The University of Edinburgh

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Sustainability Engagement
Caroline OveryEngagement Team Leader
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Sustainability Engagement

• Approach
• Current focus
• Achievements

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Approach

• Conversations with building users
• Existing knowledge and experience
• Increase staff and student ownership
• Working with academic requirements
• Effectively embeds energy saving in work

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Approach

• Collaborating to reduce energy wastage and
  improve sustainability

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Current Focus

• Around 20 buildings
• 1000 people spoken to so far
• Active collaboration with Edinburgh
  Sustainability Awards and Switch and Save
• Example Grant Institute
• Face to face engagement with follow-up
• Buildings-related
• Lab managers and technicians

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Achievements

• Quantitative Reduction
• 4.1 reduction in electricity consumption in
  target locations compared to the same months last
  year
• Annualised, this leads to a 89,000 saving. On
  track to meet our target of 72,000
• Qualitative Results
• Enhancing relations between different sections
  of the University community
• Engaging people with sustainability on a
  practical level

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