This past week, Sarthak and I met with the students on the Transportation Team to discuss their various research projects for the rest of this semester and the upcoming semester. We met with Pun Siripun on Nov. 11th, at 12pm; Charles Okoli on Nov. 14th, 12pn; Sebastian Vega on Nov. 15th, at 11am; and Mitchell Bryant on Nov. 15th at 1pm.

The goal is to have each student conduct research on 30 or so universities in regards to various elements of transportation infrastructure, then present a final report on findings and recommendations for Illinois. The hope is that the schools are widespread, spanning from similar Midwest contexts as us to east and west coast.

Pun will be examining EV Charging available at other schools and whether extending that in Urbana Champaign would be economically feasible and environmentally beneficial.

Charles is reviewing Micro mobility. The goal is to promote micro mobility as alternative modes of transit, but to avoid enforcement costs and the safety of all (pedestrians and users). How have other schools done that well?

Sebastian is studying the commuter program at Illinois and how other universities have implemented it successfully. How did they incentivize it? How did they fund it?

Mitchell is researching the storage of micro mobility devices and how they can be expanded on campus. 

Looking forward to hearing about their research and their suggestions for Illinois!

Spent time tracking down a few new sources for kids’ bikes, as this year we aren’t receiving a large number of donations yet. At this point, we're looking at a little more than 20 kids bikes. 

Visitors: 53
Sales: $724.25
Bikes (refurb): 1 for $225
Memberships: 8 for $240
Tires/tubes: 7 for $50

These 2 units were delivered to Noyes 1st floor north and south entry ways 11/12/2024.

The iCAP Education team met on Teams from 4-5 PM on Monday November 18th. First we discussed steps on moving forward with the sustainbility Gen-Ed requirement, then we discussed the integration of sustainability in study abroad programs and lastly how to get further student input on the Green Career Forum. The meeting minutes are attached. 

Work order #11210723 for the Operating Engineers for shop 37 to help with the placement of shipping containers that were being delivered on November 25th and November 26th. The cost for this task is $0.

Work Order #11210744 was created for Transportation Demand Management to pay for bagging City of Champaign meters for the delivery of shipping containers. This work order will be used against a T-card or PO expense.

Factilies & Services Capital Programs became a Monarch Level Certified Green Office today.

The Transportation Team had their November meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12th, from 1:00 - 2:00pm. We discussed the student research projects and heard an update on the EV Charging survey from Denissa Darmawi. We ended by discussing the problem of motorized transit on the quads and what might be helpful to discourage it. The meeting minutes are attached!

Our next meeting is December 10th, 1:00 - 2:00PM.

 Work order #11210322 was created for the Labor Shop to remove the parking blocks on the south-west side of the parking lot E-28 for shipping containers delivery in the gravel lot between the Abbott Chilling Tower and the Personnel Building. These parking blocks will have to be removed before Friday, November 22, 2024 and should be re-installed in the same spots after the delivery has been made, and no later than Friday, December 6, 2024. 

At Friday's Illini Lights Out event,  2209 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $336 in energy costs. This also prevented 2.7 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 300 gallons of gasoline being consumed. That's a huge impact

Attached is a detailed metrics report for October 2024.

The Energy Team met on Tuesday, Nov. 12th, from 3:30 - 4:30 PM. We provided updates on building energy efficiency efforts, explored occupant engagement strategies, and continued progress on solar rooftop initiatives. A draft recommendation for campus-wide energy upgrades was reviewed, and we discussed the upcoming agrivoltaic solar project. The meeting minutes are attached!

Our next meeting is December 10th, 3:30 - 4:30 PM.

Some water bottle filler stations are equipped with an indicator light that turns red when the filter needs to be replaced.  The Building Service Workers will alert the F&S Service Office when they see an indicator light is red.

Meeting notes are attached below, discussing walkable paths, mowing, and a potential MOU

Fabricated through our own mill shop. Cost to make two of these bins is attached.

The Sustainability Council met on Nov 5, 2024. The primary agenda items included: 

iCAP 2025 development process

• a)    Timeline
• b)    Progress on iCAP 2020 goals
• c)    Challenges and opportunities going forward 
  • i.    Trends in energy efficiency and space
  • ii.    Funding opportunities
  • iii.    Dealing with the question of divestment

The slide deck and minutes are attached.

On October 10th, 2024, iSEE hosted it's semesterly Trash Pick-Up in honor of Campus Sustainability month. Volunteers picked up litter near Boneyard Creek and around the Bardeen Quad, and sorted the litter into trash or recycling bags. In total, 40 lbs of litter were collected.

F&S will hold an internal meeting to discuss restarting conversation with Uber on establishing Emergency Ride Home program for the University. This is in light of the University of Illinois System partnering with Uber for Business: New Partnership with Uber For Business.

Agenda

• [Michael] Updates:
  • Recommendations: added iWG Team
  • Project page: showing list of associated iCAP Teams only to logged in users
  • Recommendations search page:
    • Only showing links for Recommendations; made the rest plain text
    • Added column for latest Recommendation Update status
  • Trimmed down content in Project Updates listings so they're easier to scan:
    • Before: associated projects, full description, public & private files, notes, visibility
    • Now: associated projects, summary description, notes, visibility
    • Open to feedback!
  • Project page: "Add Project Update" and "Add new Metric" links on Project page now auto-fill the current Project!
  • Recommendation page: "Add Recommendation Update" on Recommendation page now auto-fills the current Recommendation!
• Continue discussion of new Recommendations process
• (Time permitting) Discussion of how to handle projects with large numbers of metrics (see notes from Sarthak & Michael's discussion)

Discussion

• Project Updates listings: can descriptions expand/collapse instead of just truncating?
• New Recommendations process
  • Recommendations:
    • For description, enter summary of recommendation rather than iWG assessment
    • Add files column to Recommendation Updates table
    • Michael will investigate ways to show more of the story for each recommendation (incl. teasers w/expandable descriptions?)
    • Description field: "Original Recommendation" heading
    • Keep Recommendation Updates listing reverse chronological
    • Move Supplanted By box up to second position, right after iCAP Team
  • Recommendation Updates:
    • Use status at the time of the update rather than current status
    • For titles, use descriptive sentence rather than single word status
• Sheri: duplicate locations in iCAP Portal
  • Send list to Michael; he'll merge them
• SSC embed on ECE kiosks - will that become out of date with new SSC Projects approach?
  • We could potentially use the SSC embed, or a variation on it
  • Joyce Mast has retired; Catherine Somers is the current contact
• May want to add SSC and possibly Public Affairs recognition to footer
• Embeds: add card option for listings
• Discussion of how to handle projects with large numbers of metrics

TODOs

• ✅ Update Add Project Update links on Project Header Layout projects
• ✅ Project Updates listings: can descriptions expand/collapse instead of just truncating?
• ✅ Recommendation pages:
  • ✅ Show most recent status prominently
  • ✅ Description field: "Original Recommendation" heading
  • ✅ Move Supplanted By box up to second position, right after iCAP Team
• ✅ Merge duplication locations
• ✅ Sort Recommendation Updates listing alphabetically (also look into adding sort options)
• Investigate ways to show more of the story for each recommendation (incl. teasers w/expandable descriptions?)
• Michael will reach out to Sheri to get SSC Projects embed working on SSC website
• ✅ Update SSC link on iCAP Portal homepage to go to SSC Projects page
• May want to add SSC and possibly Public Affairs recognition to footer
• Embeds: add card option for listings