Environmental Impacts and Audits

The University is developing an internal management system that incorporates the key elements of ISO 14001 Environment Management systems and ISO 50001 Energy Management systems using the Plan-Do-Check-Act operating principle.

See below for internal audits of different impacts across the university for the years 2023-2024.

 

Energy Audits - Electricity and Gas

Energy Audits

 The tables below show our top 5 sites for energy consumption for electricity and gas respectively. 

Electricity Consumption 

Site  2019 - 2020 Base year electricity consumption (kWh)

2023/24 Electricity Consumption (kWh)

23/24 % of total electricity consumption 

 % change from base year Renewable energy generation (kWh) % of total site energy from renewable sources 
Penglais Campus

8,859,258 

6,889,529

47%

-22% 

1787157

21% 
Gogerddan Campus

4,833,178 

4,699,846

32% 

-3% 

35410 

1% 
Fferm Penglais 

1,117,646

1,249,457 

9% 

12% 

3000 

0% 
Trawscoed

475,441 

861,097 

6% 

81% 

 

- 
Llanbadarn Campus

516,451 

378,705

3% 

-27% 

 

- 

 

Gas Consumption

Site  2019 - 2020 Base year gas consumption (kWh)

2022/23 gas consumption (kWh)

22/23 % of total electricity consumption 

 % change from base year
Penglais Campus 11,279,752 

9,602,290

51% 

-15% 
Gogerddan Campus

3,052,315 

3,385,686 

18% 

11% 
Fferm Penglais 

3,764,291 

3,331,348 

17% 

-12% 
Llanbadarn Campus

1,178,525 

748,441 

4% 

-36% 
Botany Gardens

1,231,959 

207,319

5% 

-83% 

Water Audit

Water Audit

See below for 2023-24's water audit, identifying the top 5 highest-consumption sites. 

Site 2019-2020 Base Year water consumption (m3) 2023-2024 Water Consumption (m3) 2023/2024 % of total water consumption % change from base year
Penglais Campus 64,353 139,136  44% 116%
 Fferm Penglais 34,987 36,278 12% 4%
Llanbadarn 8,459 27,981  11% 231%
Gogerddan 58,886 22,003  9% -63%
Trawscoed 24,627 27,359 5% 11%

Emissions and Discharges Audit

Total Emissions

Find our latest emissions and discharges reports here annual-carbon-management-reports.  

Read more about how we're combatting carbon emissions on our carbon management pages. 

Residential Emissions

Our residential emissions for our main residential sites for 2023-2024 can be seen below:

Electricity (tCO2e) Gas (tCO2e) Water (tCO2e) Total (tCO2e)
Penglais Campus 669,592   627,880 8,809 1,306,282
Fferm Penglais 258,730  655758   5,477 919,966

 

Waste Audit

Waste Audit

See table for our waste audit of 2022-23, comparative to our base year of 2019-20. 

Waste Category  Waste Mass (t) Base Year: 2019-20 Waste Mass (t) Current Year 2022-23 Percentage Change (%)
Recycled 174 510 66%
Anaerobic Digestion 81 97 17%
Used to Generate Energy 22 74 70%
Other 11 0 -
Total 88 681 87%

Travel Audit

Based off our 2024-2025 staff commuting travel survey, find our travel survey data below. 

Staff Travel Audit

Biodiversity Audit

Our biodiversity progress report can be found here: Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Progress Report 2022,

The next review is due in 2026.

Here is our latest Biodiversity Strategy.

Read more about our biodiversity policies and baselines on our biodiversity webpage. 

Procurement Audit

Read our 2023 Sustainable Procurement Review below - with reviews carried out every 3 years.

WRAP Cymru - Sustainable Procurement Maturity Review