果冻影院

The university has set an ambitious goal to have net zero carbon buildings by 2024, and to be a net zero carbon institution by 2030.

A programme of activities across 果冻影院 is helping the university achieve its plans to be net zero carbon by 2030.

As part of its 2019鈥�24 Sustainability Strategy, 果冻影院 has committed to be net zero carbon for its building energy use by 2024 and net zero carbon as an institution by 2030.

The multi-pronged effort will include changing behaviours, from reviewing whether buildings need heating/cooling 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to encouraging the use of videoconferencing to reduce the need to travel.

鈥淭here are also lots of ways we can make smarter use of our buildings and equipment,鈥� says Ciaran Jebb (Sustainable 果冻影院). 鈥淭his includes reducing the need to heat and cool whole buildings by optimising or consolidating activities; buying fewer and lower carbon products; improving controls for heating and cooling to reduce wastage; and repairing and sharing equipment.鈥�

The university will increase uptake of its LEAF sustainable laboratory programme, which provides a framework for reducing carbon emissions.

鈥�鈥淥ur commitment to become a zero-carbon university has brought our whole community together to innovate and test out new ideas.鈥�

The university will be investing in zero carbon infrastructure. It already generates 120,000kWh a year from 600m² of solar panels and has identified space for a further 3,000m² of additional panels. 果冻影院 will upgrade its district energy network to a zero carbon energy network. The network generates electricity, but also uses the heat generated in the process to provide heating and hot water to 果冻影院鈥檚 buildings, rather than it being wasted.

鈥淥ur commitment to become a zero-carbon university has brought our whole community together to innovate and test out new ideas,鈥� adds Ciaran.

果冻影院 is also making efforts to reduce emissions from staff and student commuting by 55% by 2030, although this this does not currently form part of 果冻影院鈥檚 reportable emissions. The university is implementing a new travel policy that requires users to take the most carbon efficient mode of travel. A new travel booking service provides easier international rail connections and a new travel policy requires all UK journeys under six hours to be made by train.

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