Environmental Coordinators Role

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Becoming an Environmental

Coordinator

What’s it all about? 

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Overview

• What is being an Environmental Coordinator

all about?

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Benefits for you• Why we need you

• What you need to know about the

Environment Team• Environment Team headlines over last 4 years

• Staff induction

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Environmental Coordinator Role

STATUS

• It is a voluntary role (at the moment)

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Other Universities have formalised the role• Some Environmental Coordinators at UoL

have had the role written into their job

summary• Reward mechanisms will be investigated

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Environmental Coordinator Role

MAIN POINT OF CONTACT

• Departmental contact for the central Env Team

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Contact details to be included on EnvironmentTeam webpages

• Can choose to receive Env Team news articles

automatically• Will be informed of green issues through

regular updates from Env Team – mostly email

but also at meetings

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Environmental Coordinator Role

COMMUNICATION & INSPIRATION

• Big carbon savings achievable through changed

behaviour at work

• Need to maintain levels of interest with

colleagues and students

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Includes ad hoc involvement in communicationcampaigns e.g. Big/Little Green Weeks etc.

• Act as an ambassador for the central Env Team

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Inspire activity in colleagues and students

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Environmental Coordinator Role

• INVOLVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENT TEAM

ACTIVITIES

• Attend update meetings (about 3 per year)

• Always have workshop sessions where we can

share ideas on our work

• Green Impact project – Dept environmental

accreditation & award scheme

• Communications events – help always needed

• Environmental induction at a Dept level

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Environmental Coordinator Role

ADVICE TO COLLEAGUES/STUDENTS

• Should be able to answer the following:

• Where is my nearest plastics recycling bin?

• Does the University have an environmentalpolicy?

• Which bin do I put my crisp packet into?

•Where can I get hold of recycling bags?

• What is the University doing about its carbonfootprint?

• When is the next green event?

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Benefits of the Role

• Recognition for involvement now possiblethrough the Green Impact award

• Access to Dept/building data allowing the

setting of building targets for energy-reductions – important when Depts are recharged forenergy usage (currently under discussion)

• Will be pursuing option of including a line in job

descriptions to cover EC roles• References for active ECs will be available if 

needed

•

Cakes – sometimes… and homemade! :o) 

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Why we need you!

• Get quick messages out about greeninitiatives

• Involve the whole University in green

developments• Facilitate/devolve greater responsibility for

green actions to the Dept/College level

•Respond to the requirements of the strategy

 – 60% carbon emissions cut by 2020 – a VERYBIG ASK – we must have support from Deptsto achieve this

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What you need to know about the

Environment Team• Who we are

• What we do

• Where we are based

• Accessing our webpages to find:

 – Environmental Sustainability Policy

 – A to Z of waste and recycling

 – Strategy

• Latest news

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The Environment Team

• Dr Emma Fieldhouse – Environmental Manager• Chrispal Anand – Carbon & Energy Manager

• Phil Ball – Waste Manager

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Dr Sandra Lee – Sustainable Travel Officer• Ellen Holmes – Communications & Events Intern

• Victoria Robinson – Ecological Surveyor

• Jay Gohil – Administrative Support

• 50 + Environmental Coordinators (staff in Depts)

• 400 + Environment Team volunteers (students)

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The Environment Team

• Top from left: Phil,

Chrispal and Emma

• Far left: Sandra

• Left below: Ellen

• Bottom: Vic

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What does the Environment Team do?

WORK THEMES

• Energy

• Waste

• Water

• Biodiversity/Landmanagement

• Building/Construction& Renovation

• Transport

• Procurement

• Corporate Social

Responsibility

WHY?• Legal compliance

• Driven by policy/strategy

WHAT?

• Communication IS KEY

• Working towards formal

Environmental

Management Systems

(commencing 2012)

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Contact details

• Within the Estates & Facilities ManagementDivision of Corporate Services

• Room 17, Fielding Johnson Building

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All queries to environment@le.ac.uk go toseveral members of the team and will beresponded to within 5 working days

• Also waste@le.ac.uk  , carbon@le.ac.uk andtravel@le.ac.uk  for specific queries on theseissues

• Webpages: www.le.ac.uk/environment 

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What has been achieved in thelast few years?

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Recycling Scheme

• Introduced an award-winning recycling

scheme across all of the non-residential (andnow residential) buildings using 600 hours of volunteer time. We now recycle up to 86% of our waste.

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Carbon Footprint

• We have produced a carbon footprint for theUniversity and we are committed to reducing

our footprint by 20% by 2012 and 60% by

2020

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District Energy Scheme

• The holes appearing on the campus in 2011 andup University Road are for the pipework for theDistrict Energy Scheme

•The scheme has been led by the City Council andlinks University and public sector buildingsthrough heating pipework so heat can begenerated and distributed more efficiently

• Once switched on at Easter 2012 it will producea 10 – 15% reduction in the University’s carbonfootprint immediately

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Green Buildings

• We are committed toachieving BREEAM‘excellent’ (a green

building design scheme)in all of our majorprojects

•

Percy Gee SU iscurrently shortlisted fora sustainability award

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Energy Performance of Buildings

• Display Energy

Certificates put in

the foyers of buildings over

1,000 m2 to

demonstrateenergy

performance

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Carbon Trust Standard

• Achieved in 2010

• Based on a relativereduction of 7% since

2004/5• Gas and electricity

absolute reductions of 6.6% and 2%respectively were seen

on the main campus thisyear (2011)

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Setting the target

• The University has

committed to a 60%

reduction in carbon

emissions by 2020 fromwhat we produced in

2004/5

• The district heating

network will produceup to 15% reduction

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Showing our waste footprint 

• Waste pile in Queens Hall as part of 

Little Green Week 2009

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Strategy Approved

• Environmental

Sustainability Strategy

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Provides a plan for thenext 5 years covering:

 – Carbon

 – Research

 – Teaching

 – Campus impacts

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Volunteer Assistance

• We have used hundreds of hours of volunteer time to help uswith many different projects

• Volunteers shown receiving certificates and promoting theGolden Bin Challenge

2011 i i

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2011 in pictures

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Environment Team Headlines

• New cycle store beingbuilt outside the library(will be opened in spring2012 and house 300 bikes)

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Travel plan approved• New parking scheme has

reduced permits by 13% in2011

• Many discounts available

• Go towww.le.ac.uk/travelplan for details

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BIG GREEN WEEK

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ES Strategy 2010 - 2015

•Environmental Sustainability Strategy to bereleased around University in February 2010

• It has 4 strategic aims covering:

 – Carbon

 – Estates environmental impacts

 – Research

 – Teaching

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Carbon commitments – 10% by 2010 carbon reduction

 – 60% absolute carbon emissions reduction by 2020against 2004/5 baseline (equivalent to 50% against

1990 levels)

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Staff (& Student?) Induction

• MAIN THINGS TO BE AWARE OF• Nearest recycling containers – where to get a

recycling deskbin from (staff only)

•A to Z of waste and recycling (from webpages) sothey know what to recycle into which containers

• Env Sustainability policy (from March 2007)

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Env Sustainability strategy (2010 - 2015) – impacts on research and teaching & campus

• Location of webpages

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Student (and staff) volunteering opportunities

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Any questions?

environment@le.ac.uk

www.le.ac.uk/environment