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2015 S. Pennsylvania St.

Indianapolis, IN 46225

317.780.6100

The iCAP Working Group (iWG) met on December 12, 2015, and made the following recommendation:

"We recommend that the Chancellor sign Second Nature’s Climate Commitment, which adds a Resilience Commitment (addressing climate adaptation) to our existing Carbon Commitment (focused on carbon neutrality). This commitment would involve partnering with the local communities to perform a resilience assessment, developing resilience indicators that are appropriate for our campus, and incorporating resilience targets into the iCAP. Additionally, should the campus choose to sign by January 4, 2016, we would be recognized as a Charter Signatory."

See attached the iWG assessment of iWG001 Resilience Commitment recommendation complete with comments from all the iWG members.

For future updates, please refer to Resilience Commitment Efforts.

Following completion of the iWG assessment, Ben McCall forwarded this recommendation to Evan, for transmittal to the Chancellor.

See iWG recommendation iWG001 Resilience Commitment here.

Hello all,

The 2015 bike shipment happened yesterday.  Thanks to Working Bikes, parking, and volunteers from TBP/Bike Center we were able to load the container with bikes. 

The semi got stuck.  Thankfully the farm manager pulled it out. 

We shipped all but 20 bikes from the warehouse.  All of the bikes at TBP were shipped and I have 15 left on campus. 

There is still work to do, cleaning up and removing the rest of the bikes from the warehouse, but I will look into that next week.

Thanks to all those who helped especially Waymond, Lee, Julia, and Marie.
James

In fall 2014, Diane Anderson, the Research and Education Specialist at the University’s Arboretum, worked with five students in Instructor Michael Woodley’s senior design class in the Computer Science department to develop a mobile app for the Arboretum.  The project information is stored online at https://seniorprojects.cs.illinois.edu/confluence/display/ATW2014/Arbore....

Energy Conservation & Building Standards SWATeam meeting minutes for November 18.

Hello all,

Last week was productive.  The shop sold 3 memberships for $75, and grossed $225.  We got lots of bikes prepared and loading details sorted.  I was able to get 400 of 417 bikes pedals taken off and handle bars turned.  I clean and organized the shop as well as did some ordering.  I added a lot of hanging storage.  The shop was slow so we did a lot of in depth education with the, staff, volunteers, and members.

This week I will continue to work on getting all of the bikes prepared and finalize other details for the shipment.  I will make a sign up sheet and enlist other groups to help us load.  I will also spend some time working on search committee duties. 

From the Campus Outpost,
James Roedl

Construction of a 5.87 megawatt (MW) Solar Farm on campus is under construction, after university and state officials approved power purchase and land lease agreements with Phoenix Solar South Farms, LLC.

Once installed, the Solar Farm will be one of the largest on-site university arrays in the country, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency statistics, producing 7.86 million kilowatt-hours per year, or approximately two percent of the electrical demand for the Urbana campus in fiscal year 2015.

Facilities & Services Executive Director Al Stratman said, “We are very pleased to see this long awaited agreement completed and signed, so the installation can begin. This unique and challenging project was only made possible through the dedication of many people working together and focused on achieving our renewable energy goals.”

In 2008, the chancellor signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, pledging to be carbon neutral by 2050. As a part of this commitment, specific goals for energy conservation and renewable energy were outlined in the 2010 Illinois Climate Action Plan. The Solar Farm will contribute toward the renewable energy used on campus for at least twenty years.

"The Solar Farm represents the success of numerous efforts, including those made by the many hard-working students committed to advancing renewable energy and environmental sustainability,” said Amy Liu, chair of the Student Sustainability Committee. “Its construction will be a historic project and a source of great pride for campus."

A copy of the meeting notes for the Energy Generation, Purchasing, and Distribution team meeting on Friday, November 20th. 

A copy of the meeting notes for the Energy Generation, Purchasing, and Distribution team meeting on Friday, November 13th. 

A copy of the meeting notes for the Energy Generation, Purchasing, and Distribution team meeting on Friday, November 6th.