leadership for sustainability
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Environmental Vision Integration of a range of features at Keele. Leadership for Sustainability. Energy plans Research Education Campus and community. ethically. Why is ‘ sustainability ’ important for Keele University?. practically. USP (part of?). 1) Energy sources at Keele. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Leadership for SustainabilityLeadership for Sustainability
Environmental VisionEnvironmental Vision
Integration of a range of Integration of a range of features at Keelefeatures at Keele
Energy plans
Research
Education
Campus and community
Why is ‘sustainability’ important for Keele University?
ethically
practically
USP (part of?)
1) Energy sources at Keele1) Energy sources at Keele
a) coal e) ground sourceground source
b) gas f) b) gas f) geothermalgeothermal
c) windc) wind g) waterg) water
d) solar h) biofuelsd) solar h) biofuels
Keele’s unique resources
Wind power Coal bed methane Ground source energy
• Mix with other sources to reduce local impact
• Local, so -20% CO2 +…
• Sequestering CO2
• Constant T at -5m; heat in winter/night, cool in summer
• Geothermal
Combining these can meet our energy needs and preserve
our ‘social’ environment
2) Environment & Sustainability 2) Environment & Sustainability Research at KeeleResearch at Keele
World leading in political, social and
legal policy issues of sustainability
● Fuel cell technology ● Environmental Geophysics● Environmental analysis ● Studies on Biofuels● Energy Security ● Environmental Biology● Green IT ● Clean Coal and Carbon Capture● Environmental Monitoring of Wind Turbines
3) Education3) Education
1) Undergraduate degrees
BSc: Applied Environmental Science
BSc: Environment & Sustainability (inter-disc.; from '09)
2) Postgraduate degrees
MA/MRes: Environmental Politics
MSc: Env. Sustainability & Green Technology (from '09)
3) Employability/ continuing professional development
UG: Greening Business module; eco-psychology projects
CPD: Project Green (ECIF) (£800k, 140 graduates)
4) Outreach
‘Clean and Green’: involving > 5,000 schoolchildren and >8,000 members of the public in hands-on experiments
KESO (earth & space – ca £450k ‘space’ upgrade)
4) Campus environment4) Campus environment
• Self-contained campus of >600 acres; lovely rural setting
• Strong community spirit, with 10,000 students
• 50 small businesses bring in 1000 people daily
• Residences for 3200 students and 500 staff + families
• Adjacent village, and nearby towns (NuL and SoT)
• Buildings: BREEAM excellent (new) or VG (refurb.)
• Woodland/ Lakes & Valleys – place for ‘well-being’
The The VirtualVirtual Keele Hub Keele Hub for Sustainabilityfor Sustainability
THE KEELE HUBfor sustainability
KEELECAMPUS
Showcase
Holistic approach
Keele Research Expertise
Wind energy Eco-coal
Green ITFuel cells
and photo-voltaics
Environmental biology
Political, social &
legal policy issues
Geothermalenergy
Sustainable community
Campus lab
'Green'energy
Education
Business and science park
CompaniesCompanies
Local and Local and regional regional
communitycommunity
Int’lInt’lexpertsexperts
SchoolsSchools
Timeline for the Timeline for the ‘environmental’ vision‘environmental’ vision
08 09 10 11 12 13
Council‘Deep Green’
‘EnvironmentalVision’
Education, estates andresearch initiatives
ERDF!
SDF£3.4m
New:BSc – Env & SusMSc – ESGT
Home farmdevelopments
PVC
Hubopening
ESSG(KHERG)Strategy‘Project
Green’StudentHouseproject
JP asChancellor
‘WholeEarth’
14
First E&S BSc
graduates
Zoe NTF; Dir of Ed for Sus
Green Wk; Leaf; P.O.s
KeeleSU
The The HubHub as a Part as a Partof our Sustainability Visionof our Sustainability Vision
August 2011
April 2010
The Hub … and its impactThe Hub … and its impact
Keele UniversitySustainability HubA) Exhibition areaB) Resources suiteC) Earth ObservatoryD) Teaching (UG and PG)E) Applied research
Strategy (top level)Strategy (top level)
Keele University’s Strategic Aim 5: To develop an environmentally aware and sustainable
outward-facing campus community
Strategic Objectives
•To demonstrate environmental sustainability through innovation, good practice and ethical choices in all our activities
•To unlock the potential of the University Estate so that it underpins the attainment of our vision
•To share and provide the University’s expertise in environment and sustainability to local, regional, national and international communities and partners
Our strategy (making it happen)Our strategy (making it happen)
Key themes:• Carbon Management (Andy Parry)• Buildings/Infrastructure (Andy Parry)• Waste and recycling (Huw Evans)• Procurement and catering (Huw Evans)• Land use (Andy Dobson)• Campus community (Sherilyn MacGregor)• Transport (Huw Evans)• Renewable and low-carbon energy (Peter Styles)• Education and curriculum (Zoe Robinson)• Research and enterprise (Mark Ormerod)• Outreach (Zoe Robinson)
The Keele University Sustainability Hub (Sharon George) supports the overall strategic plan by providing an exemplar, low-carbon building that includes an exhibition area, resources suite, teaching facilities, research opportunities, and outreach activities.
Our environmental strategyOur environmental strategy
People Innovation
• ‘Green’ energy
• Research
• Education
• Campus/ community
Keele University Keele University Sustainability Hub Sustainability Hub
Hands on Outreach