Below are the key numbers for the month of August:

August Total Rides:21910

Rides per bike per day:1.7

Average Ride Time: 8 Minutes

E-bike Rides:16,511

Peddle Bike Rides:5,398

Private property removal reports:10

Total Market Rides: 301,278…Over 300k!!!!!!

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the August 2019 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 909.3 Megawatt hours. See attached file.

Geothermal well drilling is underway for the Campus Instructional Facility project. As of 8/28, nine of 40 wells have been completed in compliance with the project stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP).

The mode share for campus employees driving alone is down from an original figure of 74% to only 60%!  There is more work to be done to reach our FY20 goal of only 55%, but this is great progress! Check out the graph at 4.4 Reduce Single Occupancy Vehicle Usage, or read the attached files for more details.

Attached are the meeting minutes for the first Zero Waste SWATeam meeting! 

Introductions of both new and old members were followed by a review of recommendations sent to iWG in April 2019. 

After that, some miscellaneous ideas were discussed.

The next Zero Waste SWATeam Meeting will be 17 September 2019.

See attached the quote sent by TBP for the Torch Blinking Bike Lights for University of Illinois' share.

See the Invoice contact information for the University of Illinois.

The Sustainable Student Farm will host its annual Open House on Friday September 6 from 3-6 PM.  Tours of the SSF and Woody Perennial Polyculture projects will be offered as well as food items prepared by the U of I’s Housing and Dining Services featuring produce from the farm. The Student Sustainable Farm grows fruit and vegetables that are sold within the campus community.  Woody Perennial Polyculture is an experimental, alternative farming approach focusing on perennial tree crops instead of annual cropping systems.  Come out to listen, eat, and learn!

September 6, 3–6:00 PM • https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sustainable+Student+Farm/@40.079908,-88.2189663,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x880cd6f002562e19:0x5ffbd796430d2fef!8m2!3d40.079908!4d-88.2167776

Bruce Branham • Department of Crop Sciences

CRCE, the Campus Bike Center, and Complex Fields are closed for Labor Day.

Meredith Moore provided training for the new SWATeam clerks.  We discussed agenda setting, scheduling, and the iCAP Portal. 

F&S shared an update regarding VeoRide Bike Share Rides on August 29, 2019. Click here to view the full article. Following is the excerpt from the article about VeoRides:

VeoRide Bike Share Rides
As the start of the fall semester is underway, Facility Managers should expect an increase in VeoRide bike activity. VeoRide is one of the sponsors for the annual Bike Month in May and several bike initiatives in our community. The number of rides each month is shared with campus, and posted online at https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/project/dockless-bike-sharing. Last September and October, there were close to 50,000 rides each month on the 500 VeoRide bikes in our community, while February and March were closer to 10,000 rides each. The total for the first year was 247,236 rides!

Please contact VeoRide hello@veoride.com, 855-836-2256, if you see a bike that needs to be moved or repaired. It is also okay to pick up and move a misplaced bike. If you can locate the vehicle’s ID number (located on the handlebar or lock), please include this information in your report. Bike share companies are responsible for addressing reported issues within three hours during peak hours.

                    

See attached the quote sent by MTD for the Silicone Strap Bike Lights for University of Illinois' share.

See the Invoice contact information for the University of Illinois.

Dr. Mohamed Attalla, Executive Director at F&S, responded to Dr. Ximing Cai, iWG Chair, on August 27, 2019 stating, "We will prepare the report as requested."

See the transmittal of PWR016 Motion Sensor Lighting Recommendation. 

See the SWATeam Recommendation PWR016 Motion Sensor Lighting here. 

for future updates on this effort, please see Occupancy and Daylight Sensors.

Dr. Mohamed Attalla, Executive Director at F&S, responded to Dr. Ximing Cai, iWG Chair, on August 27, 2019 stating, "We will review options for incorporating geothermal into existing campus documents, and share our thoughts with the iWG before proceeding."

For further information about this project, please see Geothermal on Campus. 

See the transmittal of eGen009 Campus Geothermal Policy Recommendation. 

See the SWATeam Recommendation eGen009 Campus Geothermal Policy. 

All, Busy week, per this time of year. We’re down to two bikes for sale. We’ll be suspending the First Visit Free policy this week as we’re getting too busy to accommodate free repairs. We’ve got a few of the “You don’t have a bike, I guess I’ll build one!” B-a-Bs going. Fortunately the current crop of available bikes are in good shape and don’t need anything too intense and intensive done to get them road worthy. There may be a few crusty-bearing wheels walking out but this is not the time of year for perfection.
Friday we were closed for Campus Recreation Student Staff Training, which went well. Saturday was our Illini Frenzy and Sunday was Quad Day, so it’s been busy to say the least. This week I’ve got a job recruiting opportunity this evening at the ARC from 8 – 9p. I’ll be attending that. Thursday after hours there’ll be a staff training for the Bike Center staff. So a fair bit of extracurricular activity this week!

The numbers:
Visitors: 123*
Sales: $2,278.60
Bikes (refurb): 10 for $1,475
Memberships: 13 for $390
Tires/tubes: 10 for $38

Thanks!

Jacob Benjamin
Manager, Campus Bike Center

As part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s effort to improve sustainability, new recycling and landfill collection containers have been distributed to buildings on the Urbana campus. Eventually, more than 20 buildings will have the containers, which feature three top openings with easily-identifiable and color-coded labels for either “landfill,” “paper,” or “bottles & cans.”

Collection Containers to Increase Recycling Efforts

Pete Varney . Facilities & Services