Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions at UEA

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Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions at UEA
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Elizabeth Fry User Satisfaction
thermal comfort 28 air quality
36 lighting 25 noise
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An energy efficient building reduces carbon
dioxide AND is a better building to work in.
carbon dioxide emissions
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Other examples where UEA is leading the way.
Student Residences
Combined Heat and Power

• UEA generates 3 MW of its own electricity
• saves over 9000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
• saves around 40,000 a month
• exploring installation of absorption chiller -
  the WIN - WIN option

Average for new University Buildings
UEA
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Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental
Research(ZICER)
Elizabeth Fry performance has improved over
years. ZICER will be better and less than 70 of
emissions of mid 90s best practice
building Photovoltaic cells will generate 30 kW
and save 20 tonnes CO2 per annum.
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Community Carbon Reduction Project (CRed)

• Low Carbon Innovation Centre
• Zuckerman Institute
• for Connective Environmental Research
• School of Environmental Sciences

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Why CRed?
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Why CRed?

• Energy White Paper aspiration for 60 cut in
  CO2 emissions by 2050
• Will require unprecedented partnership activity
  in local communities to ensure on track by 2020s

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Why CRed?

• Opportunity
• Leading the way to the new lower-carbon economy
• Attracting people with new ways of thinking and
  new ways of doing things
• Norwich/Norfolk, with partners in the East of
  England, showing the world exemplar for the
  world

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Ambition

• To engage, enthuse and empower a large, diverse
  community to debate, plan and execute a programme
  to reduce carbon emissions by up to 60 by 2025

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The Challenges

• Awareness, perceptions, attitudes, acceptances
• Awareness-raising, demonstration research
  project
• Scientific/technological

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CRedibility?

• School of Environmental Sciences (6)
• HQ Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
• Climatic Research Unit
• Centre for Social and Economic Research on the
  Global Environment
• Centre for Environmental Risk
• East Anglian Business Environment Club
• Environmental Management Systems Club
• Schools Energy Club
• Schools Waste Club

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The CRed Community

• Participatory/inclusive
• Spark imaginations
• Modes of participation (targets/methods)
• Matrix of modes of participation representative
  of real-world complexity
• Centred on Norwich/Norfolk, but links across the
  region, country, the world.
• Partnerships

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Some Partners

• City
• County (incl. LEA)
• Districts
• The Broads Authority
• Norwich Research Park
• Norwich Union (Aviva)
• Powergen
• Housing Association
• Transport Organisations
• Building Developers
• Building Partnerships
• EEEGR

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Norwich New Build

• CRed partnership
• City Council, Bovis, Persimmon, Flagship
  Broadland, community groups, EST.
• Initial phase
• Carbon Index 8.6 minimum. Some homes much better.

1200 Energy Efficient homes in Bowthorpe, West
Norwich
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Operational Team

• Project Manager
• Project Officer
• Data and information management
• SME Co-ordinator link to EABEC EMS Club
• External liaison officer
• Research associate

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Project Plan - 1

• Feasibility Phase 24 months
• Project scope 6 months including
• Building the community
• Learning from experiences elsewhere
• Project Specification 18 months
• Benchmarking
• Accounting processes
• Options analysis
• Options selection

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Project Plan - 2

• Strategic Plan Phase 6 months
• Developing the implementation plan
• Implementation Phase (mid 2005)
• Implementation of carbon reduction options
• Evaluation
• Refinement

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Launches

• National launch - May 21st in Westminster
• Local launch - May 22nd at the Forum

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CRed can

• Identify obstacles to the adoption of low carbon
  practices
• Help overcome them
• Integrate myriad activities
• Through partnerships, provide joined-up thinking
• Promote demonstration and awareness-raising
  projects
• Stimulate/encourage research (scientific,
  economic, policy)
• Influence decision-making and policy

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We can all do so much more

• Consumers will pay for energy efficiency
• Builders need encouragement, but will respond
  (improve information and grant procedures)
• Revision of building regulations- bye-laws to
  allow Councils to improve (e.g. Norwich Carbon
  Index 9.6?)
• Separate CI for building envelope and heating
  system?
• Improvements needed for small-scale CHP under
  NETA (61 reduction following NETA) scheme such
  as the Renewable Obligations Certificate?