We received the invoice for the software and license for the Energy Dashboard project through August 31. The next licensing period will be from September 1 through December 31. Beginning January 1, 2013 licensing will be on an annual track. The software for the Energy Dashboard from Instep will cost $40,000, with the discount given to the University. The annual support for the Dashboard will be $6,750.
Professor Bob Pahre plans to work on a Native Landscaping Signage Network" for the SSC Land Working Group. The sign at the Red Oak Rain Garden is one model.
Twelve requetball and three squash courts at the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) were retrofit with 193 fluorescent and 96 mercury vapor light fixtures. The project was funded by the Student Sustainability Committee through an interest-free loan of $75,000.
Once the lighting retrofits were completed, occpancy sensors were installed in all 15 courts.
The overall cost of the project ended up at $61,203.69 -- $13,796.31 less than the original quote. Campus Recreation requested that the remaining balance stay with the division and be used to further fund energy reduction projects within their facilities.
The total average reduction in power consumption is 129,226 kWh. This is a 75.7 percent decrease in consumption, which translates to an annual savings of $9,020. The simple payback for this project is 6.78 years.
Ten buildings on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus were selected to receive RLF funding for occupancy sensors in FY12. In order from top priority to lowest priority, the buildings that received funding are Gregory Hall, the Foreign Languages Building, the Agriculture Engineering Sciences Building, Newmark Laboratory, the Rehabilitation Education Center, the Education Building, the Law Building, the Water Survey Buildings, Noyes Laboratory, and Freer Hall. The University will now proceed to implementation of occupancy sensors in all of the above buildings.
Gregory Hall, the Foreign Languages Building, Newmark Laboratory, the Rehabilitation Education Center, Noyes Laboratory, and Freer Hall have also been selected to receive HVAC occupancy sensors.
The draft 2013 Campus Bike Plan is now available for public input. The draft plan will be online during a four-week period, March 4-31, and all members of the campus community are encouraged to review the plan and submit their feedback to TDM. Feedback can be submitted through the online Campus Bicycle Feedback Form through March 31, 2013.
The central question posed to Illinois Business Consulting (IBC) is as follows: what would be the economic impact of replacing 10% of the university’s coal intake with wood chips? After extensive research, analysis, and calculation it is the opinion of IBC that the cogeneration of energy with coal and wood chips is not economically feasible. The initiative has been deemed not economically feasible because wood chips are more expensive on the basis of energy content, transportation costs will increase due to biomass, and infrastructure modification expenses necessary for the operational changes are significant.
Teresa Tousignant will be the Student Sustainability Committee's representative for this project during spring 2013.
In 2012, F&S hired Illinois Business Consulting to evaluate the following question for Abbott Power Plant: "Can the overall carbon footprint be decreased by using 10% of biomass in place of 10% of coal?" The report and executive summary are attached here.
The final report for the Bike Sharing Feasibility Study was submitted to SSC. The study recommends the following three tiered approach to bicycle sharing on the Urbana-Champaign campus:
Marcus Ricci, Stephanie Lage, Brian Deal, and Morgan Johnston met to review the status of this report. Marcus has collected a lot of data about how waste is handled on campus, and he has started to draft a summary.
This file shows each building that has been Retrocomissioned since the program began. It includes the dates of the RCx effort, the energy reduction and related cost avoidance in utility costs.
From: Hanson, Claudine
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:10 AM
To: Johnston, Morgan B; Beverage, McKenzie
Cc: Jones, John D
Subject: RE: RSO Weatherization Payments
Here you go.
The full CFOAP for deposits into an RSO fund is 1-90xxxx-389005-307900-199000
The fund numbers are as follows:
Hong Kong Student Association 901645
Chinese Undergraduate Student Association 902108
Horticulture Club 901887
Students for Environmental Concerns 901758
American Society of Civil Engineers 901270
Let me know if you have questions.
Claudine
Amelia, Morgan, and Mike Lyon met this morning to review the current status of this project. Morgan gave an overview of what has happened with bicycling this summer, and Amelia described the LINC class projects for this fall. We will set a meeting with Risk Management, Legal, and Kinesiology to review the departmental bike sharing process. We will also set a meeting with Purchasing to identify the correct process for the purchase of UI owned bicycles.
From: Barcus, Mark A
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 7:58 AM
To: Beverage, McKenzie; Johnston, Morgan B; Thomas Ferrarell (tjferrarell@gmail.com)
Subject: RE: Weatherization Update
Hello All,
The work on these buildings should start in the next couple weeks. The Craft & Trades are getting past their busy season since school has started.
The only item I see on Tom’s list that may be an issue is the tuck pointing at the Native American House 1206 W. Nevada. I will have to speak with our Brickmasons Foreman to see if this can be done.
As for the Speech Communication building let me see what the future plans for its use are.
Thanks
Mark
Hi Mark and Morgan,
I met with Thomas today and we discussed the kits and email to be sent to the buildings. He is waiting on confirmation from Mark for the building upgrades. Do you know when those will begin? He would like to list the specific upgrades that will be made for each building when he contacts them. I have attached his list here. Please let him know if all of these will be able to happen and when.
Additionally, Thomas was informed that the Speech Communications building is not occupied this semester. Do you know how long it will be unoccupied? If it is longer than the fall semester, Thomas suggested reconsidering completing the upgrades.
Let me know if you would like to set up a meeting to discuss these items. Otherwise, Thomas will be needing the energy usage information from before and after the upgrades to include that in his final report. Thanks!
Best Regards,
Mckenzie Beverage
Mike Marquissee confirmed the funding available for allocation in FY13 is $250,000. Doris Reeser stated that there will be no AFMFA allocation meeting this year. It was decided that the call for proposals should wait until there is at least $1M to allocate from this fund. Therefore, there will not be a selection process during FY13.
Morgan,
I have attached the invoices for the RSOs. I have been informed by the RSO account tech that you need to make the check payable to the University of Illinois. You can put their RSO name in the memo or write c/o after the University of Illinois with their RSO name. Whichever works easiest for you. Once you have done this, please send the checks to me (my mail code is listed below). I will contact the students and give them instructions on how to cash these checks. Please let me know if you need anything further.
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From: Beverage, McKenzie
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 10:37 AM
To: Kealan O'Neil; O'Neil, Kealan Daniel; Jenny Allen; Allen, Jennifer M; Choi, Hiu Yan; Lin, Jiaxiu; Katie Kinley; julie.fry6@gmail.com
Cc: Thomas Ferrarell; Johnston, Morgan B; Allen, Amy E
Subject: RE: Weatherization Project Payments
Hello all,
Thank you so much for participating in the 2011-2012 Weatherization Program. Your incentives for participating in the program will be available at the Office of Registered Organizations on the day classes begin. Please ask for me when you arrive.
When you come to pick up your check you will need to take it to the Cashier’s window in 100 Henry Administration Building. You will need your 4-digit RSO account number (ACCOUNT #1-90__ __ __ __-389005-307900-199000) in order to deposit the check into your RSO account. Your treasurer should know this number. If your treasurer does not know this number, he or she may request if from the Office of Registered Organizations (please note that only the treasurer may request this number).
Please let me know if you have any questions. Enjoy the last few days of summer!
Best Regards,
Mckenzie Beverage
Program Advisor, Student Sustainability Committee
Campus Compost Project Agreement.pdf Campus Compost Project Agreement Spring 2012.pdf
Campus Compost Project Award and Acceptance Letter.docx Large Scale Food Waste Composting Project (cancelled) Final Report.docx Proposal Transmittal Form 091109-1 FSCRAP 010612.docx
Budget for Grant Application.xlsx Revolving Loan Fund Agreement 2011.pdf Revolving Loan Fund Agreement Fall 2011.pdf Jan 2012 Revolving Loan Fund President Hogan Letter.docx Jan 2012 SSC Hogan letter_MB Edits.docx Pres Hogan November 2011 Revolving Loan Fund Letter.pdf Pres. Hogan Response March 2012.pdf President Hogan Response Letter March 2012.docx President Hogan Response Letter March 2012.pdf University of Illinois Revolving Loan Fund Key Points.docxA presentation about the Energy Dashboard was given at the Behavior Change / Energy Efficiency Conference on May 22, 2012: http://www.igencc.org/bhc12.speakers.
