Dear SWATwater team and Ben,

Good morning, unfortunately I have to attend another meeting (today 10/1 & again 10/15) during our swat water meeting time. I'm truly sorry for my absence today. 

I've attached my notes on the storm water aspect of the reduction/re-use goals and scenarios, with a draft list of recommended steps/studies to support moving forward through planning and design. I hope these goals and strategies hit the level of information needed at this point, supporting 5) d. of Kishore's handout. They can be translated into the recommendation format for future iCAP working group review, post Oct 22.

Ben, I'm sorry to miss the chance to meet you today - I look forward to the next opportunity. 

And I look forward to any comments from the team.

Very best,

Mary Pat

Mary Pat Mattson, RLA, ASLA

Assistant Professor : Department of Landscape Architecture

College of Fine and Applied Arts : UIUC

Hello, SWATeam and Consultation Group.  Thank you for your comments on the draft report and for providing additional information.

Here is the report that our SWATeam is submitting to iSEE.  Let's hope that it will be helpful.

The next step is drafting a revised section of the iCAP.  Let's meet on Monday, October 13 at 4:30 pm (Dilip, can you find a room?).  I'll send around a draft before the meeting.

Best wishes.

Warren Lavey

Hello everyone,

I have updated the SWAT folder with the new minutes and documents that have been being passed around.

Just a reminder, 2 weeks ago, we spoke about how we may want to utlize our volunteers moving forward, and also, about reaching out to other faculty/ staff at UIUC to get an expert opinion on some of our ideas for the new iCAP goals. Since we have 3 meetings left until the Campus Sustainability Day deadline, establishing these decisions this week so that we have 2 weeks to coordinate might be beneficial. (I can also assist in reaching out to persons we are interested in to save you some time once we establish a date).

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 1st in NSRL room 358 at 12 pm. I will see you all there.

Have a great day,

Danielle

Hi Kishore,

The spreadsheet is very helpful, many thanks. 

I quickly combed through the document and didn't find any errors in calculation. However, there seem to be minor differences between inputs for UIUC water use when compared to the "iCAP Water Emissions" spreadsheet Ben recently shared with us e.g 1023 mgpy vs. 1063 mgpy.  

I might look at University of Michigan more closely later today since it's of special interest to us.

Amy Liu

Amy/Lance/Lance:

If you have the time, please go through the attached xlsx and see if you can catch either transcription or formulaic errors.

Stephanie/Keith: If you have data from 2005 on water consumption per year and buildings sq. ft. age that would help us in estimating annual growth rates.

Thanks

N. Rajagopalan PhD

Please note the attached PDF file which is a map of the campus Raw Water System

Keith

Please note the attached PDF file which is a map of the campus Raw Water System

Keith Erickson

Hi Morgan,

The project I am working on is called Green My Crib. I have attached the flyer that I sent out to houses below. Basically, I made a checklist of items in the categories of energy, waste, green purchasing, education and community. Houses compete against each other by receiving points based on what items from the checklist they implement in their house. 

Right now, I am trying to get houses interested. The end goal right now is to get about 5 houses interested this semester and expand next semester. I am planning to do audits of the houses who sign up so I can recommend the best ways for them to make their houses more green.

Let me know if you can think of any ways to better publicize this competition to the Greek community or if you know any students interested in helping out.

Regards,

Madeline Kull
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
College of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dear Colleagues:

I have asked Tina Candler to schedule a meeting of our group for as soon as possible.

I have attached the our Fall 2014 report….

In preparation for our next meeting, please read the report and think about the following

1. Should the transportation iCAP targets be modified?

2. For each of the iCAP targets how should we modify the previous year’s report?  Are there new strategies or action steps that we should be proposing?

3. Are there additional strategies to reduce transpiration emissions we have no thought of?

4. Can we make proposals about additional data collection that would help to advance the interests of ICAP in the area of transportation.

Please come to our next meeting prepared to discuss the above.  If you would like to edit our Fall 2014 report prior to the meeting, feell free to do so.

Best wishes

Wojtek

Wojtek J. Chodzko-Zajko, PhD
Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor and Head

Department of Kinesiology and Community Health

"This summer, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (CUMTD) maintenance facility got something cool to go on top of its roof — a big photovoltaic system — 1,212 panels.

According to Jane Sullivan, whose title at CUMTD is grant manager and sustainability planner (and who is a 2012 graduate of the UI School of Earth, Society, and Environment, where I teach), it's the biggest solar array operating in central Illinois.

It generates 350,000-kilowatt hours of electricity over the course of the year, which translates to one quarter of the electricity used there. (The maintenance facility is a busy place, operating 24/7 when the UI is in session and providing full service maintenance for the district's 102-bus fleet.)

Sullivan said the investment in solar is in keeping with the broader environmental mission of the district. "We're interested in finding as many ways as we can to reduce our environmental impact, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an important part of that."" - Rob Kanter, http://www.news-gazette.com/living/2014-09-28/environmental-almanac-loca...

Morning, all.

Courtesy of Max-R (big name in recycling bins), we have a new, functional, clean, state-of-the-art rubbish/recycling station in the break room (photo attached). It will still be serviced by our same cleaning staff. As free time allows, I’ll update the signage. The cardboard bin is next to the pretty bin. Note the SEDAC logo and the “this is made from 1501 recycled milk jugs” image.

Thanx to Lucas, Stevie, Carrie, Aaron and others for logistical and physical support in getting it sited.

Cheers,
Marcus

From: Lage, Stephanie M
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 2:50 PM
To: Bender, Karen L; Vanhoy, Roger; Fruehling, Amy; Goodlad, Lauren M E; Hodson, Piper; Chakraborty, Arnab; Johnston, Morgan B; Ben McCall
Cc: Kokini, Jenny; Rosenbery, Amy Nichole; Mancuso, Anthony D; Khanna, Madhu
Subject: Roundtable October 7

Good afternoon,

We are finalizing some details for the Roundtable Discussion on Tuesday, October 7, 2014.

As you can see on the attached agenda, the event begins at 9:30 and will be finished up by 4:00.

We have 12 visitors coming from corporations, government and non-government agencies. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity to interact with them and stay for the whole day, particularly for the roundtable discussion, and the small group discussion. 

Please confirm your attendance for lunch and the afternoon discussions so that we can finalize lunch counts and appropriate seating arrangements.

Thanks!

Stephanie 

Stephanie M. Lage

Assistant Director

Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

From: Kenfield, Micah Charles
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:00 AM
Subject: SSC Spotlight in the Daily Illini

Good morning, team!

Some of you may have already seen this, but the Daily Illini gave some great coverage to the Coffee Ground Repurposing Project in today’s paper:

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/article_bd4b0c04-4381-11e4-93bc-0017a43b2370.html

Great job to all involved in the project, and a special thanks to Dr. Wander for her interview in the article.

All My Best,

Micah Kenfield

Program Advisor, Student Sustainability Committee

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

285 Illini Union, MC-384

Champaign-Urbana Area Bicycle Map
Distribution Locations on the Illinois Campus

University Locations

Campus Parking:
Public Safety Building, MC-241
1110 Springfield Ave., Suite 201
Urbana, IL 61801

Campus Police:
Safety Day
September 11, 2008

Campus Recreation
Campus Recreation Center East
Activities Recreation Center

McKinley Health Center
1109 S. Lincoln Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801

Illini Union Bookstore
809 S. Wright Street
Champaign, IL 61820

Undergraduate Library
1402 West Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801

Illini Union
1401 West Greet Street
Urbana, IL 61801

International Student and Scholar Services
400 Student Services Building
610 E. John
Champaign, IL 

Turner Student Services
Front Desk or Third Floor (Dean of Students)
610 East John
Champaign, IL 61801

Alice Campbell Alumni Center
601 South Lincoln Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801

University Housing

Allen Hall front desk
1005 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

Busey/Evans Hall front desk
111 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801

Townsend Hall front desk
918 West Illinois St.
Urbana, IL 61801

Wardell Hall front desk
1012 West Illinois St.
Urbana, IL 61801

Trelease Hall front desk
901 College Ct.
Urbana, IL 61801

Oblesby Hall front desk
1005 College Ct.
Urbana, IL 61801

Babcock-Carr Hall front desk
1001 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801

Blaisdell-Sunders Hall front desk
901 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801

Weston Hall front desk
204 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820

Taft-Van Doren Hall front desk
1213 South Fourth Street
Champaign, IL 61820

Barton and Lundgren Halls front desk
1205 South Fourth Street
Champaign, IL 61820

Forbes Hall front desk
101 East Gregory Drive
Champaign, IL 61820

Garner Hall front desk
201 East Gregory Drive
Champaign, IL 61820

Hopkins Hal front desk
103 East Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

Orchard Downs front desk (Family and Graduate Housing)
1841 Orchard Place
Urbana, IL 61801

Sherman Hall front desk
909 South Fifth Street
Champaign, Il 61820

Daniels Hall front desk
1010 West Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820

Private Certified Housing

Armory House
1010 South Second
Champaign, IL 61820

Bromley Hall
910 South Third
Champaign, IL 61820

Europa House
802 West Oregon
Urbana, IL 61820

Illini Tower
409 East Chalmers
Champaign, IL 61820

Newman Center
604 East Armory Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820

Presby Hall
405 East John
Champaign, IL 61820

Cultural Houses

Asian American Cultural Center
1210 West Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801

Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
708 South Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801

Hello,

My name is Rachel Jacoby. I am the Philanthropy Chair for ActGreen, the first green business organization at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign. We are interested in co-sponsoring this event by promoting it on our social media sites, providing volunteers, and helping to organize it. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance.

Best,

Rachel Jacoby

see file

Dear Egen gang,

    Here is a report on biomass from 4 years ago.   I found it interesting.   U. of Iowa is doing a lot with biomass.

                Scott

Dear Energy Generation, Purchasing, and Distribution SWATeam,

The iCAP Working Group met today, and would like to thank you for your report!

In the hopes that it will provide some assistance as you formulate your recommendations for the revised iCAP, to be presented at the iCAP Forum on October 22nd, we wanted to provide you with some additional files:

1) A "template" for the iCAP sections that we ask that you use. This was written using Transportation as an example, but it should be easily adaptable.

2) A "resources" document that summarizes the 2010 iCAP strategies, excerpts from a document that was put together back in FY13 summarizing progress at that time, a set of links to relevant pages on the iCAP Portal, and a list of the questions in the STARS report that are relevant to your team.  The STARS report is how our campus gets "graded" on our sustainability performance, so these questions may inspire ideas for things the campus should be doing.

3) A table of emissions in your area as determined by the Clean Air Cool Planet calculator, which represents our officially reported emissions.   You can fill this in with your proposed goals, and include it in the template.

4) A summary of all of our emissions in different categories, for context.

5) The Clean Air Cool Planet calculator itself, updated for FY2014, in case you wish to dive into how the calculations are performed.

We hope this information will be helpful to your team.  If there is anything we can do to help you with your important work in the coming month, please just ask!

Cheers,

Ben

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Professor Benjamin J. McCall

Associate Director for Campus Sustainability

Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

campus-sustainability@illinois.edu