Attached are the specifics from our parking lot E-15.  We were reusing 27’ poles on approx. 90’ staggered spacing. The BetaLED occupancy sensors are operating right at their max distance, but seem to give good coverage for both cars and pedestrians.  We were targeting a low footcandle level, only about 1.0fc average.

Another LED fixture we have used with success is the Lithonia DSX2.  Due to taller poles (37’) on that project we did not use the occupancy sensors.  Lithonia has since indicated that their sensor may be able to adequately cover motion at that height, but we have not tried it.

University of Illinois is now considering bi-level LED lighting for almost all of our new outdoor installations, particularly parking lots that don’t get a lot of traffic late at night.  Between the energy savings and reduced maintenance, it’s working out very well so far.

Project advocates met with representatives of iSEE and F&S to discuss the SmartWay program.  Additional follow up information was shared from Professor Lavey.

• Link to EPA SmartWay program website:  www.epa.gov/smartway
• Link to Illinois Transportation Sustainability Procurement Program Act:  www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=098-0348
• Link to Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council:  www.purchasingcouncil.org

Joel Steinfeldt in the Office of Public Affairs is the key contact for adding a bike rack to the campus map.  To add a bike parking area, you will need to provide Joel with the location for the map, a small description (eg. 15 U-loop racks at Building Name), and a picture of the bike parking area.  This information and photo can be emailed directly to Joel's attention, and he will add the information to the campus map.

The primary objective of this project-based learning course is to develop critical thinking and engineering problem solving skills by identifying and proposing solutions to current civil and/or environmental engineering problems facing the University of Illinois campus community. The class also includes several site visits to local engineering infrastructure facilities and multiple discussion driven case studies, which expose and deepen students understanding of current engineering facility operations and challenges. Additionally, students will understand more intimately what civil and environmental engineers do as well as the various fields of specialization and prepare them for opportunities for summer internships. Through working on a team project, reviewing other team projects, and receiving feedback from the course instructors, students will also develop necessary professional skills such as communication (written and oral) and project management. The course is primarily for sophomores and junior transfer students with a focus of engaging them into the broad spectra of challenges and contemporary issues in civil and environmental engineering, especially with regard to sustainability, design, and multi-disciplinary teamwork.

From: Foote, Gerard Paul
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 4:16 PM
To: Helmink, Karl J; Johnston, Morgan B
Subject: RE: Boiler tune up grant - proposal and Tom Coe conversation

Karl,

In response to the e-mail referencing Tom Coe and contacting the ERC, Brian Katamay

I had a phone conversation with Brian (Jan16th), indicating our desire to apply for approx. $180,000 In grant rebates and explained the 12’, 13’ and 14’ year totals and referenced Mr. Coe had suggested we talk with Mr. Katamay about applying for all of them and the best way to do so.

After discussing the numbers Brian said he first needs to see the breakdown of the numbers and his main concern was to see how it would fit into the ERP budget, he did not want to commit all of the funds to one place and was concerned about making sure it was split amongst multiple locations. I explained I could email the spreadsheet with the incentive totals, and he requested I complete the project costs column first then submit the spreadsheet to him for a review of the breakdown.

I forwarded the spreadsheet upon completion (2/13/2014), and awaited Brians' response. 

Today he responded and stated Ameren funds are no longer available and they are no longer taking aps for this year.

In turn I asked about the setting aside of funds ahead of time, referencing our first conversation? Brian replied the process for this is preapproval, something he had not required in the original phone call.

When asked what our options are now that weeks of work have been done, Brian said we have the technical work done and when the new year starts after May 31, 2014 we can visit the idea of including this work for 12’,13’and14’. 

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From: Dempsey, John Garrett
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 11:01 AM
To: Roesler, Jeffery Raphael; Mestre, Jose; Johnston, Morgan B; Schideman, Lance Charles; Schmidt, Arthur R; Liu, Liang Y; Somaratna, Jeevaka I
Cc: Stratman, Allan; Andrechak, Michael J; Wise, Phyllis M; Adesida, Ilesanmi
Subject: RE: CEE398

I want to thank each of you for allowing me to be part of the first offering of CEE398. I have learned so much from each of you and developed an real appreciation for the work faculty do. I only wish I had made the connection between F&S and the academy earlier.

Jeff’s presentation yesterday about the second offering this fall and the discussion surrounding it demonstrated just how far he has brought the concept in such a short time. There is no doubt that with Liang’s leadership, Jeff’s hard work, Al’s support and Morgan’s involvement this CEE initiative will continue to blossom. In fact, during a conversation with Ben McCall yesterday, it appears that what you have done is directly translatable to a course being developed by Prof. Madhu Khanna for iSEE. I have asked Morgan to introduce her to the team when appropriate.

As my time here is short, I need to focus on some remaining projects so I will not be attending the bi-weekly course planning meeting, but leave you in Morgan’s capable hands.  Again, thanks for letting me be a part of this.

Revolving Loan Fund Selection Committee,

Thank you to all who participated in the special vote. We received a majority vote of four “yes” responses, so the project is accepted. Our Business Office will get the MOU written and we will move forward with the work very soon. The terms of the loan will be outlined in the MOU and will be in accordance with the signed agreement dated 12/03/2015.

Again, thank you to all who participated and we’ll be in contact with you very soon regarding the next selection meeting.

Josh Whitson

The University Libraries department of facilities is launching a small feasibility study to determine weather it would be cost effective to use bikes as a materials transportation medium. 

Alex Bragg, Distribution Clerk

• Energy
  
  • Currently, we are collaborating with the cities to encourage building managers to sign up for the U-C Energy Star Challenge to encourage energy conservation.  UI students volunteer to assist the building managers with data entry into the Energy Star Portfolio Manager, and SEDAC provides technical support to the program.
  • The City of Champaign includes data about the CO2-e emissions from Abbott Power Plant in their sustainability plan.
  • We all have renewable energy interests, so there may be a potential to collaborate to encourage the renewable energy adoption around this county.
• Land & Space
  
  • I am not sure if there is a project/collaboration already underway with this topic, except through UI Extension’s outreach to the 102 counties.
  • This is an area where we could potentially collaborate to facilitate in-fill development and additional greenspace.
• Procurement & Waste
  
  • The UI Waste Transfer Station was built after the Community Recycling Center was closed a few decades ago.  Now, however, both cities have recycling programs in place with more acceptable recyclable content that we accept on campus.  Perhaps the UI could increase the types of materials that we recycle through a collaboration with the cities. 
  • Also, the City of Urbana’s Landscape Recycling Center is piloting food composting, and we could potentially work together to compost materials from campus that are not recyclable.
• Transportation
  
  • Currently, we are collaborating on transportation planning through CUUATS.  This works very well and should continue to be supported.
  • To encourage alternative fuel vehicles, the UI is installing Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, and the cities may be interested in collaborating on a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling station.  If there were a CNG filling station available in this area, the UI Fleet could be converted to using CNG rather than traditional gasoline.
• Water
  
  • Currently, we are collaborating on stormwater management through the MS4 program.  This includes the Green Infrastructure conference and the Boneyard Community Clean-up Day.
• Education/Outreach/Promoting
  
  • Perhaps there could be a promotional effort to educate community members about general sustainability practices and encourage people to choose Champaign-Urbana as their permanent home.

Urbana is updating their existing Climate Action Plan, and Champaign has recently completed their Sustainability Plan.  With the proposed update efforts for the Illinois Climate Action Plan, this is good timing to start this discussion.

The draft Bike Code was sent to the Campus Administrative Manual (CAM) review committee for approval.  Additionally, the start date of the Bike Code was postponed to summer/fall 2014, from MArch 22, 2014.  This is so the data tracking system can be correctly set up.

see http://www.dailyillini.com/news/campus/article_81b2749a-92c2-11e3-a654-0017a43b2370.html

From: Dempsey, John Garrett
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:49 PM
To: Stratman, Allan; Delucia, Evan H; Andrechak, Michael J; DeLorenzo, Michael T
Cc: McCall, Benjamin; Johnston, Morgan B
Subject: FW: Accelerating Urban Sustainability Initiatives

One of the items that I agreed to work on during my last 9 months here is: “In coordination with the Chancellor’s Office work with representatives from Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, MTD, and the Regional Planning commission to evaluate the potential for a region-wide Climate Action Plan.” In the past the timing just wasn’t right to get everyone to agree to such an idea. However, with the recent completion of the Champaign Sustainability document and the current updating of the Urbana and University CAP’s the timing may be right.

Robby Bauer and Morgan Johnston reviewed the status of the real-time energy meter installations, funded by the SSC and campus.  The original plan was to install real-time electric, steam, and chiled water meters in the Housing facilities in support of the Campus Conservation Nationals.  The electric meters are all installed, but we are recommending that the steam and chilled water meters be put on hold indefinitely in favor of installing electric meters in additional buildings.

The engineers will provide a draft of the completed report for review on April 3, 2014 and the final report document on May 1, 2014.

In Fall of 2013, the follow classes were offered at the Campus Bicycle Shop.

All classes are open to students, staff, faculty and the general public. Unless otherwise noted, classes are at 7pm on the date indicated, at the Campus Bicycle Shop, 608 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign.

Bicycles, parts, and tools will be provided for the duration of each class, and no previous experience is needed. 

Tires, Tubes, and Rim Strips

• October 9, 2013, 7pm $10.
• Repairing a flat tire can range from an easy 5 minute job to an hour of hard labor. In this class we will go over each part of what makes up a rolling tire, and how to fix it.
   

Smooth Shifting

• October 16, 2013, 7pm $20.
• This will be a 2-hour class on shifters and derailleurs. We will cover the types of shifters, the derailleurs they actuate, and how to adjust them.

Choosing the Right Bike

• Friday, October 25, 2013, 10-11am, ARC Multi-purpose Room 7. FREE.
• As part of Sustainability Week 2013, the Campus Bicycle Shop is offering a free class on choosing the right bike. This class will cover bike styles, sizing, the difference tire sizes make, and will touch on how frame geometry affects ride quality. The class will help new and existing cyclists understand what bike to purchase, how to go about selecting the right bike, and when to ask for help. **NOTE DATE & LOCATION HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR THIS CLASS.

Brake Check

• October 30, 2013, 7pm $10.
• In this class we will cover basic brake maintenance and how to adjust commonly used brakes.
   

Winterize your Bike

• November 13, 2013, 7pm $10.
• This class will show students how to prepare their bike for winter, both for safe riding in winter weather and how to protect your bike from the elements while it's stored outside.
   

Put a Bow on it

• December 11, 2013, 7pm $10.
• This class will cover the ins-and-outs of packaging a bike for shipment by postal carrier.

Morgan,

I was telling Nishant about plans to return $5,000.00 to the SSC. He said wait, you should consider putting signs by the fountains reading something to the effect of "this bottle filler was funded by the student sustainability committee". I know this is something David really wanted before. What do you think about that? Would it fit into the budget, comply with codes for putting up signs, etc.

Amy Liu

Ben McCall, Adam Dornford, and Craig Grant met today to discuss the IBI needs.  Ben wrote this summary, after the meeting:

1. It would be really nice if we could get IBI back into the ISTC space, at least in the short term.  I will engage them in discussions.
2. As a "lean" short-to-medium-term option, we could divide the project into three pieces: first, a covered, caged area with secondary containment for the storage of 55-gallon drums of methanol; second, a double-wall above-ground storage tank for the biodiesel; and third, some sort of trailer/truck that would contain the reactor and ancillary equipment.  Each of these would need to be 30 feet away from each other for fire code compliance.  The code requirements for the "trailer" are TBD, but the smaller the quantities of methanol and biodiesel in there at any given time, the easier the compliance would be.  If the trailer is within 1000 feet of a bathroom that can be accessed by people in the trailer, it would not need to have its own bathroom.  We discussed the possibility of trying to go water-less and electrically self-contained.
3. In the medium-to-long term, it might be preferable to build a dedicated building along the lines of the Variety Crop Trials building, although smaller.  The cost might be a couple hundred thousand or so.

I think the students will probably investigate the options in more detail now, and we may come back to you with some more detailed questions as we converge on things.
 

After Amelia Neptune took the excellent job at the League of American Bicyclists, the Campus Bicycle Coordinator position became vacant.  The funding for this position is not available for FY15, so a funding request was submitted to the Student Sustainability Committee.

Funding request submitted to Student Sustainability Committee for a woodchip bioreactor on South Farms.  See attached files.