Higher Education Carbon Management Programme HECM Overview Richard Rugg

1. Higher Education Carbon Management Programme HECM Overview Richard Rugg

2. Carbon Trust Activity in the HE Sector • Site Visits & Design Advice • Higher Education Energy Managers Network (300 subscribers) • Incubator Programme • Business acceleration support to Imperial College Innovations Ltd • R,D&D • £3.6m in repayable grants to the HE Sector to develop innovative low carbon technologies (1/3) • Higher Education Carbon Management programme

3. Drivers for carbon management Government Policy: Beacons of best practice, catalysts for change Reputation: Benefits associated with promoting sustainable development • Legislation is strengthening: • Climate change levy • Changes to Building Regulations • EU Energy Performance in Buildings (EPD) Directive 2006+ • Costreduction: • Opportunities associated with energy efficiency

4. Focus of programme • Primary focus Direct GHG emissions under the control of the HEI for example from: • Energy use in HE owned or operated buildings • Offices, lecture facilities, leisure facilities, accommodation, energy intensive departments • Fuel use in HE owned or operated vehicle fleets

5. The process 1 Get Started 2 Carbon Management Assessment 3 Evaluate Options 4 Develop Plan 5 Implement and Review Where are we now? What emissions reduction opportunities do we have? What’s our forward strategy? Build the team Making the Plan work

6. Implementation Plan Carbon Management Action Plan King’s College London Higher Education Carbon Management ProgrammeApril 2006

7. What to expect • Participants should expect: • Launch event in London - May • 4 onsite workshops • 4 clustered workshops • Additional consultant facilitation via phone and e-mail • Carbon Trust Account Manager support • Toolkit resource • Best practice advice

8. Key players • Project Leader • Overall co-ordination • Baseline calculation • Vision & strategy development • Opportunities prioritisation • Implementation planning • Departmental Champions • Support Project Leader within their own department • Project Sponsor • Director level project champion • Ensures senior management commitment • Address inter-departmental barriers • Vice Chancellor, Rector • Sign-off letter • Member support • Identify a Cllr to act as political champion

9. The 20 participants

10. Strathclyde University of Sunderland University of Teesside University of Bradford University of York University of Leeds University of Leeds Metropolitan University Bangor University of Wales, Birmingham University of Cambridge University of Coventry University of Imperial College Aberystwyth University of Wales, London Metropolitan University Warwick University of Kings College Open University The Southampton University of West of England University of Sussex University of Launch

11. VC support of the HECM programme

12. Oxford Brookes University • Oxford Brookes University took part in the pilot • Initial one-off £75K energy financing fund. Accrued energy cost savings to be used to fund additional improvements in future years - self funding scheme. • Targets - 20% CO2 emissions (& energy saving) reduction by 2010 - 7000tCO2 savings per year • Implementation of projects commenced: • metering projects • heating and lighting controls • insulation

13. Oxford Brookes University did

14. Making Business Senseof Climate Change