The iCAP Education team met on Teams from 4-5 PM on Monday February 10th. First we reviewed materials for the Green Career Forum, then we identified the progress and next steps for establishing the Sustainability Gen-Ed Requirement, then we introduced the possibility of a Suatainability Exit Survey, and lastly we closed by delegating research tasks for the 2025 AASHE stars report. The meeting minutes are attached.

Following is the data for Bike to Work Day 2024

• 1,565 Bike Month t-shirts purchased
• 1,274 registered
• 775 participated/checked in
• 1,132 t-shirts given out
• Leftovers at CCRPC: 413 t-shirts (Adults) and 20 t-shirts (Youth)
  • Youth Small - 10
  • Youth Medium - 10
  • Small - 122
  • Medium - 179
  • Large - 77
  • Extra Large - 26
  • 2XL - 9

F&S, MTD, Urbana, and Champaign are planning to host an event in April 2025 (around Earth Day 04/22) to give away the remaining lights and t-shirts from Bike to Work Day and Light the Night. Additional details are still being discussed internally. 

• Bike to Work Day:
  
  • 1565 Bike Month t-shirts purchased
  • 1274 registered
  • 775 participated/checked in
  • 1132 t-shirts given out
  • Leftovers at CCRPC: 413 t-shirts (Adults) and 20 t-shirts (Youth)
    
    • Youth Small - 10
    • Youth Medium - 10
    • Small - 122
    • Medium - 179
    • Large - 77
    • Extra Large - 26
    • 2XL - 9
• Light the Night: 520 light sets leftover. - https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/project-update/leftover-light-count. 

The iCAP Transportation Team had our first meeting of the spring semester on Monday, Feb. 10th.

There were a lot of exciting updates - the 2025 Campus Bike Plan has been published, student's research projects are progressing as they look into systems and infrastructures other universities have in place to encourage active and less environmentally impactful methods of transit, and we are working on finalizing the Campus Transportation Survey to send out in the next couple of weeks.

Please see attached the iWG meeting notes from the meeting held on Feb 11, 2025. The meeting topic was the review of the draft Engagement objectives for the next iCAP.

The Land and Water team had their monthly meeting on February 7th, 2025, on Teams at 9:00 am. This was the first meeting with the team's new interim chair, Jonathon Mosley. The meeting minutes and notes are attached. 

The Energy Team had their February meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6th, from 2:00 - 3:00 PM. We discussed updates on the solar rooftop project, focusing on the Krannert Art Museum as a potential installation site. The team also explored funding opportunities, including the Illinois Climate Bank’s new loan program for energy efficiency projects. Additional topics included occupant engagement initiatives, lab energy optimization, and potential participation in the Engineering Open House. The meeting minutes are attached!

Our next meeting is March 13th, 2:00 - 3:00 PM.

The Department of Pyschology acheived Monarch Level Green Office Certification!

A our last Friday's Illini Lights Out event, a total of 1329 light bulbs were shut off that otherwise would have been left on all weekend, saving $202 in energy costs. This also prevented 1.5 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 169 gallons of gasoline being consumed. 

We have been surprisingly busy here at CBC so far this year. We’ve sold a few bikes thus far and seen a couple Build-a-Bikes head out the door—all good things!

Over the weekend, TBP volunteers and I tackled the abandoned bikes in the barn. Made some good progress and had almost a dozen folks on hand helping to sort/strip/move bikes out. Will have to take a few more cracks at it before we completely empty the space but got a good start. Great to see so many volunteers come out—many hands make light work!
 

The numbers (1/22 – 1/31):

Visitors: 73
Sales: 1,371
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $610
Bikes (B-a-B): 3 for $180
Memberships: 15 for $450
Tires/tubes: 4 for $19.50

Work order #11183778 for Construction Service Support for construction phase 8474 bike storage [campus] rock laydown area was closed on 1/31/2025. This task cost $28.14.

The meeting covered updates on the Greener Campus (GC) initiative, including efforts to promote office certification and introduce decals for visibility. There was discussion on engaging Greek Life in sustainability efforts, with suggested contacts for outreach. The Sustainapalooza committee, represented by Kathrine Bruce and Liesl Schrag, provided an event overview and discussed promotional efforts such as digital signage, outreach to department heads, and MTD bus advertisements. Laurinda introduced a wildlife-centered gardening project under the Illinois Prairie Garden initiative, presenting engagement opportunities like prairie conservation and plant sales. Additional sustainability events were highlighted, including a short film event during Earth Week. Action items included Brigid coordinating scheduling and outreach, Quinn working on GC decals and office engagement, and all members providing feedback on marketing materials, brainstorming engagement strategies, and filling out a scheduling poll.

Angela Kent is leading a research team that is developing a new type of corn that reduces greenhouse gas emissions while also maintaining crop yield. The Department of Energy recently announced new ARPA-E funding for the project. 

Please see attached the iWG meeting notes from the meeting held on Jan 21, 2025. The topic of this meeting was the proposed Zero Waste objectives for the next iCAP.

See attached.

Work order #11210744 is for Transportation Demand Management to pay for bagging City of Champaign meters for the delivery of shipping containers. This work order was converted to purchase order #A435424 and was closed on 1/17/2025. This task cost $300.

Professor Yun Yi provided an update on the building energy modeling project:

With the help of students, I created initial energy models for three campus buildings: Newmark Civil Engineering, Bevier Hall, and Allen Hall. The students were able to build detailed models of the HVAC systems for each building. The next step is to calibrate these models using actual meter data. While the students made good progress, the calibration still requires some advanced fine-tuning.

I’m planning to hire a student to focus on this calibration work. As we discussed, your help in hiring an assistant for the semester would be greatly appreciated. This would be a 25% appointment for a master’s student, with compensation similar to last semester.

The attached PDF contains performance metrics for ZipCar usage on campus for January 2025.

An article was published on the F&S website and announcement will be sent out soon regarding the approval of the 2024 Bicycle Plan: https://fs.illinois.edu/News/new-campus-bicycle-plan-approved-and-publis....