Universities and colleges can play their part in decarbonisation through research, learning and teaching, knowledge transfer, the student experience, community engagement, and business interface. Low carbon campuses using effective utilities management are the foundation upon which institutions will realise this crucial role as global leaders in sustainable development. The built environment in which our researchers, educators and students engage with the social responsibility and sustainability agendas should reflect the ambitions of an institution and contribute to the aims and objectives of a Sustainable Development Strategy.
If you would like to connect with other EAUC members interested in utilities, join the EAUC's Energy & Water Community of Practice here. This group is for EAUC members only.
EAUC-Scotland's Energy Management Topic Support Network (TSN) is open to all, providing an opportunity for those working in or with the further and higher education sector to share ideas and questions and to get together to hear from particular speakers or discuss topics of interest.
EAUC-Scotland hosted a virtual training opportunity on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting for Scottish institutions that would like an introduction to reporting....
Presented by Mark Durdin of Cardiff University and Stuart Bowman of Breathe Energy – this joint presentation of our project plan that mapped out how Breathe supported...
The session took delegates through how to secure long term energy cost security from generation sources producing carbon free energy. It looked at the volume, term, legal...
Through a case study of Circular Economy office furniture, this workshop showed how disruptive sustainable business models are saving Institutions money, reducing their...
The discussion discussed different network approaches, how they have performed, and methods that have worked for you.
This session explored the role of UWE in influencing city scale decarbonisation.
This session represented a real opportunity to spend some time hearing about some working single-use plastic reduction initiatives within the sector at both an institutional...
This session offered insights from a research project entitled ‘Transition to more sustainable lives?: the impact of infrastructure and services on students’...
War on Waste is a bespoke engagement project in a discrete building testing impact on recycling and contamination rates and influencing reduction of waste at source by staff.
It is widely accepted that we need standardisation in our recycling practices and clear and consistent messaging however what role can we play when there are so many...
Attendees learned about the steps taken towards developing carbon negative products.
The session enabled delegates to influence their own universities to achieve zero carbon by creating a collaborative approach into the future.
It brings together powerful networks of businesses and governments, in order to shift global markets and policies towards accelerating climate action
KCL Sustainability Team shared lessons learned from these different projects, including easy wins, challenges to overcome, and unintended consequences to be aware of.
An energy efficiency consultancy and real estate researcher both based at Oxford Brookes University have joined forces to find energy savings.
Sustainability: our sector’s current best chance of responding to the urgent demands of climate science – new report A cross-sector partnership advocating for a...
The University of Edinburgh's Social Responsibility and Sustainability Department have published the institutions progress since 2012. The 2017-18 Report is now...
This Carbon Trust Guide will help you learn more about how climate-measuring data, known as degree days, can be used for energy management. Degree Days can be used to...
November 2017 was the second year for Scottish universities and colleges to submit their Public Bodies Climate Change Duties (PBCCD) reports as named 'major players'...
Among the various sustainability goals of higher education institutions (HEIs), reducing energy use and carbon emissions are particularly important. However, not much is known...