In 2014/15 investments of £2.1m have covered a range of technologies and buildings, including plant replacement (boilers and chillers), lighting upgrades including main campus...
The Carbon Challenge is a completely self-funding competition which encourages a healthy rivalry to be the ‘greenest’ between the University’s various campus...
In 2013, 50 Shakespeare St was a building on death’s door. It was built in 1887, damaged during the war and butchered by decades of use by the local council as a registry...
How is sustainability structured at your university? Victoria Johnsen, Environmental & Cultural Change Manager, University of Surrey emailed the Members’ network...
In partnership with the Department for Education and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, Salix is launching a research pilot project for a limited amount of...
Environmental health practitioners (EHPs) can access free advice on how to help hospitality and food service businesses tackle food waste by watching these four screencasts...
An interactive presentation for engaging staff on taking action on Hospitality and Food Service waste
The true cost of food waste to the UK hospitality and food service sector is over £2.5 billion a year – on average that’s 1 in 6 of meals served. ...
Food waste is a constant challenge for commercial kitchens, which creativity in the kitchen can really help to tackle. Watch WRAP's chef masterclasses to get practical tips...
Good menu planning can be a great way of preventing food waste within your organisation and to help put profits on the bottom line.
WRAP has published three documents about legislation which clarify how food safety fits with food waste prevention actions.
Following the workshop on the regulations held at the University of Birmingham on 4th June 2015 a copy of the presentation by Chris Smith, NMRO, has been placed on the AUE...
Coventry University’s School of Art and Design have established a social enterprise ‘ReFreshed UnLtd’, upcycling counterfeit clothes donated from Coventry...
Fruit Routes brings staff, students and the local community together to grow, harvest, share and create an edible campus using creative and innovative methods of engagement. A...
Vertical greening systems are an important component of Green Infrastructure – possibly the only cost-effective approach to coping with some of the immense challenges...
This is one of the UK’s first University Training Schools (UTS) which is being developed in partnership between the DfE and the University of Birmingham allowing teachers...
This new build facility houses specialist research into plant science and food security and incorporates greenhouse, laboratories, preparation rooms, office accommodation and...
Sean Jobling, Energy Manager, Newcastle University emailed the Members’ network to ask about recharging CRC costs
This report shows how universities are making efficiency gains, while working to deliver increased value from their estates for the benefit of student and staff plus the...
In 2014, the University of Nottingham offered its first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) called ‘Sustainability, Society and You’. With an agenda to support...