s): 
    Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award
    University Housing Trayless Dining

    University Housing applied for (and later won) the 2015 Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award. 

    Housing has implemented sustainable efforts across our organization. By working together, we make significant change that also impacts the environment and our bottom line. Our residents and staff benefit from local foods; clean, non-toxic facilities; and gain education and contribute to a sustainable future. Our sustainability initiatives have resulted in cost savings on raw food, food waste, water, electricity, and chemicals. Our recycling efforts have diverted tons of waste from landfills. And our education efforts help our residents and staff members see how their actions and choices contribute to sustainability efforts.

    Attached Files: 

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