The iCAP Working Group met on March 30, 2016. They discussed the Illini Lights Out recommendation by the ECBS SWATeam. Since this project was on a small scale, the iWG Chair assessed the recommendation and approved it.

The Energy Conservation and Building Standards SWATeam submitted a recommendation for an Illini Lights Out campaign. A group of student volunteers will visit 8 buildings that surround the quad, turn off lights and record data. As the only resources needed was the price of pizza for the volunteers, Ben McCall - Associate Director of Campus Sustainability -  approved the recommendation on behalf of the iCAP Working Group, and indicated that iSEE will go ahead with this project.

See Illini Lights Out project for more updates.

See SWATeam recommendation ECons002 Illini Lights Out.

The iCAP Working Group (iWG) met on February 16, 2016, to discuss the SWATeam recommendation, Trans005 Travel Demand Analysis. The iWG's final comment was:

"What would be the end result? There are many reasons to travel, some are optional and some are not. For example, junior faculty who are working on tenure need to network and engage with other experts in their area. Other times, it may be sufficient to conduct business or the meeting virtually. This is more of a sociological study, maybe a student in the Sociology department can help.  Jess Tang will work with the SWATeam to see if this is plausible."

Following the iWG meeting, this recommendation was returned to the Transportation SWATeam for further discussion within the SWATeam.

See SWATeam recommendation Trans005 Travel Demand Analysis here.

The iCAP Working Group (iWG) met on February 16, 2016, to discuss the SWATeam recommendation, Trans007 Campus Fleet Analysis and Planning. The iWG's final comment was:

"They have suggested that this analysis is ideally completed by an industry professional. The iWG recommends that this study can be broken down into phases where phase 1 could be done by students, and phase 2 then could be done by an outside consultant (industry expert). Ben will suggest this to the SWATeam."

Following the iWG meeting, this recommendation was returned to the Transportation SWATeam for further discussion and modification to the recommendation within the SWATeam.

See SWATeam recommendation Trans007 Campus Fleet Analysis and Planning here.

The Ag Emissions Study recommendation was assessed by the iCAP Working Group (iWG) on Feb 16, 2017. iWG wanted more information from the ALUFS SWATeam, but the SWATeam chose not resubmit at the time.

See ALUFS001 Ag Emissions Study recommendation.

The iCAP Working Group approved the following criteria for evaluating potential feasibilty studies recommended by SWATeams.

Criteria for Feasibility Studies

• Emissions reduction – using the iCAP’s emissions numbers
• Financial cost reduction – per the formal campus budget impact
• Educational factor – related to students learning more
• Promotional factor – related to UIUC reputation
• Ease of implementation – related to the number of hurdles for getting this done, or using the results of the study to implement a change on campus
• Political factor – similar to promotional, but related more to our responsiveness to community concerns and requests
• Resource conservation – including energy, water, and materials
• Connection to iCAP Objectives
• Behavior change – support a sustainable culture
• Cost Benefit Analysis – will the cost align with perceived benefit

The iCAP Working Group (iWG) met on December 12, 2015, and made the following recommendation:

"We recommend that the Chancellor sign Second Nature’s Climate Commitment, which adds a Resilience Commitment (addressing climate adaptation) to our existing Carbon Commitment (focused on carbon neutrality). This commitment would involve partnering with the local communities to perform a resilience assessment, developing resilience indicators that are appropriate for our campus, and incorporating resilience targets into the iCAP. Additionally, should the campus choose to sign by January 4, 2016, we would be recognized as a Charter Signatory."

See attached the iWG assessment of iWG001 Resilience Commitment recommendation complete with comments from all the iWG members.

For future updates, please refer to Resilience Commitment Efforts.