The TRT User Manual based on Energy Farm is now available via two campus links:

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/107820

https://isgs.illinois.edu/publications/c603

Sarthak Prasad met with Shayna Talpallikar to discuss her proposal to promote bicycle registration on campus. Bicycle Registraiton has been mandatory for years, as explained in the University Bicycle Ordinance, and the university should promote it more like that. There is a new national registration system, with a one-time $10 registration fee, and it is available to all - students, faculty, staff, alumni (in C-U area), departmental bicycles, as well as the residents of Urbana, Champaign, Savoy, or any other Champaign County residents.

Shayna expressed interest in helping us out with this project and how we can achieve it. We discussed two main ideas, and thought adding signage to major bicycle parking areas to be the best option right now. Another option was to have Bicycle Registration days or events across campus where we give out free donuts and raffle option to those who register. However, this idea was discouraged due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please see attached some notes from the meeting. A recording of the meeting is also available.

All,

Mike, a semi-regular at the old shop, walked in on Friday for his appointment, looked around and said, “What’d you have to do to get upgraded to such a nice spot?”

Just another positive review of our new space.

I coordinated with Parking to do more frequent pick ups—but smaller loads—of abandoned bikes, which should allow for a better flow of bikes in and out of the bike center. This should be more manageable for myself and my staff going forward, as well.

This week is a Campus Sustainability Celebration on Tuesday, a CBC staff meeting Wednesday evening, and warm weather to close out the week, which usually equals some more traffic, but we’ll see if that holds during a pandemic.

The numbers:

Visitors: 14
Sales: $178.20
Memberships: 4 for $120
Misc parts: 4 for $40

Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Manager

The Illinois Monarch project is an organization that collaborates with both public and private partners, interacting on all levels for the protection and the enhancement of habitats that support monarch butterflies and other pollinators. This project calls for the involvement from individuals to whole cities, with the goal of adding 150 million new milkweed stems to Illinois’ landscape by 2038!

As an individual, I call onto you to also sign this pledge and get involved to support our state’s insect!

See here for a link to the pledge:

http://illinoismonarchproject.org/pledge/

In addition to signing the pledge, I encourage you to also take the time to look deeper into all the great work this organization has done and plans to do: http://illinoismonarchproject.org/

iSEE and F&S are excited to invite you to the Campus Sustainability Celebration 2020! This is an annual event that is especially exciting this year with the signing ceremony of the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) 2020, (once every five years) and the presentation of energy conservation and Freezer Challenge awards. Everyone is invited and encouraged to stay afterward for a social-hour!

Campus Sustainability Celebration

October 20, 3 pm • Map

Meredith Moore • Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

 This opportunity is available online.

You're invited to the first ever Mini-Talks webinar from the Center for the Economics of Sustainability (https://ceos.illinois.edu) on October 28th! Join us during the lunch hour for four bite-sized talks on cutting-edge research in sustainability economics. Register here by October 26th. https://go.illinois.edu/ceos-minitalks 

Mini-Talks on the Economics of Sustainability

October 28, 12–1 pm • Register by 10/26 • Online/Zoom

Isaac Wisthuff • Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

 This opportunity is available online.

According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, solar power is the fastest-growing energy source in the U.S. and this growth will continue to rise. At the moment, only a few states have adopted solar PV end-of-life handling policies. Thus, a lot of modules may end up in landfills. The panel discussion will be on barriers, policies, and sustainable opportunities for end-of-life PV modules.

Sustainable Issues and Opportunities for Handling End-of-Life PV Modules

October 22, 9:30–11 am

Jennifer Martin • Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

 This opportunity is available online.

The Univeristy Counsel made a slight update to the definition of bicycle, which has been updated to the University Bicycle Ordinance.

1. Bicycle. Any one-, two-, three-, or four-wheeled device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, not including wheelchairs or similar devices, but also including class 1 low-speed electric bicycles, as defined by the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/1-140.10. For Use of In-Line Skates, Roller Skates, Skateboards, e-Scooters, and Self-Balancing Personal Transportation Devices, refer to CAM FO-35.

The iCAP Working Group met for the first time during the 2020-2021 academic year on 10-9-20. The group welcomed new members and discussed the status of the SWATeam recommendations submitted last spring by the teams. The meeting minutes and spreadsheet of the recommendation statuses are attached. 

Attached are the meeting minutes and chat from the Zero Waste SWATeam meeting on 10/16.

Discussed were the following topics:

Reducing Food Waste

• Post-consumer food waste prevention
• Post-consumer food waste recovery

Vending Machine Alternatives to Single-use plastics

Plastic Recovery

Single Use Plastics

Illini Union Shadowbox attachment

Food Literacy Project