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The Energy Conservation Incentive Program (ECIP) provides awards to campus buildings which demonstrate the greatest percentage of energy savings over the previous fiscal year. University-owned buildings of 10,000 square feet or more on the Urbana- Champaign campus are automatically entered in the program each year. Previously winning buildings are eligible to win again, and there are often repeat winners.

Buildings compete in one of two categories: occupant action and energy advancement. Four winners are chosen from each category. Occupant Action includes things building users can do themselves to collectively reduce energy use, such as turning off lights when they leave a room. Energy Advancement includes energy conservation improvements to the building itself, such as optimizing heating and air conditioning systems and controls.

Winners are announced in October each year, and awards are presented at the annual Campus Sustainability Celebration.

2021 ECIP AWARDS
Occupant Action Category	% Improvement	Savings
1. Ice Arena	54.00%	$124,000.00
2. Student Dining and Residential Programs	45.00%	$225,000.00
3. English Building	25.00%	$37,000.00
4. Campus Recreation Center East	25.00%	$73,000.00

Energy Advancement Category	% Improvement	Savings
1. Stock Pavilion	41.00%	$69,000.00
2. Forbes Natural History Building	37.00%	$36,000.00
3. Levis Faculty Center	33.0%	$30,000.00
4. Early Child Development Laboratory	25.00%	$25,000.00

The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics will receive honorable mention for their continued commitment to RCx work in the State Farm Center and Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building. Both buildings reflected a 16 percent reduction in energy usage this past fiscal year.

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FY21 Energy Conservation Incentive Program Winners

FY20 Energy Conservation Incentive Program Winners

2020 ECIP AWARDS
Occupant Action Category	% Improvement	Savings
1. Campus Recreation Center - East	26.57%	$94,170.00
2. University High School	25.39%	$28,158.00
3. McKinley Health Center	19.08%	$66,237.00
4. Student Dining and Residential Programs	15.92%	$111,198.00

Energy Advancement Category	% Improvement	Savings
1.Wood Engineering Laboratory	55.39%	$24,043.00
2. Engineering Hall	45.0%	$172,094.00
3. Natural History Building	44.0%	$252,480.00
4. Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry	41.36%	$318,741.00
5. Forbes Natural History Building	39.69%	$69,288.00

Occupant Action Category	% Improvement	Savings
1. Parking Deck F-29	44.1%	$9,084.79
2. Campus Recreation Center - East	25.4%	$47,746.73
3. McKinley Health Center	21.2%	$37,949.77
4. North Campus Parking Deck	15.6%	$16,992.74

Energy Advancement Category	% Improvement	Savings
1. Harker Hall	34.9%	$14,739.62
2. English Building	26.6%	$21,918.88
3. Admin Information Technology Building	26.5%	$7,820.66
4. Loomis Laboratory of Physics	15.1%	$32,697.59

Occupant Action Category	% Improvement	Incentive Award
1.Turner Hall	21.76%	$103,130
2.Art and Design Building	19.92%	$37,816
3. Burrill Hall	19.75%	$57,518

Energy Advancement Category	% Improvement	Incentive Award
1.Coordinated Science Laboratory	47.2%	$84,308
2. Seitz Materials Research Laboratory	44.4%	$91,537
3. Loomis Laboratory of Physics	40.7%	$25,717
4. Harker Hall	38.0%	$10,000*
*When calculated amount is less than $10,000, the building receives a $10,000 award.

Occupant Action Category	% Improvement	Incentive Award
1. Foellinger Auditorium	41.0%	$61,994
2. Natural Resources Building	21.0%	$38,543
3. 1207 W. Oregon	19.4%	$15,677
4. Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building	13.6%	$12,986
Energy Advancement Category	% Improvement	Incentive Award
1. Early Child Development Laboratory	25.2%	$10,000*
2. Administrative Information Technology Services Building	24.1%	$10,000*
3. Astronomy Building	23.4%	$10,000*
4. ACES Library, Information & Alumni Center	23.2%	$10,000*
*If calculated amount is less than $10,000, the building will receive a $10,000 minimum award.

Occupant Action Category	% Improvement	Incentive Award
1. Atmospheric Sciences Building	7.5%	$50,324
2. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts	4.8%	$34,110
3. Institute of Government & Public Affairs Building	4.4%	$15,082
4. 1207 W. Oregon (tie)	2.9%	$10,047
4. Temple Hoyne Buell Hall (tie)	2.4%	$11,486

Energy Advancement Category	% Improvement	Incentive Award
1. Davenport Hall	25.8%	$26,335
2. Ceramics Kiln House	21.2%	$10,000
3. Transportation Building	14.0%	$10,000
4. Rehabilitation Education Center	9.6%	$10,000

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Occupant Action Category	% Improvement	Cost Avoidance
1. Ice Arena	54%	$124,000
2. Student Dining and Residential Programs Building	45%	$225,000
3. English Building	25%	$37,000
4. Campus Recreation Center East	25%	$73,000

Energy Advancement Category	% Improvement	Savings
1. Stock Pavilion	41%	$69,000
2. Forbes Natural History Building	37%	$36,000
3. Levis Faculty Center	33%	$30,000
4. Early Child Development Laboratory	25%	$25,000

Occupant Action Category	% Improvement	Incentive Award
1. Art‐East Annex, Studio 1	21.45%	$56,901
2. Foreign Languages Building	19.33%	$48,507
3. Harding Band Building	18.82%	$19,069
4. Spurlock Museum	6.42%	$12,680

Energy Advancement Category	% Improvement	Incentive Award
1. Admissions and Records Building	52.83%	$44,596
2. Business Instructional Facility	38.12%	$33,625
3. Freer Hall	37.68%	$14,329
4. School of Labor and Employment Relations	30.08%	$10,000

Occupant Action Category	% Improvement	Incentive Award
1. Undergraduate Library	35.2%	$103,790
2. Law Building	35.1%	$95,619
3. Christopher Hall	30.6%	$22,030
4. Henry Administration Building	28.4%	$22,990