5 Quick Wins to cut your Carbon Footprint

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5 Quick Wins to cut your Carbon Footprint
EAUC-Scotland / APUC Seminar 1st June 2009

• David Somervell, Sustainability Adviser,
  University of Edinburgh
• Tel [phone] David.Somervell_at_ed.ac.uk
• Energy Sustainability Office www.eso.ed.ac.uk
• Transport Parking Office www.transport.ed.ac.uk

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• Climate Change is already happening
• Peak Oil leads to Energy In-Security
• Stern et al We need to invest now
• 5 Quick Wins to cut your Carbon
• Think what you could do / should do!

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Climate Change happening NOW
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Global Energy Consumption 1860-2000
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Global C02 concentrations in atmosphere
Source Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Global Temperature Change 1750 - 2100

• Source UN IPCC Special Report on Emissions
  Scenarios 2001

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Global Warming is Unequivocal
Rising atmospheric temperature
Rising sea level
Reductions in North Hemisphere snow cover

• Source UN IPCC AR4 2007

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Perth to Inverness railway Dec 2006 Photo SEPA
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Extreme droughts will plague sub-Saharan Africa.
Children stand behind one of thousands of
livestock that died from thirst in southern
Ethiopia. REUTERS March 2006
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Fuel Scarcity / Energy In-Security
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The big turn required
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Stern et al We need to invest now
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3 CHP generate 1m saving / yr

• GE Jenbacher 612 Engine

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Doing Nothing is NOT an Option
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5 Quick Wins to Cut your Carbon
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1 Meter, Monitor and Target on a
Building-by-Building basis
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• 2 Procure all equipment services with
  lowest Whole Life (CO2) Cost

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1. Recommission all those existing BEMS / Controls
   Systems

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4 Measure your ICT impact - apply back-office
Standby to cut waste
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5 Raise awareness of energy cost and consumption
with all users

• Campaign Website
• Newsletter
• The Bulletin
• Posters/Stickers
• Thermometers
• Coasters/Drip Mats

See and download our materials from
www.eso.ed.ac.uk/energy
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The one-stop shop promoting sustainability in the
FHE sector scotland_at_eauc.org.uk
www.eauc.org.uk/scotland
Share your concerns and then your findings
with colleagues
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