From: Marlin, John C
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 4:37 PM
To: Welch, Ryan B
Cc: Johnston, Morgan B
Subject: Grass herbicide for Florida Orchard

A container of Assure II is now at the S. Lincoln grounds Barn.  I left it with Eric who put it in the location with the chemicals.  There is a note taped to the top with my name on it and saying it is for Ryan Welch for Florida—Orchard.

I am supposed to mention that the herbicide needs to have a little crop oil mixed in as per the label.  Also the person who sprayed last time said to make sure your guy knows there are a couple ground hog holes in the field.

The targeted grass is quackgrass.   The prime target areas are fairly obvious and need the most attention.  The worst area is just south of the mulched area and extends quite a way up the hill.  It should probably be done first in case we run out of mix.   Then there is a large swath just to the west of the trees going most of the way up the field. 

Attached is a copy of the Assure II label. 

I will need a little warning in order to remove some marker flags from the field.   Use my cell as well as email, as I do not always see my email in a timely manner.   We can be ready about any time you can schedule it.    

The spray can come a couple feet  into the edge of the mulched area.   I will put pink flags along the edge.  If possible use a machine with some extended spray arms to minimize the number of prairie plants that will be ridden over by wheels.   The bar on the sprayer that did the roundup last year had wide wheels and the spray bar was only as wide as the machine.

The weather channel predicts next Tue and Wed as 10% chance of rain.

Thanks,

John

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is looking to the future and developing a strategy to meet the evolving energy needs of the campus. After several years of addressing deficiencies in utility production, distribution, and monitoring, the campus is proactively shaping its energy enterprise. The university is uniquely positioned to serve as a large-scale laboratory to test theories and potential technological advancements through collaboration with faculty members, researchers, and industry partners.

To Davie Akins, Please proceed with the bike parking upgrade on the west side of Art and Design, per the previous discussions we have had.  The SSC funding will contribute $11,849.50 from CFOP: 1-629514-814006-xxxxxx-191200-814BIK. - from Morgan Johnston

F&S requested $30,266 funding from the SSC for the Campus Bicycle Shop for fiscal year 2014.  The funding was awarded, contingent on not requesting additional funding in future years.

According to the funding award letter, "Because SSC grants are intended as seed or bridge funding, this grant was approved with the understanding that this project will not seek SSC funding in future years."

Instep sent a letter to the University confirming that the Energy Dashboard is an innovative project. The letter is attached.

In 2013, the Student Sustainability Committee received this project suggestion: "Community gardens built on the farmlands at Orchard Downs would benefit direct participants, households, and the community. Main participants in the project would be university students, local residents, and children from an after-school program nearby. The participants would not only benefit from the food produced, but the agricultural knowledge, environmental consciousness, and community interaction associate with working on a community farm.

The gardens will be designed in a biointensive way, meaning they will be organic agricultural plots that focus on yielding maximal produce on a small plot and maintaining the quality of the soil. The gardens may be implemented in greenhouses, hoop houses, or outdoors depending on the seasonal limitations decided upon in the final designs of the garden.

Students can register to do volunteer work at the community garden that would be counted toward course credit. Students and their relatives can also request plot to farm on, from which they can use  the produce themselves or sell it to school organizer of the program."

Housing Services has already established community gardens, which have been in effect since at least the 1990s.

The Center for a Sustainable Environment will be hosting the Teaching Sustainability Workshop on April 12-13, 2013. The workshop aims to bring together instructors at the University of Illinois who wish to learn more about adding information about sustainability to the courses that they already teach. 

On Monday, April 8 and Tuesday, April 9 the Teens Turning Green University of Illinois chapter hosted several events as part of the Teens Turning Green (TTG) Organization's College Road Tour. On April 8 TTG has samples of green products on the quad from 2-4 pm and a Town Hall Meeting in LAR's Main Lounge from 6- 8:30 pm. A Conscious Information Station was set up on the Quad from 10 am- 2 pm on April 9. TTG estimates they readed out to about 200 people over the course of these events.

A picture is worth a thousand words... so a crummy cell phone picture is worth at least 500.

Here's a look at the LED bi-level lighting in Lot E-15, half installed next to the existing HPS.

On the left, each fixture uses 70 watts (20 when unoccupied).  On the right, 188 watts.

You be the judge.

-Eva

Amanda Lietz met with Stephanie Lage and Morgan Johnston to discuss the next steps for the Illinois Biodiesel Initiative (IBI).  They are looking into the possibility of purchasing an all-inclusive bioreactor trailer which would handle the entire reaction needed to change the waste vegetable oil into biodiesel and soap.  The IBI students are going to identify the exact trailer specifications they are looking for and work with F&S to identify an appropriate location for the trailer.

The ECI and SSC identified the following list as the building priorities for the metter upgrades.

1)      Residence Halls: Allen/LAR, FAR/PAR, ISR, SDRP

2)      Illini Union

3)      ARC

4)      CRCE

5)      Siebel Center

6)      BIF

7)      Loomis Lab

8)      English

9)      Psychology

We received the invoice for the software and license for the Energy Dashboard project through August 31. The next licensing period will be from September 1 through December 31. Beginning January 1, 2013 licensing will be on an annual track. The software for the Energy Dashboard from Instep will cost $40,000, with the discount given to the University. The annual support for the Dashboard will be $6,750.

Professor Bob Pahre plans to work on a Native Landscaping Signage Network" for the SSC Land Working Group. The sign at the Red Oak Rain Garden is one model.

Zipcar is offering Orientation Leaders a free 1st year membership* so you can give the Zipcars on your campus a try. That way, when students come knocking with the big transportation questions, you’ll already know all there is to know about Zipcar. (Yup, it’s that simple.)

Facilities & Services created a list of existing and planned Solar installations on campus:

a.       Installed:

i.         #1206 BIF – Approx. 3,700-4,000 s.f. on a building roof.

b.      Active:

i.        Approx. 20”x20” panel for a fixed speed radar detector near lot E-15.

ii.       Approx. 20”x20” panel to power lights for pedestrian crossing on Springfield Avenue.  Lights have been removed due to maintenance issues.  Panel remains.

iii.      Approx. 20”x20” panel for a mobile speed radar detector on Lincoln Avenue.

iv.      Approx. 20”x20” panel for an electric tractor/mower charger.  Item is off the grid.  Location?

c.       In Planning:

i.         #0052 KCPA

ii.       #0409 Electrical and Computer Engineering along with #1094 NCPD

iii.       South solar farm

iv.       Housing

v.        #0118 ARC - Solar Thermal

                vi.       Residence Hall #3

               vii.       College of Engineering discussing something at MNTL with grant funds.