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2012 Symposium

The Power of Partnership

Jorulf Brvig SildeProject Director Green UiO

University of OsloEmail: [email protected]

Twitter: @grontuio / @JorulfBS

Green UiO Sustainability in Research, Education and Operation

How we startedthe journey to become a green university bymapping it all


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2012 Symposium | Power of Partnership

Case Study Author

Jorulf Brvig Silde

Project Director Green UiO

in charge of the joint environmental

efforts of University of Oslo aimed at

strengthening the symmetry

between the research, the education

and the operation of the university.


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University of Osloin figures (2011)

27 414 Students:

2887 PhD-candidates:

3327 Scientific staff:

1707 Adm. staff:

8 faculties

3 museums

530 000 m2 buildings

1.1 bn $ operating budget

75th. (global) Shanghai ranking

5 Nobel laureates

UNIVERSITYOF OSLOOsloNorway


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Timeline

exploring the idea of a GreenUniversity

2009: New rector/prorector (link)Election programme: Green university

2010: UiO Strategy 2020 (link)Core values: UiO to become a Green university

2010/11: Mapping it all(link)

Green characteristics: Res., Edu., Oper.

2011: Learning from othersWhat do other green universities do?(link)

2011/12: Stepping upSetting our long term horizon forEnvironmental Sustainability (link)
http://www.uio.no/english/people/leadership-team/http://www.uio.no/english/about/strategy/http://www.uio.no/english/for-employees/employment/green-uio/news/mapping-green-practices.htmlhttp://www.uio.no/english/about/strategy/environment/studies/http://www.uio.no/for-ansatte/arbeidsstotte/prosjekter/gront-uio/prosjektinternt/Arkiv/Report%20best%20green%20university%20practice%20nov2010.pdfhttp://www.uio.no/om/strategi/miljo/http://www.uio.no/om/strategi/miljo/http://www.uio.no/om/strategi/miljo/http://www.uio.no/for-ansatte/arbeidsstotte/prosjekter/gront-uio/prosjektinternt/Arkiv/Report%20best%20green%20university%20practice%20nov2010.pdfhttp://www.uio.no/english/about/strategy/environment/studies/http://www.uio.no/english/for-employees/employment/green-uio/news/mapping-green-practices.htmlhttp://www.uio.no/english/about/strategy/http://www.uio.no/english/people/leadership-team/


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The Mapping:

Green characteristics of UiO

Research: Amount and examples of researchrelatedto environmental sustainability at UiO.

Education: Share of total programmes and

subjects relevantfor environmentalsustainability

Operation: Where do we take environment in

consideration? And where do we not? Howbig is our CO2-Footprint*?

Learning from others: What is the best greenuniversity practice globally?


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Green mapping Researchrelated to

environmental sustainability

We analysed 4800 papers, all researchprojects, all funding sources.

14.1 per cent of all papers at UiO relatedto environment.

491 researchers do research related toenvironment.

19 % of national projectfunding isrelated to environment, 33% of EUfunding

Reference GroupScholars from all faculties.


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Educationand studies

relevant forenvironmental sustainability

We analysed 3000 courses and allprograms.

Environmentally-relevantcourses comprise 9% of all the coursesoffered at UiO.study programmes comprise 24% of allstudy programmes offered by UiO,programmesProgrammes categorised as being highon environmental relevance make up 8%.

282 courses are categorised asenvironmentally relevant,Of these: 168 cources are categorised ashigh on environmental relevance.

Reference GroupScholars from all faculties.

Green mapping


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Operation,buildings and

infrastructureHow green is everyday life and workGreen Practice: Report describing where wedo already take environmentalconsiderations and what exactly do wedo: Energy, Purchasing, IT, Buildings and

infrastructure

CO2-Baseline:Climate gas accounting version 1.0.Extenced scope 3. Link

Energy efficiency68 reports one for each buildingsummarising energy efficiendy potential:8 % energy reduction 8 mill$. 5 yearpayback time.

Green mapping
http://www.uio.no/english/about/strategy/environment/green-uio/reports/carbon-auditing.pdfhttp://www.uio.no/english/about/strategy/environment/green-uio/reports/carbon-auditing.pdfhttp://www.uio.no/english/about/strategy/environment/green-uio/reports/carbon-auditing.pdf


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Best GreenUniversity PracticeA study by M.Faghihimani (LINK)

Etablishing a set of 50 indicatorsrelated to environmental

sustainability i4 categories: Research , Education,Governance, Operation.

Measuring commitment among 20universities.

Top 3: UBC, MIT, Gothenburg U.:48/50

Green mapping
http://www.uio.no/english/about/strategy/environment/green-uio/reports/Report-best-green-university-practice-nov2010.pdfhttp://www.uio.no/english/about/strategy/environment/green-uio/reports/Report-best-green-university-practice-nov2010.pdf


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Key Outcomes

of the green mappingMain results

Authoritative baseline established.

Increased ownership: Different

stakeholders involved in the mappingprocess.

Mapping of the Non-countable

ensures relevance.

Mapping of ongoing activity enablescontinuity.


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Of course, mapping is not enough;

We also have some Ongoing action ...

Energy- from fossilefuel to renewables

- 83% reduction fossile fuel

on campus for heating

(last 10 years)

100% renewable electricity :

up form 45% fossile to 0%

(guaranteed origin)

Social media -opening doors to newrooms for collaboration

and studentinvolvement

Open blog, tweets, Fb,

Scribd, Tumblr, Storify,

Counting the

moneyMovingaway from focus only on

red numbers (costs) to

black and green numbers

(economic gains and

environment). Longer

term thinking.

Greening theungreen: establishingtravel policy, purchasing

policy and green event

certification@grontuio


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Key Questions

Next Steps

Plan for next 3-5 years.

Climate action plan and

energy projects.

Organisational

consolidation

Students involvement

The whole university:

Visibility and effects

How to go from

mapping to action?

Heros, pilot projects

and spearheads

vs

environmental

sustainability in all

and everything

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