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)

2025/26 Electricity Consumption (kWh)

25/26 % of total electricity consumption 

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

8,859,258 

7,160,859

53%

-19% 

1,429,356

17% 
Gogerddan Campus

4,833,178 

3,826,349

29% 

-21% 

117,953 

3% 
Fferm Penglais 

1,117,646

1,202,369 

9% 

8% 

5000 

0% 
Trawscoed

475,441 

904,275 

7% 

90% 

22,100 

2% 
Llanbadarn Campus

516,451 

303,356

2% 

-41% 

 -

0%

 

Gas Consumption

Site  2019 - 2020 Base year gas consumption (kWh)

2025/26 gas consumption (kWh)

25/26 % of total gas consumption 

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

10,506,308

57% 

-7% 
Gogerddan Campus

3,052,315 

3,366,019

18% 

10% 
Fferm Penglais 

3,764,291 

3,031,115 

17% 

-19% 
Llanbadarn Campus

1,178,525 

485,116

3% 

-59% 
Botany Gardens

1,231,959 

910,512

5% 

-26% 

Water Audit

Water Audit

See below for latest water audit, identifying the top 5 highest-consumption sites. 

Site 2019-2020 Base Year water consumption (m3) 2025-2026 Water Consumption (m3) 2025/2026 % of total water consumption % change from base year
Penglais Campus 64,353 151,749 59% 136%
 Fferm Penglais 34,987 35,184 14% 1%
Ty Gwyn 6,305 20,033  8% 218%
Gogerddan 58,886 18,809  7% -68%
Trawscoed 24,627 29,940 12% 22%

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 2025-2026 can be seen below:

Electricity  Gas  Water  Waste Total 
Residential Emissions (tC02e) 553  803  16 2 1,374

 

Waste Audit

Waste Audit

See table for our latest waste audit, compared to our base year of 2019-20. 

Waste Category  Waste Mass (t) Base Year: 2019-20 Waste Mass (t) Current Year 2025-26 Percentage Change (%)
Recycled 174 506 191%
Anaerobic Digestion 81 72 -11%
Used to Generate Energy 22 193 777%
Other 11 23 109%
Total 288 794 176%

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