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EAUC-Scotland / APUC Seminar 1st June 2009 5 Quick Wins to cut your Carbon Footprint David Somervell, Sustainability Adviser, University of Edinburgh Tel 0131 650 2073 [email protected] Energy & Sustainability Office www.eso.ed.ac.uk Transport & Parking Office www.transport.ed.ac.uk • 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! Global Energy Consumption 1860-2000 Global C02 concentrations in atmosphere Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Global Temperature Change 1750 - 2100 Source: UN IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios 2001 “Global Warming is Unequivocal” Rising atmospheric temperature Rising sea level Reductions in North Hemisphere snow cover Source: UN IPCC AR4 2007 Perth to Inverness railway Dec 2006 Photo: SEPA 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] The big turn required … • GE Jenbacher 612 Engine 3 CHP generate £1m saving / yr 5 Quick Wins to Cut your Carbon 1 Meter, Monitor and Target on a Building-by-Building basis 2 Procure all equipment & services with lowest Whole Life (CO2) Cost 3 Recommission all those existing BEMS / Controls Systems 4 Measure your ICT impact - apply back-office Standby to cut waste 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 Share your concerns and then your findings with colleagues The one-stop shop promoting sustainability in the FHE sector [email protected] www.eauc.org.uk/scotland Time is running out … get weaving