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Our Carbon Net Zero Strategy was published in 2021, to help minimise escalating climate change, in line with scientific advice. It follows successful delivery of our first 10-year Carbon Strategy target to cut scope 1 and 2 emissions.
Our target was to reduce emissions by 40% by 2020, against our 2005 baseline, and by 2021 we had exceeded this target with 45% reduction. We were on track to hit this target even before the various effects of the pandemic on energy use in 2020 and 2021. Our Net Zero goals now take us into the next phase of emissions reduction work.
Further to the £5m of Salix Finance grant funding we won in recent years, we were awarded an additional £113K through the Salix Finance Low Carbon Skills Fund which we used to work with consultants from Arup to develop a Heat Decarbonisation Plan for all campus buildings.
As our new City Campus moves towards completion we funded the installation of energy efficiency measures including an Air Source Heat Pump and insulation. We also installed energy efficient window and lightwells that were designed to replicate the building’s art deco heritage.
A solid policy towards net zero reports on a wider set of activities, against all 3 scopes of direct and indirect carbon emissions. This report shares the headline position overall and the specific progress we have made on those targets.
The data shows our performance in this second delivery year against our Carbon Net Zero Strategy. It aligns with the formal reporting we do publicly within our annual financial statements, as required by the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting Protocol.
This graph shows our overall carbon emissions reduction against the baseline year of 2018-2019 and towards our net zero target year of 2030.
The visuals below show performance against the individual scopes of carbon emissions and their unique targets, against the same timelines.
We’ve put together a guide to understanding carbon emissions and their scopes, view this below.
Scope 1 emissions – from directly burning fuels and the road fuels for our vehicles
Scope 2 emissions – from energy we buy and off-site generation of electricity we use
Scope 3 emissions – from activities we do not own or control like travel, waste and purchasing goods and services
To support the decarbonisation of our campuses and our net zero goals, we are optimising our energy management approaches. Indicators we monitor include:
Energy use per m2 GIA 2022-2023 data 139.4 kWh/m2
Energy use per FTE 2022-2023 data 1,223.5 kWh/FTE
We have been committed to purchasing 100% renewable energy since 1993. In 2019 we joined a £50m group corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with 19 other universities, through energy purchasing consortium TEC, that sources power from a portfolio of UK windfarms.
This report meets our annual reporting commitments on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an institutional signatory to the tertiary sector SDG Accord.
Throughout this annual report, we record how the actions and results shown in this report contribute to the delivery of the UN SDGs. The actions on this page contribute to the specific goals marked below.
For more information view the global goals page.
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