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EAUC-Scotland Event Campus Sustainability Programme (CaSPr) 11 th May 2009, Dundee. Quick Wins. David Somervell, Sustainability Adviser, University of Edinburgh Estates & Buildings Tel 0131 650 2073 [email protected] Energy & Sustainability Office www.eso.ed.ac.uk - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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David Somervell, Sustainability Adviser, University of Edinburgh Estates & BuildingsTel 0131 650 2073 [email protected]
Energy & Sustainability Office www.eso.ed.ac.uk Transport & Parking Office www.transport.ed.ac.uk
EAUC-Scotland Event Campus Sustainability Programme (CaSPr)
11th May 2009, Dundee
Quick WinsUniversities and Colleges Climate Commitment
Context for the Commitment
• Climate Change and Peak Oil
• Stern et al: We need to invest now
• What’s needed?
• Energy Efficiency / CO2 Strategy
• Waste Reduction / Resource Mgt
• Risk Management
Global Energy Consumption 1860-2000
Climate Change: happening NOW
Source: UN IPCC TAR 2001
Rising atmospheric temperature
Rising sea level
Reductions in North Hemisphere
snow cover
“Global Warming is Unequivocal”
Source: UN IPCC AR4 2007
Summer melt descending into a moulin - a vertical shaftcarrying water to ice sheet base
Source: Roger Braithwaite, University of Manchester
Surface Meltwater on
Greenland Icecap
Extreme droughts will plague sub-Saharan Africa. Children stand behind one of thousands of livestock that died from thirst in southern Ethiopia. [REUTERS March 2006]
Fuel Scarcity / Energy In-Security
Faced with Climate Change and Peak Oil – what’s needed?
1. Interested, Enthusiastic People
2. Senior Management Support
3. Integrated Institutional Approach
4. Allocation of Resources (Money)
5. Utilities Infrastructure upgrade
Cost Effective Measures Now & Future
Stern et al: We need to invest now
Integrated Institution-wide Approach
• An Energy / Carbon Management Policy
• Commit to invest “X%” of Utility Spend
• Allocate Management Responsibility
• Whole Life Cost / Best Value
• Holistic / Whole Institution Approach
Combined Heat and Power
• GE Jenbacher 612 Engine
3 CHP generate £1m saving / yr3 CHP generate £1m saving / yr
Doing Nothing is NOT an Option
10 Steps
you might find helpful
1 Calculate your Carbon Footprint
6 Metering, Monitoring and Targeting utilities consumption
2
Charles Stewart House
Electricity UsageTypical Daily Load Profile
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1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00 13:00 16:00 19:00 22:00
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Pre Campaign Post Launch Potential Savings
6 Seek help with your Carbon Management Programme
3
• Higher Education Carbon Management (HECM)
• Carbon Management Lite
• Low Carbon Consultants
• Staff and students within your institution
4 Adopt a formal Carbon Reduction Policy
“The University aims to reduce CO2 emissions 40% by 2010”
- Utilities Policy 2003
www.eso.ed.ac.uk/energy
5 Controlling the Building Energy Management Systems …
6 Find the money to pay for the Carbon Management work
Bid for funds in house + keep an ear to the ground: – Defra / EST Community Energy programme– EST Local Energy Efficiency Advice Centres– Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP)– EST Transport Energy Consultancy Support– Carbon Trust SSA / SSM / CHP / DA / HECM / CML– Salix Finance for Public Sector Organisations– Scottish Biomass Support Scheme– Sustrans Local Cycling Infrastructure Funds– Regional Development Agencies
• Campaign Website• Newsletter• The Bulletin• Posters/Stickers• Thermometers• Coasters/Drip Mats
Download our materials from www.eso.ed.ac.uk/energy
7 Raise awareness of energy cost and consumption with all users
Switch off lights when leaving a room
www.eso.ed.ac.uk/energy
Turn off printers/copiers, etc at the end of the day
Report any heating problems through your EBIS rep
Avoid leaving taps running
Only cool an area when occupied / necessary
8 Engage with academic community
9 Engage with wider FHE sector
Edinburgh: Founded in 1582
Now 425 years old …
and in 400 years time?
10 Embed strategy in your place