Higher Education Carbon Management Programme HECM Overview Richard Rugg

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

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 Cost reduction: Opportunities associated with energy efficiency

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

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

Implementation Plan Carbon Management Action Plan King’s College London Higher Education Carbon Management Programme April 2006

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

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

The 20 participants

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

VC support of the HECM programme

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 tCO2 savings per year  Implementation of projects commenced: – metering projects – heating and lighting controls – insulation

Oxford Brookes University did

Making Business Sense of Climate Change