Energy and Water Management Policy

Introduction

The University is committed to managing energy and water consumption in order to minimise the impact on the environment and maximise efficient use of resources.

Corporate Objective

To manage energy and water on a sustainable basis with the objectives of reducing costs, environmental damage and waste.

University Targets

The University will adopt targets for 2009-10 as follows:

Reduce CO₂ emissions by 10% per student in academic buildings

Reduce CO₂ emissions by 5% per student in student residential buildings

	Baseline 2005-06 CO₂emissions (kg/student [1])	Target 2009-10 CO₂emissions (kg/student)	Total Baseline 2005-06 CO₂emissions (Tonnes Per Annum)	Total Target 2009-10 CO₂emissions[2] (Tonnes Per Annum)
Academic	1,030	927	8,069	7,262
Residential	1,791	1,701	4,075	3,871
Total	-	-	12,144	11,133

Review

The Energy and Water Management Policy will be reviewed in 2008-09 and new targets for the following 5 years will be established.

Responsibilities

	The Finance and General Purposes Committee will be responsible for monitoring the policy on behalf of Council.
	The Energy Manager will be responsible for monitoring and targeting of energy consumption, advocacy and delivery of energy saving activities, energy awareness raising, reporting to F&GP on consumption.
	Estates Facilities Administration will be responsible for energy procurement, energy invoice validation and processing.
	All staff and students will be responsible for using energy efficiently.

Policy Statement

The University will:

Energy Procurement

Procure energy from ‘green’, clean or renewable sources when possible without increasing costs.

Energy and Water Management

	Establish an annual programme of energy and water saving measures to be separately identified for investment and savings and reported within the Estates Office budget.
	Set and track budgets at building level.
	Reinvest a proportion of annual savings into future saving initiatives.
	Establish and maintain a register of significant energy and water consuming equipment.
	Establish and maintain monitoring and targeting for individual buildings.
	Establish a programme of building energy and water audits to quantify potential savings and to enable funding bids to be constructed.

New Works / Major Refurbishment

	Consider energy and water efficient design at an early stage of all new major projects.
	Consider life-time energy and water costs and savings during project appraisal.

Space Heating

Academic Buildings

The University will endeavor to maintain a space temperature of 19-21°C in all academic buildings within core working hours from 1 October or the Semester 1 start date to 23 April inclusive, with the exception of the annual Christmas closedown. However, the heating season may be extended in the spring and brought forward in the autumn if there are periods when outside day temperatures do not rise above 16°C.

Residential Areas

The University will endeavor to maintain a space temperature of 21-23°C in all residential buildings. Heating hours will be controlled to be at temperature from 7.30 am to midnight seven days a week throughout the year.

Equipment Specification and Use

	Specify an energy rating of ‘A’ or better for all white goods equipment.
	Specify low energy appliances wherever possible giving satisfactory lifetime financial payback.
	Specify efficient use of water when selecting relevant equipment.
	Replace T12 lighting with T8 on expiry.
	Replace tungsten lighting with compact fluorescent.
	Unattended electrical equipment to be fitted with appropriately set seven day timers supplied and maintained by the owner of the equipment.

Energy and Water Awareness

	Provide energy and water awareness training to new staff at induction.
	Maintain a programme of staff and student energy and water awareness.

Energy and Water Monitoring and Reporting

	Monitor significant energy and water meters on a monthly schedule.
	Investigate significant anomalies in monthly building energy and water consumption.
	Review energy and water performance annually against targets.
	Report annual energy and water consumption to F&GP.
	Benchmark energy and water consumption with similar institutions.

[1] Source: Data Sheets – Summary of Student Numbers

[2] Based on student numbers for 2005-06

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