Achieving our sustainability goals requires action, and while we develop a guiding plan for how to achieve the campus sustainability vision, Ï㽶´«Ã½ is implementing the projects and programs listed below in order to have an immediate, positive impact.
Campus Sustainability Projects
Energy Efficiency
- Target buildings based upon audit and metering
- Expanded building automation
- Motor replacement
- LED conversion and lighting controls
Metering Modernization
- Upgrade 400-plus meters on campus to digital read
- Provide real-time information via the internet
- Improve on-going collection and management of data
- Automate some functions of the Campus Resource Audit
- Facilitate the need for parallel construction competitions and transparent reporting
Smart Grid/Perfect Power
- Completing the loops on the south substation
- Adding flywheel storage units to the smart grid
- IIT-Bronzeville microgrid cluster