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IC Increases Number of EV Chargers and Levies New Use Fees
Ithaca College will be expanding its on-campus electric vehicle charging stations. In the past, use of an EV charger on campus was free, but now the college will be implementing a fee that will charge users per kilowatt-hour.
By Spring 2025, the campus community and the general public will have access to three new on-campus stations that will be connected to the college’s power grid during the winter break of the 2024–25 academic year.
Two superchargers have been added on the south end of the Athletics and Events Center and one dual-port — a charger with two ports on either side to accommodate two users — level-two charger has been installed behind Terrace 13, as well as 26 level-two chargers in the Farm Pond Road parking lot.
Tim Downs, vice president for Finance and Administration and chief financial officer, said the A&E Center, Terrace 13 and Farm Pond Road were all chosen as ideal sites because they are accessible to the public and have optimal electricity access for the chargers. He said the majority of EV chargers were added to Farm Pond Road because the college hopes to increase its EV fleet.
Scott Doyle, director of Energy Management and Sustainability, said the college is in the process of setting a formal EV parking policy that will set rates and rules, but have yet to clarify what this will mean. He said the policy will include EV access to the campus community, visitors and the greater Ithaca community.
Doyle said the units will be connected to the college’s power grid once fewer people are on campus.
“[We] don’t want to be disruptive, so we have to make sure [the electricity] is cut,” Doyle said. “We haven’t connected them formally, but they’re being set up … and we have to coordinate power shutdowns, so you’ll probably see them in [December], or maybe January.”
The college’s pre-existing charging stations are located in the Visitor Lot and at the Circle Apartments Community Center. Both stations are equipped with level-two chargers.
- Vivian Rose, Ithacan 12/4/24
Ithaca College will be expanding its on-campus electric vehicle charging stations. In the past, use of an EV charger on campus was free, but now the college will be implementing a fee that will charge users per kilowatt-hour.
By Spring 2025, the campus community and the general public will have access to three new on-campus stations that will be connected to the college’s power grid during the winter break of the 2024–25 academic year.
Two superchargers have been added on the south end of the Athletics and Events Center and one dual-port — a charger with two ports on either side to accommodate two users — level-two charger has been installed behind Terrace 13, as well as 26 level-two chargers in the Farm Pond Road parking lot.Tim Downs, vice president for Finance and Administration and chief financial officer, said the A&E Center, Terrace 13 and Farm Pond Road were all chosen as ideal sites because they are accessible to the public and have optimal electricity access for the chargers. He said the majority of EV chargers were added to Farm Pond Road because the college hopes to increase its EV fleet.
Scott Doyle, director of Energy Management and Sustainability, said the college is in the process of setting a formal EV parking policy that will set rates and rules, but have yet to clarify what this will mean. He said the policy will include EV access to the campus community, visitors and the greater Ithaca community.
Doyle said the units will be connected to the college’s power grid once fewer people are on campus.
“[We] don’t want to be disruptive, so we have to make sure [the electricity] is cut,” Doyle said. “We haven’t connected them formally, but they’re being set up … and we have to coordinate power shutdowns, so you’ll probably see them in [December], or maybe January.”
The college’s pre-existing charging stations are located in the Visitor Lot and at the Circle Apartments Community Center. Both stations are equipped with level-two chargers.
- Vivian Rose, Ithacan 12/4/24
News and Events
Biochar for Environmental Management Talk
The importance of biochar for soil health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the circular economy, is increasingly being acknowledged, says Johannes Lehmann, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, Soil and Crop Sciences Section, and professor in the Department of Global Development.
In a live, hybrid Chats in the Stacks book talk, Lehmann will discuss Biochar for Environmental Management: Science, Technology and Implementation (3rd ed., Routledge, 2024) which is a systematic, comprehensive, and global examination of biochar edited by Lehmann and fellow leading figure in the field, Stephen Joseph, professor of Material Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales.
Lehmann will discuss the fundamental principles and frameworks of biochar science and application, as well as recent advances made in our understanding of biochar, including its applications outside of traditional soil-based uses. These include biochar-based materials for environmental remediation, building construction, and animal feed, and biochar's larger role in the circular economy, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
This talk is hosted by Mann Library. Light refreshments will be served.
To attend virtually please register here.
When: Thursday, February 20, 2025, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: Mann Library 160, Cornell University
Next TCCPI Meeting
Friday, January 31, 2025
9:00 - 11:00 am
The monthly TCCPI meetings have moved online. For Zoom info, contact Peter Bardaglio, the TCCPI coordinator, for further details at pbardaglio@gmail.com.
If you have any issues you would like to bring to the TCCPI monthly meetings, please e-mail us at info@tccpi.org. General meetings are on the last Friday of every month, except for November and December. Because of the holidays, the November-December meeting is held on the second Friday of December.
The Ithaca 2030 District
Visit TCCPI's latest project, the Ithaca 2030 District, an interdisciplinary public-private collaboration working to create a groundbreaking high-performance building district in Downtown Ithaca.
The importance of biochar for soil health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the circular economy, is increasingly being acknowledged, says Johannes Lehmann, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, Soil and Crop Sciences Section, and professor in the Department of Global Development.
In a live, hybrid Chats in the Stacks book talk, Lehmann will discuss Biochar for Environmental Management: Science, Technology and Implementation (3rd ed., Routledge, 2024) which is a systematic, comprehensive, and global examination of biochar edited by Lehmann and fellow leading figure in the field, Stephen Joseph, professor of Material Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales.
Lehmann will discuss the fundamental principles and frameworks of biochar science and application, as well as recent advances made in our understanding of biochar, including its applications outside of traditional soil-based uses. These include biochar-based materials for environmental remediation, building construction, and animal feed, and biochar's larger role in the circular economy, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
This talk is hosted by Mann Library. Light refreshments will be served.
To attend virtually please register here.
When: Thursday, February 20, 2025, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: Mann Library 160, Cornell University
Next TCCPI Meeting
Friday, January 31, 2025
9:00 - 11:00 am
The monthly TCCPI meetings have moved online. For Zoom info, contact Peter Bardaglio, the TCCPI coordinator, for further details at pbardaglio@gmail.com.
If you have any issues you would like to bring to the TCCPI monthly meetings, please e-mail us at info@tccpi.org. General meetings are on the last Friday of every month, except for November and December. Because of the holidays, the November-December meeting is held on the second Friday of December.
The Ithaca 2030 District
Visit TCCPI's latest project, the Ithaca 2030 District, an interdisciplinary public-private collaboration working to create a groundbreaking high-performance building district in Downtown Ithaca.
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