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Objectives Dashboard
The 2015 Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) provides a strategic plan for achieving the Climate Leadership Commitments, including being carbon neutral no later than 2050. There are several specific objectives defined in the 2015 iCAP, and each objective has a related Project on this portal. The dashboard below links iCAP Objectives to key performance metrics and the related Project.
Theme | Objective | Metric |
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3.1 Explore Options for 100 Percent Clean Campus Energy |
No metric specified for this objective |
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3.2 Expand On-Campus Solar Energy Production |
Solar Energy Generation on CampusAnnotations
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3.3 Expand the Purchase of Clean Energy |
Total Purchased Clean EnergyAnnotations
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3.4 Purchase offsets for Supercomputers |
Annual electrical consumption for Petascale Facility |
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4.1 Reduce Air Travel Emissions |
4.1 Percent reduction from air travel baseline FY14 |
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4.2 Reduce Fleet emission in the next 5 years |
4.2 Percent reduction in emissions from the UI fleet |
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4.3 Develop scenarios for converting the fleet to renewable fuels |
No metric specified for this objective |
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4.4 Reduce Single Occupancy Vehicle Usage |
4.4 Percent of Staff Driving AloneAnnotations
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4.5 Implement the campus bicycle plan |
4.5 Percent of Proposed Bikeway Facilities Installed |
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4.6 Appropriately staff sustainable transportation efforts |
Full Time Employees for Sustainable Transportation |
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5.1 Obtain and Publicize Water Data |
Percent Reduction in Potable Water Consumption |
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5.2 Reduce cooling tower water use |
No metric specified for this objective |
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5.3 Water Audit to establish conservation targets and facilities standard |
5.3 Number of Audits Completed |
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5.4 Inventory & Benchmark existing landscape performance |
No metric specified for this objective |
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5.5 Implement pilot projects for water reuse and / or non-potable water substitution |
No metric specified for this objective |
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5.6 Stormwater runoff pollutant reduction |
No metric specified for this objective |
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6.1 Develop and apply environmental purchasing standards |
6.1 Percent of Paper Purchased from OfficeMax with Recycled-Content |
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6.2 Reduce MSW landfill volume |
6.2 MSW Diversion Rate |
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6.3 Methane Capture at Landfill |
No metric specified for this objective |
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6.4 Appropriately Staff Zero Waste Efforts |
No metric specified for this objective |
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7.1 Assess and reduce agricultural emissions |
No metric specified for this objective |
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7.2 Sustainable Plantings & Maintenance Across Campus |
No metric specified for this objective |
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7.3 Sustainability in campus master plan |
No metric specified for this objective |
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7.4 Increase use of local food |
7.4 Locally grown purchases |
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7.5 Increase Carbon Sequestration |
7.5 Total acres of agroforestryAnnotations
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7.6 Agricultural runoff and subsurface drainage |
No metric specified for this objective |
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8.1 Conduct an RFP Process for Offsets |
Number of offsets purchased for campus |
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8.2 Develop a Mechanism for Units to Purchase Offsets |
No metric specified for this objective |
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8.3 Develop Local/Regional Mission-Linked Offsets |
No metric specified for this objective |
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8.4 Use Offsets to Meet Unmet 2020 iCAP Targets |
No metric specified for this objective |
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9.1 Studies of Feasibility, Costs, and Benefits |
No metric specified for this objective |
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9.2 Increase Funding for Projects with Financial Payback |
Funding available in any Revolving Loan Fund |
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9.3 Identify and Increase Available Funding for Projects without Payback |
Funding available from Carbon Credit Sales at end of Fiscal Year |
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9.4 Evaluate the Feasibility of Internally Putting a Price on Carbon |
No metric specified for this objective |
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10.1 Undergraduate Sustainability Minor |
No metric specified for this objective |
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10.2 Undergraduate Research and Practical Experiences |
No metric specified for this objective |
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10.3 Add New Sustainability-focused Courses |
10.3 Percent of Departments Offering Sustainability Courses |
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11.1 Support Co-Curricular Student Sustainability Programs |
No metric specified for this objective |
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11.2 Strengthen Sustainability Outreach Programs |
No metric specified for this objective |
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11.3 Organize Three Major Sustainability Events Each Year |
No metric specified for this objective |
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12.1 iSEE Website |
No metric specified for this objective |
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12.2 Scholars Program |
No metric specified for this objective |
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12.3 Launch Thematic Research |
No metric specified for this objective |
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iCAP 2020: Illinois Climate Action Plan |
Total Campus GHG EmissionsAnnotations
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Another 2020 iCAP Objective |
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1.0 2015 Illinois Climate Action Plan |
Total Campus GHG EmissionsAnnotations
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2.1 Net-Zero Space |
No metric specified for this objective |
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2.2 Improve standards for new building and renovations |
No metric specified for this objective |
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2.3 Strengthen Centralized Conservation Plan |
Percent Reduction in Energy Use Intensity |
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2.4 Engage and incentivize the campus community |
No metric specified for this objective |