This morning, I met with Ben Isabel, the Chief of Staff for State Senator Laura Fine.  Ben is moving forward looking for grant money to fund our project at UIUC.  He is talking to the Department of Transportation which we both think should be interested given the interest of President Biden with more EVs.

Ben hopes to hear something positive within a week or so.

Regards,

George

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Good Morning,

I am forwarding the message I received over the weekend from George.  Cheri, as you have had discussions with George on moving forward with this, who does he consider to be his campus partner when he refers to “our project at UIUC”  Is this research park?   The original turbine on campus was accepted as a donation through isee, but we (Paul Foote and Frank Colacicco) discussed the condition of the unit, challenges and costs as excessive.   Initially, a SSC application was also submitted and not funded in our efforts.

As George is working earnestly in securing funding I am concerned if he is accurately communicating a University commitment / partnership.

Best,
Tim

Sarthak + Morgan,

Please see the attached PDF. It includes all iCAP and related activities for 2022-2023.

We have included direct and indirect impacts such as those originating from: active IAQ legislation, public awareness and concerns, capacity and capital building, workforce equity initiatives, violence prevention and cross-disciplinary collaboration between public health officials and building designers.

See you shortly, Sterling

Hi Daphne,

Please see my request in the subject line. 

Also, based on our costs, I’m looking at about $62 a SF.  So for a 12’ by 8’ installation, we’re looking at roughly $6,000 total.  Given that they will have to install up higher, and the installation of panels might not be directly mounted, but more of a strut system, braced on either side of the metal shed, I’d just go a bit higher to $8000 for an ask.

I ran this past ARC, and we didn’t have any issues with this idea.  We just want to be involved with approval.  Everything that I talked about this morning seemed good with them.

Thanks!   

Brent Lewis

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Hi Brent,

Thank you for this cost estimate. Please see the attachment for the slide.

Thank you,
Daphne

On April 22, from 10AM-12PM, the Land Conservation Foundation is hosting a hike at Brady Woods Nature Preserve. 

More information can be found on the attached flyer. 

Provided a general overview of zero waste at the university: challenges, successes, and opportunities.

Attachment from Warren Lavey.

Mario,

EMS Controls (David Hardin’s group) is working on a controls upgrade at Micro Nano. I am trying to connect Ayush (cc’d) with someone who can discuss the engineering on the ESCO project and potential ECM’s that were evaluated but ultimately not included in the project. Are you a good contact for this or should I reach out to GBA (Mike/Tim)?

Thanks,

Amber Perfetti

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Amber,

I think Mike would be best.  I don’t have access to any of the work we did with ESG.  Maybe Jim C can help as well ?

Mario Zotta P.E.

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Hey Amber,

Thanks for getting this conversation started. Can you share Mike and Jim’s email ID’s? I can try contacting them.

Thank you,

Ayush

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Dear Jim and Mike,

EMS Controls (David Hardin’s group) is working on a controls upgrade project at Micro Nano. Is there someone with whom we can discuss the potential ECM’s that were evaluated but ultimately not included in the ESCO project?

Thank you,

Ayush Gupta

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Ayush: 

Jim and I will circle our wagons next week and get together with you by the  weeks end.

Michael J. McDermott

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Thank you, sir. That would be great.

Regards,

Ayush

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Ayush:

I was able to reach out to Deon Collins and review the 2014 ESG Unfunded list, 2011 VFA Deferred maintenance back log and 2012 Cannon MEP Condition Assessment.    We were able to start a preliminary list of energy conservation measures/deferred maintenance items for consideration:

1. Add DDC control for three (3) existing humidifiers - $30,000
2. DDC upgrade for AHU-18, 19 and 20 - $225,000
3. Replace AHU-15 (16,000 cfm ) & 16 (21,600 cfm) (Alternate 3) - $700,000
4. Replace AHU-13 (16,000 cfm) and AHU-14 and add Heat Recovery (Alternate 4) – $2.9 million
5. Main building steam valve replacement (ECM-8)- $200,000
6. Pipe Insulation (ECM-10)- 125,000
7. Active Media Filtration (ECM-15)- $800,000
8. Main Building Chilled Water Valve Replacement - $60,000
9. New Building DDC upgrade
10. New Building southwest section Lab Upgrade and VAV conversion
11. E-17A & B (25,600 cfm each) – Replace exhaust fan and move to roof - $1,200,000
12. E-18A&B (10,600 cfm each) – Replace exhaust fan and move to roof - $600,000
13. High Efficiency Fume hood and VAV conversion upgrade
14. Heat recovery Chiller
15. Acid, Solvent and Special Gas Scrubber Replacement – $700,000
16. Replace chilled water system - $221,000
17. Replace steam and Condensate - $108,700
18. Replace AHU-9(22,000 cfm) , AHU-10 (22,000 cfm), AHU-11 (5,200 CFM) , AHU-12(8,000 cfm) , and AHU-17(34,000 cfm) - $1,600,000
19. Replace ventilation systems for AHU-11 and AHU-17 - $720,000
20. Replace AHU-1,2 3,4 &5 - $1,500,000
21. Replace general exhaust EF-5 - $20,000
22. Domestic hot water heater-$200,000
23. Acid waste system – $325,000
24. Process water system - $300,000
25. Vacuum system - $220,000
26. Emergency power system- $300,000
27. Exit lighting – $25,000
28. Lighting control systems - $250,000
29. Exterior Lighting- $20,000

Call if you have any questions.  

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Hey David,

Below is the list of unfunded ECMs and deferred maintenance items that were considered but not acted upon by ESCO.

Thank you,

Ayush

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Ayush,

This is useful information and provides a starting point.

Thanks

Hey everyone,

Here is some info from Mike McDermott from their ESCO review.

Thanks

EPA Webinar Report by UIUC Facilities & Services Waste Management Intern, Shreya Mahajan. 

Hello iCAP Trio of the two of us…

We will plan to do a version of this file for the fall sustainability council meeting or the celebration.

Thanks,

Morgan

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Nice to see the progress that has been made!

Attached is the Carbon Offset Planning and Buying Guide Step 1 and Step 2. The documents contain information on UIUC's offsetting goals and approach with Second Natures MOU with UIUC.

Good morning,

Here is what I found.

Al

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Hi Robbie,

Here are the engineering documents and pictures of the heat pumps. There are 5 heat pumps.

Andy

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Team,

Here's another geothermal system needing to be metered. It appears to need both ST, RT temperature RTD, and flow meter installation and tied into alpha controller and programming. 

Thanks.

Robbie Bauer

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Andrew,

The team surveyed it this week and a meter is planned to be installed shortly.  I’ll keep you updated.

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Hi Yu-Feng,

Robbie Bauer from F&S is finishing the meter install on the last geothermal system on campus. So going forward we will have access to data from all the systems. At the very least, inlet and outlet temperature, flow rate, and energy going into the borefield will be collected. Robbie is interested in calculating the annual energy avoidance for each system.

Best,

Andy

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Thanks for the update.

Yu-Feng

Hello Sarthak!

Our VC for administrative has asked me to compile examples of University-subsidized public transit for faculty and staff commuting. I’m familiar with UIUC’s free transit for students, faculty, and staff. I believe students pay a fee each semester, and transit is a free benefit for faculty and staff.

Is there a formal agreement in place between CUMTD and UIUC I can reference, or a budgeting policy? I’m specifically interested in any costs to UIUC and whether that expense funded entirely from the student fee or subsidized elsewhere in the budget.

This is somewhat time sensitive, let me know if you have time for a quick call this afternoon or Monday.

Best,

Matt Rundquist

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Hi Stacey,

For UIUC faculty and staff, there is a department that funds for the MTD bus pass, right? Could you please confirm? Thank you,
Sarthak