Energy and Water Saving Projects
Urinal controls to reduce the amount of water flushed down urinals
Identifying Projects - Energy & Water Audits
University staff regularly conduct energy audits of university buildings to identify energy saving initiatives and opportunities for improving good housekeeping. We have also had surveys carried out by external consultants via the Action Energy programme which identified potential savings of £60,700. The EEMU are presently reviewing and implementing these recommendations
Identifying Projects - Carbon Trust Partnership
The University of Bristol has a 3 year partnership with the Carbon Trust with the objective of cutting carbon emissions. The partnership, launched in June 2004, awarded £20,000 per annum for 3 years to spend on consultancy support to identify energy saving initiatives and investigate feasibility of projects. In 2004/05 the following projects are planned:
- Lighting surveys and development of a lighting strategy:
- Detailed energy surveys of Dorothy Hodgkins Building and the Medical School;
- Chilled water rationalisation -looking at the University's chilled water services to determine if there is a more energy efficient option of supplying chilled water.
Identifying Projects - Energy Saving Ideas
Although the EEMU team carry out audits of buildings looking for energy saving projects, the people who are in the best position to spot energy and water saving opportunities are those who work in the buildings. In 2003 we launched an Energy Saving Ideas competition, which was open to the University's Direct Labour Organisation. From the entries submitted we were able to select ten ideas that we can either implement straight away or investigate further to look at the feasibility of the project.
If you have an energy / water saving idea, please let us know.
What is being done?
The Energy and Environmental Management Unit work on implementing energy and water saving investment projects. These include:
- Lighting controls in toilets which switch the lights on when people enter the toilets;
- Urinal controls to reduce the amount of water flushed down urinals;
- Pipe work insulation in boiler rooms: