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David Mischiu and Amy Liu met today to form a very basic list of priority buildings for filler installment. Additionally, they determined which floors for each building would be most useful to have them on. Here is the list, 1 indicating highest priority. 

1. Undergraduate Library, floors 1 and ground level
2. Grainger Library, all floors
3. Ikenberry Commons, floor 1
4. Armory, floors 1 and 3
5. Wohlers Hall, floors 1 and 2
6. Loomis Lab, floors 1 and 2
7. Siebel Center, basement and floor 1
8. Natural Resources Building, floors 1 and 2

They still want to take a look a few more buildings in the quad. Whatever is surveyed from that might not even change the list presented already, but add to how this project could materialize in the future.

The saw dust pan at the PPSB is no longer emptied at the WTS. We are currently emptying it at the Horse and Dairy barns. It is now being diverted from the landfill. Also, the DSC staff that work here at the WTS work hours has been extended to 3:30PM provided we have work for them here to do. This way all the pans with the exception of the compactors from Dining Services and the trash from ORD will be emptied in the south bay here at the WTS.

The News-Gazette published an article about the demolition of campus buildings and the current situation with PACA not being permitted to salvage the materials before the contractor demolishes the structure.

-----Original Message-----
From: Borkowski, Joe [mailto:J.Borkowski@Phoenixsolar.us]
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:11 PM
To: Johnston, Morgan B; Dempsey, John Garrett
Subject: U.S. Steel use for University solar

Morgan,

This email is to attest Phoenix Solar will comply with Illinois and Federal Buy American procurement provisions.  For the purpose of clarity, Phoenix Solar will ensure the steel that is used on this system will be procured and manufactured in the United States.

I look forward to speaking soon.

Best regards,

Joe Borkowski

NRES Professor Warren Lavey helped the University become the first academic institution to join the EPA's SmartWay program.  See the NRES press release.  It was picked up by the Pontiac Daily Leader.

The Urbana Climate Action Plan’s Goal 1: Action 1 calls for creating “programs to encourage businesses to retrofit existing buildings.”  The U-C Kilowatt Crackdown will challenge businesses and property managers to benchmark their buildings’ 2013 energy performance on the free Energy Star Portfolio Manager and then track and improve their energy performance for 2014.  This program may be replicable the following year dependent on participation and future interest.

Key Phrases

• • Challenge yourself to cut costs and improve performance.
• • Fun, easy, convenient, popular.
• • Pledge today to cut costs and avoid waste.
• • Leading businesses are joining the Kilowatt Crackdown
• • Benchmark,  improve, awards

Driving Participation

• • Registration/Pledge may be conducted with an online webform and through a postcard mailed back to the City.  Participants could be listed on a website serving as a public commitment.
  • o Building name, address, contact name, phone, and email
• • Opinion makers may be invited to offer a quote or appear in a video to establish participation as a social norm.
  • o Newscaster, football coach, leading business person
• • Interns may be trained to provide Energy Star Portfolio Manager support for participants to increase program convenience and actively seek out participants.
• • Awards for top performers may follow in early 2015.
  • o Certificate for all who submit SEP
  • o Buildings achieving 10 or 20% reduction in EUI
  • o Energy Star Certified
  • o Greatest Percentage EUI reduction
  • o City Bragging Rights Award for most new Energy Star Buildings per capita

Inputs

• • ES Div. staff time
• • Planning Div. staff time
• • Urbana $2,000 for advertising, printing, awards
• • Champaign $2,000 for advertising, printing, awards
• • CCRPC website and registration management
• • Partner Service Providers’ staff time
  • o IGBA for small and large businesses
• • Provide basic energy efficiency installations (CFLs, Faucet Aerators, LED Exit Signs, Pre-rinse spray valves) and help businesses attain more incentive dollars and installations through ActOnEnergy programs.
• • Recruit ‘Energy Specialist’ interns to assist buildings with benchmarking
  • o SEDAC for large businesses
• • Perform benchmarking for buildings and provide recommendations for improvements
• • Consider amending qualifying square footage for participating buildings
• • Recruit ‘Energy Specialist’ interns to assist buildings with benchmarking
  • o Ameren
• • Business Energy Assessments and Incentives
• • Funding
• • Branding
  • o DCEO
• • Andrea Rice
• • Promotional Partners
  • o Chamber
  • o UBA
  • o City of Urbana
  • o City of Champaign
  • o News media
  • o EDC

Outputs

• • Handbills, advertisements, awards
• • 25 commercial buildings benchmarked
• • 15 commercial buildings reduce energy consumption
• • UPTV video, Smile Politely ad, News-Gazette ad, Facebook promotion
• • Promotional speaking opportunities with Chamber, UBA, Developer’s Luncheon, CCNet, Green Drinks
• • 5 earned media in print, web, radio, tv
• • SEPs and awards

Outcomes

• • 15 buildings reduce GHG by an average of 20%

Timeline

• • July 2013 Determine Ameren role
• • July 2013 Firm up partner roles, process, and website plan
• • Aug. 2013 Agree partner roles and process
• • Sept. 2013 Finish website and printed piece
• • Sept. 2013 Work with Marketing meeting to promote
• • Oct. 2013 Invites to Benchmark
• • Oct. 2013 Invites to lunch and learn
• • Nov. 2013 Lunch and learn with recorded ESPM 101
• • Dec. 2013 Lunch and learn with recorded ESPM 201
• • 2014 Check-ins
• • Jul. 2014  Data check in
• • Dec. 2014 Share media advisory templates
• • Jan. 2015 Invites to share SEPs
• • Feb. 2015 Invites to awards
• • Mar. 2015 Awards
• • Apr. 2015 Follow up with participants on interest

See files

The first meeting was held on August 6th to discuss campus public use EV charging station plans.

It was determined at this time more research into parking enforcement options, types of charging stations to use, and sites available for installation is needed. Follow-up meeting to take place after research findings are completed.

To this date no method exists to interface from the chargers software to the campus parking enforcement software. 

See picture below: with this type of charger the enforcement officer could identify that billing is taking place by the Solid lightning bolt on the right as opposed to the one on the left.

"The Burrill/ Morrill Hall corridor offers a unique opportunity to explore methods of sustainable design through conventional practices of rain garden design as well as hardscaping improvements, lighting installations and additional non-plant strategies.  A moderate strategy is advised. In this conversation moderate is understood to mean more than a creating only rain garden while leaving the existing vegetation, but less than a full redesign which would completely reshape the hardscaping.  A moderate strategy addresses the creation of the rain garden, all the landscape beds while leaving the mature canopy trees in place, and makes some alterations to the existing hardscape.  Perhaps the most difficult challenges of the corridor will be to unify the character of the corridor landscape beds and to design a solu-tion suitable for the harsh conditions of very little sun, significant wind, and heavy pedestrian use."

Talking with Henry Hoene, Manager of the Dairy Farm, the animals at the farm will not have an issue with toxicity to the sawdust and the Dairy Farm will be happy to accept the extra loads of sawdust.

see attached

Justin Johnston confirmed that the answers to all the State Purchasing Officer's questions have been sent to Steve Rotello, the State Purchasing Officer.  Justin is working to set a meeting with the SPO, Justin, and Morgan Johnston to review the current status of this approval.

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-08-14/ui-solar-home-return-campus-chicago.html

Morgan encouraged Bill to ask the SSC for funding to do the design work for a rainwater harvesting system for the Hartley Gardens.  He said he will talk with Matt Edmonson to get an estimate of the cost for the project, so he is ready to reqeust funding when the SSC call for inquiries goes out this fall.

There are native plants throughout the Arboretum and in concentrated paces around the ponds - wetland and mezic.  There is also a prairie just south of the Polinatarium, maintained by John Marlin and volunteers.