Think BIG, start small

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Think BIG, start small!
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What is Green Impact?

• A departmental environmental accreditation scheme
  with an awards element
• Modelled on the successful Sound Impact Awards
  for students unions nationally
• Based on simple practical actions that every
  department can do
• Supported by Deputy Vice-Chancellor, David Clarke
  

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Purpose

• Reducing the environmental impact of the
  University of Bristol during by encouraging,
  rewarding and celebrating environmental good
  practice within departments

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Aimed at departments

• Open to all university departments regardless of
  their size
• Departments / divisions find their own level
• Any member of staff can lead on it for their
  department
• Aimed at interested members of staff
• Needs to be completed in consultation with your
  colleagues

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How does it work?

• Participating departments are given a digital
  workbook
• 20 Bronze 15 Silver 100 bonus criteria
• To benchmark only need to respond to the 20
  Bronze as a minimum others are all optional
• All closed criteria
• Each based on practical actions identified
  through a series of environmental audits and
  interviews
• Each has a score of between 1 and 10

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• Departments can work at their own pace and focus
  on areas of interest to them.
• Have until end of February 2009.
• Workshops will be offered to help participants go
  through the process
• EEMU will offer help and support, providing
  information, posters, stickers, etc

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• Currently recruiting volunteer staff and student
  auditors
• Auditors will be trained
• See me at the end if you are interested
• All participating departments will be audited
• Standards finalised

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What can we achieve?

• The efforts of all participating departments will
  be recognised
• Working towards accreditation
• Bronze standard all 20 Bronze criteria
• Silver standard all 20 Bronze, 15 Silver plus
  150 bonus points
• Gold award top 3 scoring departments

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Timeline

• 03 November 2008 Workbook launched
• 19 December 2008 Sign-up closes
• 27 February 2009 Workbook deadline
• March 2009 Audits
• April 2009 Feedback provided
• April/May Awards ceremony

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Why take part?

• Benchmarks how green your department is
• Provides a framework for greening your department
  
• To gain recognition for the environmental actions
  the department is already taking
• Motivate staff and students
• The opportunity to achieve!
• Continual improvement
• Green our University!

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Bronze criteria
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Bronze criteria

• 20 Bronze criteria
• Practical actions we can all do
• and/or, and Either or
• Constructive, supportive, inclusive
• Working Towards and Benchmarking
• Workbook out next week

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There is clear guidance on how staff can
double-side print posted within readable distance
of each photocopier.
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The department sends all of its used printer
and/or toner cartridges to a charitable reuse
scheme and keeps a log of the numbers and dates
sent.
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The department has a scheme in place to collect
used postage stamps from staff, and students if
applicable, and donates them to a charitable
reuse scheme.
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There are enough blue paper recycling bins
throughout the department for all staff to easily
recycle their waste paper.
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Within the last 6 months all departmental staff
have been reminded how they can recycle
batteries, including reference to the location of
their building battery bin.
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The department has energy-awareness stickers and
posters in place in the majority of offices and
communal facilities encouraging staff to switch
off lights and/or equipment when not needed.
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Either the department does not have any portable
or fixed air conditioning or, if it does, within
the last 12 months it has proactively taken
action to ensure that the doors and windows in
all air conditioned rooms are kept closed when
the air conditioning is on.
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All banks of three or more light switches within
the department have been labelled to identify
which lights each switch operates.
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Either the department does not have any tungsten
filament bulbs in ceiling or wall lights or, if
it does, replacements have been requested through
the EEMU.
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The department has an up-to-date written lighting
and equipment responsibility plan covering all
the main areas and key equipment within the
department and the plan is embedded within the
roles of operational staff.
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The department has a comprehensive shut-down
checklist for vacations to ensure all
non-essential equipment and services are not
wasting energy.
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The department has carried out a basic survey to
identify any areas that might be being heated
unnecessarily or overheated and taken action to
save energy as required.
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The department proactively advises the majority
of external visitors for meetings, and if
applicable students for lectures, how they can
get to the department via public transport,
walking, or cycling.
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All plain A4 white copier paper bought by the
department meets at least one of the following
Made from 100 recycled paper Made from
NAPM accredited recycled paper Made from pulp
from certified sustainable sources. NB
'Premier's 'Earth' brand is often thought to be
made from recycled paper but is actually made
from fibres from North American forests and
therefore does not count towards this criterion.
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Tap water is provided for the majority of
departmental meetings instead of bottled water.
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Either the department does not buy any tea or
coffee for consumption at internal meetings or,
if it does, it is all Fairtrade. NB This
criterion does not refer to tea and coffee
ordered through The Hawthorns or bought by
individuals, or groups of individuals, for
personal consumption.
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The department has one or more member of staff
registered as a formal departmental environmental
champion for the current academic year. For large
departments there should be one champion
registered per 60 members of staff. Please
ensure they have submitted their contact details
via the form on www.bris.ac.uk/environment/forms/g
ia-echampion.html. Upon submission the EEMU will
make contact with the champion to offer support.
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The department has identified, ranked and
documented what it believes are its five most
significant negative environmental impacts.
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The department has identified and documented its
ten main greening opportunities. These should
address some or all of the department's five most
significant negative environmental impacts (see
B.018). These can be opportunities that the
department can do itself and/or opportunities for
Estates in relation to building infrastructure.
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All new staff are formally inducted on relevant
environmental issues within their role.
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Contacts
www.bristol.ac.uk/environment/green_impact/ gre
en-impact-awards_at_bristol.ac.uk 0117 331 7235
(internal x17235)