UCL Green Impact Awards 2013: the winners
9 May 2013
This year, UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) Green GroupÌýretainedÌýthe Gold Award.
The
NUS Green Impact programme has been run at 911±¬ÁÏÍø for the second year
running. The programme encourages teams to undertake a number of actions to
reduce their environmental impacts - contributing to UCL's overallÌýenvironmentalÌýsustainability programme.
In 2011/12, 19 UCL teams signed up and completedÌýactionsÌýas part of GreenÌýImpact. In 2012/13, 29 teams have got involved in the programme and undertaken actions ranging from the purchase of sustainable food to the use of UCL's waste reuse scheme, WarpIt. As a result of the programme, 911±¬ÁÏÍøas able to achieve the following outcomes:
- Energy: This year an estimated 2011 people were reached by teams putting up awareness raising notices and postersÌýencouraging people to switch of lights and equipment when not needed, potentially savingÌý7,038kg CO2 per year.
- Waste:ÌýAn estimated 1920 people have been reached by teams raising awareness to print and photocopy doublesided, potentially saving 108,594kg CO2 and £40,220 on resource costs this year across the institution.
- Waste:ÌýAn Estimated 1280 people have been reached by teams raising awareness around how to recycle differentÌýmaterials, potentially saving 41,068kg CO2.
The
Green Impact Gold Award is presented to the team which has achieved the
greatest number of actions against the programme workbook. This year, CEGE
Green GroupÌýretainedÌýthe Award which they won in 2011/12. Some of the
elements which were identified by CEGE as key to their success included senior
management support, engagement with and participation from the students and a
collaborative approach to problem solving with all team members involved and
givenÌýresponsibility.
The Green UCL team would like to thank all the teams which took part. The programme will be running again in 2013/14 and we will be looking for even more teams to get involved.
Richard
Jackson, Head of Environmental
Sustainability, UCL Estates