The Resilience iCAP Team had its November meeting on Wednesday, November 9th, from 11 - 12 PM. The team had presentations from three community representatives about the resilience issues at their cities (Savoy, Champaign, and Urbana). After the brief presentations, the team discussed possible solutions and how the university can help to solve the resilience issues presented. Meeting minutes and presentation slides are attached.  

Below is an email from Daphne regarding waste/energy tracking at Athletics.

Hi Jen,

Yes! I’m attaching the spreadsheet used to generate the graph, as well as the spreadsheets containing the raw data. I’m cc’ing Shreya in this conversation as she has contributed the most to visualizing the waste and recycling data.

For background: Looking at the raw data you will notice that it is separated between frontload and rolloff/swingpan – these are the 3 types of outdoor receptacles we use for landfill and recycling collection (frontload being smallest, swingpan being a little bigger, and rolloff being largest size). They are separated because their collection process is different. Then, we must bring all the data together for metrics like a diversion rate.

Frontload receptacles are lifted, and their contents are dumped into a truck. The frontload receptacle is left in place after, so trucks go around and pick up multiple buildings’ worth of frontload waste (like neighborhood trash trucks). For this reason, we don’t have a perfect understanding of how much waste individually comes from buildings with these receptacles (though the technology does exist for us to eventually understand this better).

Rolloff receptacles are rolled directly onto and off the truck. Some rolloffs have a compactor built within them (State Farm Center, for example). The receptacle is then taken to the Waste Transfer Station, weighed, dumped, and then taken back to its original location.

Swingpan receptacles function just the same as rolloff, the only difference is the smaller size of the receptacle.

I’m attaching a single slide that visualizes the receptacle and accompanying truck, as this is what helped bring it together for me. All three types of receptacles are used for both landfill and recycling collection, it’s just a matter of how much space is outside any given building for a truck to navigate through + how much waste/recycling is expected to be produced from a given building which ultimately determines the type of outdoor receptacle used.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thank you,

Daphne

Members of the iCAP Engagement Team met today to discuss our final recommendations for the semester.

Attatched are the meeting minutes.

Done:

• Invoices in project updates
  • The following invoice documents have been moved from public to private:
    • Green Roof on Foreign Language Building: Prairie Moon Nursery Invoice - Seed Order
    • Torch Blinking bike lights received, Light assembly, and Volunteer Training:  Bike-Project-Invoice-UIUC-for-LTN-2019.pdf
    • Quote from TBP to purchase Torch Blinking bike lights: Bike-Project-Quote-UIUC-for-LTN-2019.pdf
    • invoices to pay RSOs:  Weatherization Invoice 2012_ASCE.pdf, Weatherization Invoice 2012_CUSA.pdf, Weatherization Invoice 2012_HKSA.pdf, Weatherization Invoice 2012_Hort Club.pdf, Weatherization Invoice 2012_SECS.pdf
    • Conclusion; Lessons learned; Issues encountered: invoice for missing hardware.pdf, UIUC Double Docker bike racks Return Authorization.pdf, Urbana Shelter (14X63) - Side Stage racks layout.pdf, University of Illinois Side Stage Bike Rack Estimate.pdf
    • New ECE Building Project Solar Panels: Inv_3411_from_Inovateus_Solar_LLC_5244.pdf, TM INVOICE SPECTRUM UPGRADE-4-PRELIMINARY.PDF
    • Quote from MTD to purchase silicone strap bike lights: Light the Night Quote for U of I Facilities & Services - FY19 - 08 29 19.pdf
  • Should we redact information from this project update: Invoice contact information for the University of Illinois?
  • I made the following tool while looking for additional invoice documents to make private: File search (only visible to privileged users). It may come in handy for future searches for uploaded files.
• Reorganize Collections pages (example on dev)
  • Put Project embed and Project Updates embed below their respective listings
  • Put each embed in a collapsible section

TODOs:

• Fancy project page - make images in image banner clickable (go directly to image)
• Fancy project layout mockups - keep tweaking #3 to improve contrast
• Collections page:
  • Add image upload option
• Discuss metrics
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
  • Calculated Metrics on Dev site
• Use "Take Action" project to encourage students to get involved with sustainability (link from homepage?)
• Track down and resolve informational message on full listing page for Project Updates by Key Objective (see, e.g. Projects Updates for key objective: 1.0 iCAP 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan)
• Why is the Achieve Zero Waste project map page not loading?

https://q.sustainability.illinois.edu/redesigning-the-fashion-industry-a-qa-with-mona-fang/

On November 7, UIUC sustainability representatives met and discussed the following:

1. Digital signage rendering — feedback?

   1. Making the tagline “Fighting Illini, Fighting Waste” bigger.

   2. Reducing Coca-Cola script.

   3. Adding logos of iSEE and F&S.

   4. Add Certified Green Event logo?

2. Volunteer sign up sheet — we have reached 49 student volunteers!

   1. Volunteer training — added into the vision and roadmap document.

      1. Daphne (+ potentially F&S interns) will be attending the November 11th game to see how basketball games operate.

3. Event has been advertised on Eweek, iNews, and GradLink as of this Sunday (11-6).

4. YAH Agency: content capture at the basketball game — sending a film crew.

5. State Farm Center: blue bags.

   1. Shawn & Daphne attempting to get blue recycling bags implemented at State Farm Center ahead of the November 14th game (potentially by the November 11th game).

      1. Allow us to benchmark general recycling at a basketball game (we don’t currently have this) vs a highly engaged, recycling-focused event.

6. The basketball game is a Certified Green Event!

   1. Would iSEE able to advertise this?

7. 10 question pre-game trivia: will be posted on the game day app.

8. Post-game feedback questions — reached out to Marty.

9. Solar picnic tables:

   1. Need dimensions from Jake to check with F&S storage space.

   2. Concern: do we know if ARC would even end up approving the design, come spring?

10. OSU MyCup survey results?

Discussion:

• Invoices in project updates - decided to make future invoices private, and make the current invoices private as well.

Done:

• Related Files section on project pages: show as list rather than cards, add spacing between items, remove bullet points
• Reorganize Collections pages (example on dev)
  • Keep project listing in top left
  • Move map to lower left
  • Move Updates to top right, show 10
  • Move Hierarchy to just below Project Listing, link to hierarchy in separate page rather than loading in current page to speed up page loading time (NOTE: hierarchy page still needs work)

TODOs:

• Make current invoice documents private
• Fancy project layout mockups - keep tweaking #3 to improve contrast
• Collections page:
  • Put Project embed and Project Updates embed below their respective listings
  • Put each embed in a collapsible section
  • Add image upload option
• Discuss metrics
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
  • Calculated Metrics on Dev site
• Use "Take Action" project to encourage students to get involved with sustainability (link from homepage?)
• Track down and resolve informational message on full listing page for Project Updates by Key Objective (see, e.g. Projects Updates for key objective: 1.0 iCAP 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan)
• Why is the Achieve Zero Waste project map page not loading?

On 11/3/22, F&S FIR produced a map of the inventory for state-supported facilities. Attached is the map.

Below is an email exchange between Alec McKay, Meredith Moore, Morgan White, and Daphne Hulse:

Hi Meredith & Stacy!

I hope y’all are doing well.

I’m gathering some info for the November ccnet.

What do you guys think should be included in it?

Happy Halloween!

~Alec

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Hi Alec!

iSEE’s monthly TED Talk will be held on 11/15 for America Recycles Day (the Zero Waste basketball game will be held the evening beforehand at the State Farm Center on 11/14).

Here is the Zoom link registration for the TED Talk on 11/15 at 7 PM. All details about the event can be found on the registration webpage. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!
Meredith

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Hi Alec,

We should highlight America Recycles Day.  Daphne, can you please provide some background information (I know you may have to find it first), for Alec to include in the CCNet newsletter for November, which he will send out on Monday?

Thanks,

Morgan

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Hi Morgan and Alec,

Yes! Happy to provide some background.

America Recycles Day, also referred to as National Recycling Day, is the signature recycling program of the national nonprofit organization Keep America Beautiful since 2009. It is observed each year on November 15. The first national celebration occurred on November 15, 1997, making this year the 25th anniversary. The purpose of the observation is to educate and encourage individuals to mindfully consume and highlight how to properly recycle within their local community. As the organization is national, local chapters are encouraged to hold their own community events during this time. Keep Champaign Beautiful held a Boneyard Creek Cleanup event from 10am to noon on October 29 in celebration.

America Recycles Day has an ongoing #BeRecycled pledge that anyone can sign. It has nearly 90,000 cumulative signatures. The pledge is a three-fold commitment:

1. Find out what materials are collected for recycling in your community,
2. Reduce the amount of waste you produce and increase the amount of waste you recycle, and
3. Encourage those in your social circles to also take the #BeRecycled pledge.

The university will also be celebrating this year. On November 14th, the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics; the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment; Facilities & Services; and Coca-Cola are partnering for the men’s basketball game at State Farm Center. The partners are working together to:

1. Directly impact Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) Objective 5.2 “reduce the total campus waste going to landfills by at least 10% [from our benchmark],”
2. Increase public awareness for campus recycling and the iCAP, and
3. Encourage behavior change among basketball game attendees when they are presented with the opportunity to recycle.

Let me know if there is anything else you need help with.

Thank you,

Daphne

On November 2, UIUC sustainability representatives met with Coca-Cola and discussed the following:

• T-shirt renderings: 50 green volunteer shirts, 200 orange giveaway shirts.

  • Volunteer shirts: adding organizational logos from iSEE, F&S, DIA, and Coca-Cola to the back of the shirt.

  • Giveaway shirt: “Fighting Illini, Fighting Waste” tag phrase.

  • Cost and shipping estimates:

    • $115 shipping.

    • ~$2500 shirts.

    • Shipped to Daphne at F&S.

    • Delivered 11/1, Friday before the game.

  • Blue PMS 2767. Orange PMS 7417

• Sustainability fund: $10k for this year (~$2500 used for this game).

  • Final number on this?

• Solar picnic tables:

  • Jake will get dimensions of the boxes to see if F&S can store them.

  • Todd (fonts, colors, part-time).

  • Architectural Review Committee (outdoor spaces).

• Digital advertising:

  • Updates?

• Recycling receptacle at State Farm Center:

  • Will be put in place next to the trash compactor below the center. We will be able to separate the two and determine a diversion rate after game day.

  • Temporary, not the permanent solution. There are spatial limitations to work through.

• Blue bags at SFC: final piece.

  • Collecting bottles and cans with liquid during game day will not be an issue.