KEELE UNIVERSITY Sustainability Report 2016 CONTENTS AND CONTACTS

Introduction...... 1 1. Vision and key achievements...... 2 2. Student Engagement...... 4 3. Sustainability in the Curriculum...... 6 4. Research...... 9 5. Grounds and Biodiversity...... 13 6. Energy, Water and Carbon emissions...... 15 7. Smart Energy network Demonstrator (SEND)...... 19 8. Waste and Recycling...... 20 9. Transport and Travel...... 22 10. Green Impact...... 24 11. Sustainable Procurement...... 26 12. Sustainable Catering...... 27 13. Outreach and the Sustainability Hub...... 28 14. Communication...... 31 15. Steering Group and Contacts...... 32

For information on sustainability at Keele University please see: www.keele.ac.uk/greenkeele or email: [email protected] INTRODUCTION BY THE DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PROVOST

Professor Mark Ormerod, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Provost, Keele University

This is the fourth University Sustainability Looking forwards our proposed development Report, and it demonstrates the considerable of the first ‘at scale’ Smart Energy Network strides and continuous improvement that Demonstrator in Europe is hugely exciting, and Keele has made over the last two years in will provide a genuinely world-class facility the area of sustainability, and the breadth for smart energy research and development, of sustainability activities across all the in partnership with business and industry. We University’s activities, reflecting our very strong have also made significant progress in forming institutional commitment to sustainability. new international networks and partnerships We have seen significant progress across demonstrating our increasing international all aspects of sustainability, ranging from reputation for our holistic, whole-institution Professor Mark Ormerod embedding sustainability within discipline approach to sustainability. curricula, with a strong commitment to give Although I am the University’s strategic lead all our students an increased awareness of for Sustainability, sustainability leadership in sustainability, continued growth of research these issues comes from all levels, from our and innovation in sustainability, highlighted by Chancellor Jonathon Porritt CBE, through strong performance in the Research Excellence to individual module leaders embedding Framework and a number of significant sustainability into their teaching, through grant successes, and continued successful to the staff ensuring that their practices campus developments and initiatives and are more sustainable. My continued thanks carbon reduction. goes to all our staff and students for One real highlight was the student-led bid to their continued personal and professional host the prestigious annual World Student commitment to helping Keele become a more Environmental Network Global Summit at sustainable university. Keele (in partnership with Sussex University) I am confident that over the coming year we in July 2016, which will be a superb conference will see further progress and successes and and a fantastic experience for all the student achievements across all areas of sustainability, delegates coming to Keele from all areas of and increased partnership activities, as we aim the world. Our students have put together a to be the most environmentally sustainable Jonathon Porritt, CBE really outstanding and stimulating programme. campus university in the UK. Chancellor, Keele University Being shortlisted for four Green Gown Awards in 2016 is a great achievement and highlights both the quality and breadth of our sustainability activities.

Professor Mark Ormerod Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, Keele University

1 1. VISION AND KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

2015 saw the publication of the new University Since the last Sustainability Report there have This report provides a summary of some of our in Europe. £5 million has been secured from Strategic Plan, with Sustainability featuring very been many successes in our sustainability key sustainability achievements over the last the Department of Business, Innovation and prominently in the new strategy, with a separate activities. Some highlights include: two years. These are described in detail in over Skills and the Department of Energy and aim devoted to sustainability. Aim 5 of the new 12 sections, demonstrating how sustainability Climate Change as part of the Stoke-on-Trent • winner of the Institutional Leadership Award Strategic Plan is: reaches into every part of what we do. & Staffordshire ‘City Deal’. This Government in the Green Gown Awards, for Pat Bailey, the investment, together with further significant “To promote environmental sustainability in all then Pro Vice-Chancellor for Environment At a time of reduced leadership for funding being sought from the European that we do” & Sustainability, in 2014. Pat has since left sustainability, including from within the Higher Regional Development Fund and the private Keele, and his responsibilities for leading Education sector, this is a time for leadership This goes on to detail particular aims for sector, will provide a genuinely world- sustainability at an institutional level have to come from within Universities, who at such sustainability across all of the relevant areas class facility for smart energy research and been taken on by Professor Mark Ormerod, times have even greater responsibility as moral including campus developments and carbon development, enabling collaboration with Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost and and intellectual leaders in society. reduction; research and innovation; education; business and industry, and the testing and Professor of Clean Technology; and leadership in our communities. In addition, One of our biggest and most exciting projects evaluation of new and evolving smart energy the Strategic Plan outlines three sustainability • highly commended in 2014 in the competitive is the development of a campus-wide Smart network technologies, bringing specialised jobs ‘transformation projects’ aimed at raising ‘Continuous Improvement: Institutional Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND), to the area. our sustainability activity to a new level and Change’ category of the Green Gown Awards. which will be the first at scale demonstrator enhancing our sector leading reputation. These This application emphasised the role of are to: cultural shift, partnership and empowerment within the University to drive change to • promote a portfolio of environmental become a more sustainable university in all sustainability student projects and encourage that we do; postgraduate studentships through a new • successfully bidding (jointly with Sussex University Research Centre in Environmental University) to host the prestigious annual Sustainability; World Student Environmental Network Global • develop a range of alternative energy sources Summit in July 2016; utilised on site to reduce our carbon footprint • a new student-led ‘veg box’ scheme, set up and underpin research and education by the student-led ‘Keele Food Co-Operative’. programmes associated with environmental This provides organic fruit and vegetables and sustainability; local veg to staff and students on campus at • establish a Smart Energy Network a fraction of the cost of major supermarkets, Demonstrator (SEND) as a national and with no need to travel off campus; demonstrator and focus for research • an ethical shopping guide for students on the dynamic management of energy stemming from three successful years of the resources around a complex residential and Sustainable fashion show run by the Students’ commercial site. Union; We have also made a firm commitment to • shortlisting of four projects for the 2016 educate all our students about sustainability as Green Gown Awards, including Sustainability well as providing opportunities, in partnership Champion - staff (Dave Emley); Sustainability with the Students’ Union, for them to gain Champion – student (Ulrich Pohanka, for his experience in implementing sustainability leadership of the Keele Food Co-operative strategies. With over 40 years of working life and other initiatives); Learning and Teaching ahead of them in many cases our students for our ‘dropping’ of sustainability education are, along with our research and external into all that we do; and Carbon Reduction engagement, arguably where we as an for our long running and extensive series institution will have the greatest impact on of projects leading to significant carbon sustainability, and so it is essential that our reductions; graduates are well-educated and prepared to • publication of David Emley’s ‘Natural History make sustainable decisions throughout their of Keele University’, detailing 40 years of personal and professional lives. Dave’s natural history observations on the University campus.

2 3 2 . STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Keele’s Students’ Union provides students Keele to apply for the ‘stripe’ accreditation if Green Student Academic Representatives Student Eats with many opportunities to get involved with they have demonstrated consideration of these (StARs) Food growing on campus continues apace. sustainability activities. Some of the highlights important issues in regards to their resources In 2013 as part of the Green Impact programme Keele is taking part in the National Union of are featured below. and activities. the Law School developed the idea of having Students’ ‘Student Eats’ scheme, which aims to Growth in Student engagement and the Think: Green and the new veg box scheme ‘green’ Student Academic Representatives, support student food growing initiatives. Keele who would feed in sustainability-related has a series of raised beds in the Walled Garden, The annual Sustainability first ‘Blackout’ The (also known as Keele in Some of the organising Think:Green concerns and issues to the Staff Student Liaison two of which are maintained by the Student Fashion Show in progress Student engagement with sustainability at Transition) student-led service has paved the committee demonstrating Committee. This idea was taken up by the Eats group who meet every Fridays at 12.30. Keele continues to grow and grow, with even way for a truly exciting, entirely student-led the partnership theme of the Students’ Union (who run the StARS) scheme, more events and initiatives taking place led organic Fruit and VegBox scheme, with all WSES conference who recruited approximately 20 students from by staff, the Students’ Union, and students vegetables coming from the UK. All produce is a wide range of disciplines to act as Green themselves, reaching ever more students. This organic. The produce is purchased in bulk and StARs. These students received training on growth is in part due to a task-and-finish group sold at low cost to staff and students. So far sustainability issues to consider from the set up in 2014 to focus on further encouraging the scheme has sold 1114 bags of vegetable and amount of paper involved in the production student engagement. The group comprised 1150 bags of fruit, that’s 6.4 tonnes of organic of teaching materials, the disposal of waste of student and academic representatives, fruit and veg sold, to 190 unique customers! in practicals, to the coverage of sustainability and representatives from the Sustainability There are hopes to expand the project in the issues in their curriculum. Hub, Students’ Union Activities team, the future with the purchasing of dried goods, as Education for Sustainability team, and the well as looking to the Student Eats gardening World Student Environmental Summit Estates Environmental Manager. Together project to provide produce for the scheme. Since 2013 students at Keele have been invited they collaborated on a number of projects, This scheme builds on the growing interest in to attend the World Student Environmental most notably Keele University’s first ‘Blackout’ food and food growing on campus, reflected Summit. Students have come back brimming event to celebrate Earth Hour, drawing on the by the continuation of the Sustainable Student with ideas to make change at Keele. As a result And… idea developed at Southampton University. Bungalow project, where four new students of these experiences, Keele was successful in The concept is simple: for teams of volunteers every year commit to living in the bungalow bidding jointly with the University of Sussex to In addition to all these new achievements, there to visit buildings around campus when the as exemplars of sustainable student living hold the World Student Environmental Summit continues to be engagement on sustainability majority of people have gone home in order growing significant quantities of food in their through an annual Green Week, the Students’ in 2016! This is an ambitious undertaking for Students with their produce to record and turn off what appliances have raised beds and polytunnel, and sharing Union’s volunteering scheme, a new group of a student team, and demonstrates impressive in the Student Eats allotment been left on. In the first year this was run, in this produce and knowledge with the wider partnership working between the two students in the Sustainable Student Bungalow two hours, they found over 300 lights, 200 student community. Universities. every year, Keele’s Young Greens Society (with computers and 41 appliances left on in empty connections to the Green Political Party), the Reaching international and faith groups rooms! This has been carried on as an annual Vegan and Vegetarian Society, and a dedicated event attracting many student volunteers. There are many events and activities that Green editor for the student newspaper, occur on the University campus throughout Concourse. The Sustainable Fashion Show and the year that attract a wide range of students. Society ‘stripes’ In order to continue to reach wider student The Students’ Union have led on a number of (and staff) audiences we work with teams exciting sustainability initiatives over the past leading on different events in order to integrate year. Following the success of their Sustainable sustainability themes. Two highlights have Fashion Show in 2013, which aimed to make included integrating sustainability into the students aware of current ethical issues and annual World Festival and integration with The Sustainability Fashion how to make more sustainable choices when the university’s faith groups. As part of one Show was a Finalist in making purchases, they ran another in 2014 World Festival we integrated the aim of the Green Gowns Social and 2015, including ethical stalls, models and raising awareness of global environmental and Responsibility category catwalk performances raising hundreds of sustainability issues. International students in 2014 pounds for the charities they were supporting. were invited to share, compare and learn One additional outcome of the fashion show from each other’s experiences in their home was an “ethical shopping” guide that the countries, and engage in fun games and a students developed in collaboration with photo competition on global environmental the Students’ Union Activities team. These issues. Sustainability issues were raised with events were shortlisted for a prestigious Keele’s faith groups, through a film screening national ‘Green Gown’ Award in the Social of ‘God is Green’ by Mark Dowd and Bruno Responsibility category. The National Union of Sorrentino, and food sharing at the Keele Students (NUS) also showcased the Students’ Chapel. This event was attended by Anglican, Conservation volunteering Union’s ‘Sustainability Stripe’ initiative on Catholic and Sikh groups and gave the The student-led Keele Food as part of Keele ‘Make a their website. This initiative, along with the opportunity to enjoy good food, and share Cooperative selling their difference day’ Inclusion, Community and Development understandings of sustainability from within organic fruit and veg bags Stripes, encourages any club or society at different religious traditions.

4 5 3. SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CURRICULUM AND STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Our approach to embedding sustainability in providing support for student sustainability Case studies of Education for Sciences. Both the Environmental Science and the curriculum societies and student-led projects, Environment and Sustainability programmes Sustainability have been accredited by the Institution of Keele is committed to embedding sustainability integration into existing society and activities Education for Sustainability conferences Environmental Sciences, and include the option into the whole experience of our students, structures, and ‘green themes’ in other of four year programmes with a work placement from embedding sustainability into all of university wide events Keele has hosted two more external HEA funded conferences on Education for Sustainability, year between the second and final year. our educational programmes, to offering • Staff development, through one-to-one following the Student Action for Sustainability co-curricular sustainability opportunities consultation and support, Education for At postgraduate level there is a MSc in conference at Keele in 2013. One entitled ‘New for all students, to developing a culture of Sustainable Development (ESD) workshops Environmental Sustainability and Green to ESD: Integrating Education for Sustainable sustainability through the campus environment tailored for different disciplines and for new Technology, strongly linked to the work with Development in teaching and the student in which students study and live. As a key part lecturers, and online training in ESD. business at the Sustainability Hub, and there is of the strategy for embedding sustainability experience’ was aimed at staff wanting to an MA programme in Environmental Politics and education into the curriculum and culture of the In addition, the Education for Sustainable find out more about the area, and involved Climate Change, run from the School of Politics, University devised during Keele’s participation Development strategy highlights the needs a number of external speakers talking about International Relations and Environment. in the HEA’s Green Academy Change for integration with the rest of the University. how they have embedded sustainability into Examples of discipline-specific programme in 2010/11, sustainability was For example, strong links exist between the their subject areas, ranging from English, to sustainability modules named as one of three core themes (alongside Estates and Education for Sustainability team, Business and Advertising. The second workshop employability and internationalisation) in the with students carrying out coursework projects showcased Keele’s achievements and approach A number of disciplines which may not A cohort of BSc Environment Distinctive Keele Curriculum. As a result of this, which feed into the management of the estate, to embedding sustainability in all our activities, traditionally be associated with sustainability & Sustainability students on and the presence of a sustainability theme in while providing the students with experience and involved a tour of the University grounds for have started to integrate sustainability into their a field course to the Centre the Keele graduate attributes, all programmes of dealing with real data and problems. The a number of external visitors. These externally- teaching programmes in a big way. In 2011/12 for Alternative Technology are required to address sustainability through overall aim is to embed sustainability into many funded workshops complemented the suite the School of Pharmacy started a module their curriculum, whilst additional opportunities different areas of activity in the University so it of ongoing staff development workshops called ‘Sustainable Pharmacy’, led by Dr Tony for students to engage in these areas are truly becomes part of every staff and student’s delivered for Keele staff by the Education for Curtis, as a third year option module as part also sought in various co-curricula offerings. experience at Keele and part of the very culture Sustainability team. of the MPharm degree and have since further of the institution. embedded sustainability into core teaching for a As we move on in 2016 from the Distinctive Environmental and Sustainability wider number of pharmacy students. The single Keele Curriculum, to defining our distinctive degree programmes educational approach, sustainability remains honours chemistry route has also introduced a key theme of our approach to the overall There are currently three environmental a core module called ‘Sustainable Chemistry’, student educational experience. and sustainability-focussed undergraduate led by Dr Katherine Haxton, which looks at the associated environmental implications of By 2020 Keele aims for all students to be able chemistry in everyday life and the sustainability to articulate engagement with sustainability of chemical processes. during their time at university when they graduate, showing an overall improvement Sustainable healthcare in student sustainability awareness against a During 2015-16 the School of Medicine 2015 baseline. introduced ‘Sustainable Healthcare’ to Year 3 of the MBChB programme. Led by Dr Stuart Putting sustainability at the heart of the McBain and developed in conjunction with curriculum and student experience at Keele both the Sustainable Health Education (SHE) follows a multi-stranded approach covering the network and the University Hospitals of North following areas: Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust, it provides an • Integration into the undergraduate Conference guests learning about how we opportunity for students to develop their curriculum, including being embedded use our campus in teaching understanding of the core principles of in all undergraduate programmes, and sustainable practice and consider their role as providing sustainability elective offerings and programmes: a social science-focussed dual future leaders in the development and delivery sustainability-focused degree programmes. honours ‘Environmental Studies’ run by the of sustainable healthcare. The sessions are School of Politics, International Relations and delivered in collaboration with Dr Cliff Shelton • Integration into the postgraduate taught Environment; a science-focussed dual honours from Lancaster University and the Sustainable curriculum and postgraduate research and single honours ‘Environmental Science’; Development Steering Group based at UHNM. student training programmes. and a single honours interdisciplinary BSc The programme has been well received by • Co-curriculum opportunities working in programme in ‘Environment and Sustainability’ students and will form the basis of a new strand partnership with the Students’ Union, run by the School of Physical and Geographical within the undergraduate medical curriculum.

6 7 Examples of sustainability electives Online training in Education for Sustainability 4. RESEARCH In addition to embedding sustainability in An online training tool has been developed by core programmes, there are also a number of the Education for Sustainability team in order to sustainability-related electives which can be taken help staff learn about Education for Sustainability by any student. These include: ‘Greening Business: in their own time and at their own rate as an employability and sustainability’ which aims to alternative to attending a staff development give students the skills and motivation to drive workshop. This online tool covers the historical Sustainability is a key thematic priority area interdisciplinary sustainability seminar series. positive sustainability change in organisations background and drivers to the ESD agenda, as for research at Keele University. Sustainability The first two series of talks have seen 22 while developing recommendations to improve well as suggestions on how sustainability can research spans across the three Faculties at diverse and stimulating research seminars, the sustainability of the university campus; ‘Global be embedded in teaching. This course called Keele, with a range of disciplinary focussed covering many aspects of sustainability-related Warming or a New Ice Age’, which encourages ‘embedding sustainability through your teaching: and interdisciplinary sustainability research. research being undertaken at Keele, ranging students to look critically at how the media an introduction to higher education for sustainable One of Keele’s real strengths is that its from sustainable energy, environmental policy portrays climate change messages and the science development’ is available to staff through the sustainability research involves academic and ecology, to environmental history, eco- behind climate change and some of the commonly Keele Learning Pool. staff from many Schools and disciplines, psychology, environmental education and “I didn’t believe perceived myths; ‘Environmental Ethics’ which Responsible Futures kitemark including environmental science, earth science, sustainable computing. The talks have attracted as an individual engages students with the key debates and physical and human geography, life sciences, over 350 attendees in total, with some very questions in the ethics of the environment; and In 2015 Keele was one of the institutions in chemistry, mathematics, computer science, interesting and lively debates taking place! I could make a ‘The third sector: making a difference’ in which the pilot cohort to achieve the National Union psychology, politics and international relations, The Centre for Understanding Sustainable students gain understanding and experience of of Students Responsible Futures kitemark law, sociology and social policy, education, Prosperity (CUSP) difference but now the importance that the third sector contributes to accreditation. This scheme requires institutions film and media, economics, and business and I know that I can communities, locally, nationally and internationally. to complete a number of criteria relating to management amongst others! CUSP is a £6m ESRC-funded research Education for Sustainability in order to achieve consortium exploring the economic, ecological, Sustainability-discipline linkages in subject ‘Away accreditation to this kitemark. Keele achieved over There is no distinct Unit of Assessment for social and governance dimensions of ” Days’ and programme support double the threshold number of points necessary sustainability within the Research Excellence sustainable prosperity. It explores alternative Quote from The University’s Student Learning team have to qualify for the kitemark! Framework, with units of assessment being visions of a sustainable future where individuals student taking work with individual programmes to design largely on single discipline lines. Thus staff and communities have the capabilities needed ‘Greening Business’. bespoke half-day workshops in years one and undertaking research in different areas of to flourish while living within the ecological two aimed at addressing key skills, such as oral sustainability formed part of the submissions and resource constraints of a finite planet. presentations, time management, and note to three different units of assessment in The five-year programme is directed by taking. The Education for Sustainability team 2014 (Earth Systems and Environmental Professor Tim Jackson (Surrey University) with have worked with the curriculum development Science, General Engineering, and Politics and the universities of Keele, Leeds, Middlesex, and programme teams to embed sustainability- International Studies). Keele’s submission Goldsmiths and Anglia Ruskin. At Keele, discipline linkages into some of these workshops. to the 2014 REF saw a submission under an researchers within the School of Politics, Some examples include: Media, Communication explicitly environmental unit of assessment for Philosophy, International Relations and and Culture students developing blogging the first time. Environment (SPIRE) are leading two projects: skills through looking at media representations In order to drive forward a new phase of of climate change; Chemistry and Medicinal ƒƒ GRASSROOTS TRANSITIONS – PREFIGURING focussed-sustainability research, in line with Chemistry students learning about the principles SUSTAINABILITY the development of the Smart Energy Network of Green Chemistry at first year while developing This research will explore the dynamics of Demonstrator at Keele, two new Professor negotiation skills, and at second year considering associational activity directed at sustainability appointments have recently been advertised sustainability issues with Eco-labelling of products and examine the complex relationship to lead the development of the Smart Energy while developing presentation skills targeted at a between formal governmental systems and Network Demonstrator and to head a new particular audience; and Physiotherapy students For further information of sustainability curriculum social movement initiatives. It will do this collaborative research and development centre practicing their note-taking skills at a mock NHS developments and projects at Keele contact through exploring traditions of small-scale with business and industry. Sustainable Development Unit conference. Other Dr Zoe Robinson, Director of Education for sustainability initiatives and the contested subjects which have embedded sustainability Sustainability [email protected] Some sustainability research highlights are meanings to local community members and in this way include Physics and Astrophysics, given below: environmental activists. and Politics. Keele University Sustainability ƒƒ THE POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS OF In addition to these workshops the ESD team Research Network SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY This project explores the implications of have worked with several other programmes to Keele University’s Sustainability Research redefining prosperity on forms of governance embed sustainability through different means. Network (KUSRN) was set up to raise the in general, and democracy in particular. This This has included delivering sustainability-related profile of sustainability research across the research will contribute to the debate about sessions as part of a professional practice course institution, to bring together researchers the ‘green state’ and assess how political to Midwifery students, and contributing to the from different disciplines who are researching institutions, culture and practices both programme for nursing students. Computer sustainability issues, and to provide support challenge sustainable prosperity and create Science students have been given the opportunity to the sustainability-related PhD students who space for alternatives. Sustainable prosperity to carry out their dissertation projects on a range are based in many different Schools across raises particular questions for the nature of of sustainability topics, working with a computer the University . A key aspect of the research democracy in the context of the need for science and ‘sustainability’ supervisor. network has been the KUSRN seminar series, urgent action related to averting environmental which is the university’s first cross-faculty disaster, and the need for intellectual freedoms

8 9 4. RESEARCH (CONTINUED)

that challenge dominant interests and present Sustainability and Film Studies Fordhall Farm Community Land Flood Defence Planning, Myths of the Scottish social and political alternatives. It will do this at Dr Neil Archer (Lecturer in Film Studies) is Initiative Research Highlands, and UK allotments. a range of scales from the very local, to national currently working on two projects, looking at Dr John Hegarty (Senior Lecturer in Dr Andy Zielenic (Lecturer in Sociology) and international institutions. the aesthetics and politics of the environment in Psychology) and PhD Candidate Grant is developing a range of sustainability Keele Researchers: Dr Phil Catney; Professor contemporary popular cinema. The first project Bosworth are working in partnership with projects. The first focuses on flood defence Brian Doherty; Dr Marit Hammond expands on a section of his recent book The Fordhall Farm (Shropshire) to assess the planning in the riverside Whitesands area of Road Movie: In Search of Meaning (Wallflower, impact of a community land initiative. The Dumfries. It looks at the historical legacies For further information: [email protected] 2016), which considers the intersection of study considers the opinions of more than of river management, the processes of and www.cusp.ac.uk science fiction and the road genre to create new 400 people who, together as a community, designing, planning and implementing a ‘estranging’ paradigms of mobility and vision raised nearly £800,000 to purchase the land Flood Management/Prevention Scheme as within the contexts of environmentalism and required to keep Fordhall farm running. The an integral element of an overarching urban Global Change and Resilience of ecocritical theory. The second article looks at research highlights the positive impact Fordhall regeneration master-plan, the complexities and Biogeochemical Functions in Ecosystems the ways ‘apocalyptic’ science fiction reflects has had on their willingness to engage with conflicts arising from the competing aims and Current research led by Dr Sami Ullah places and explores the contexts of environmental other similar projects in their community (e.g. priorities of a variety of stakeholders, all within a significant impetus on the mechanistic politics, in terms of how the genre manages involvement with local vegetable schemes, the context of economic austerity, budget understanding of ecological functions to consensus and disavowal, or alternately, charitable organisations) and their own constraints and concerns with the impacts of identify thresholds of perturbations caused highlights the failures of collaborative personal views relating to the environment (e.g. climate change. by climate and land use changes beyond global action. appreciation for nature). The second project looks at the competing which the sustainability of key biogeochemical Media Environments realities of Scottish rurality using statistical functions are compromised. A recent NERC data, photographs, literary and cultural funded multidisciplinary project identified sources combined with a sociological analysis risks of chronic pollution of peatbog and forest based on site visits and interviews, to reflect soils in response to atmospheric deposition of the reality of rural poverty and (under) reactive nitrogen and identified management employment, expensive or inadequate services and policy actions at catchment scale that could and infrastructure, isolation, depopulation, help mitigate such risks. A project funded by absentee landlords and corporate owned the Estonian Research Council is evaluating estates, etc. versus the mythic idealism of the the implications of drainage and agricultural Scottish countryside. intensification for escalating greenhouse gas emissions from peatbogs globally. An on-going The third project investigates the meanings, Royal Society, NERC and British Byrological values and benefits that allotment users and Society funded project is investigating the providers express for their participation in Media Environments’ workshop influence of global change issues on bacterial urban gardening schemes. nitrogen fixation in peatbogs to establish the ‘break and make thresholds’ of this function Staff from the departments of Media to help forecast the future functioning of Communication & Culture and Film Studies peatbogs under climate change scenarios. (Dr Eva Giraud, Dr Pawas Bisht & Dr Neil The overall fundamental research under Archer) organised a workshop in May 2016, this theme is contributing to the necessary which explored the relationship between scientific framework for reaching informed environmentalism and media. The event policy decisions of ecological sustainability and generated vibrant dialogue between resilience of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. participants from the fields of academia, media practice and activism. Topics ranged from environmental politics and ethics in What are the meanings, values and documentary film and photography, to tear gas benefits of allotments and urban activism. Speakers included Professor Claire gardening schemes? Molloy, Dr Anna Feigenbaum and Dr Conohar Scott. The day also included a screening of Nuclear Hallucinations by Fathima Nizaruddin, and a pamphlet design workshop led by Dominic Latham (Minuteworks graphic design). The day was supported by the Humanities and Fordhall farm Social Sciences Faculty Research Office at Keele.

10 11 4. RESEARCH (CONTINUED) 5. GROUNDS AND BIODIVERSITY

Student Recycling Behaviour Education for Sustainable Development The University campus is situated in 617 acres Working alongside our Arboriculturalist PhD student Grant Bosworth’s PhD research (ESD) agendas of universities in England and of land including lakes, acres of woodland and consultant the Grounds team have been investigates how to increase recycling rates increasing marketisation and managerialism a wide variety of sports facilities. The campus developing a Woodland Management Plan at institutions such as universities. His work in the sector under Neoliberal and New is also home to the National Collection of which will allow us to drive forward key works involves tailoring messages sent to students Public Management political-economic Cherries, with currently around 230 species to improve the health and quality of the many using apps and other smart technologies. influence. Sophie’s research explores the growing here. fine trees Keele campus is home to. contradictions and the synergies between The aim of his research is to see whether 2014 saw the arrival of a new Head of Grounds, After a number of years trying to control the these ideologies and practices ‘on the ground’ personalising the content of a message to Jane Barker committed to the developments Phytophthora ramorum infection, with the within universities and how this relationship be more congruent with the values of an of Keele’s extensive grounds and keen to support of the Forestry Commission and FERA has influenced the pursuit, practise and individual, can increase their engagement ensure the vibrancy of the campus, and (Food and Environment Research Agency) development of sustainability and ESD with pro-environmental behaviour. So far the consideration of both biodiversity and the important decision was made to remove agendas over the last ten years. Sophie’s his research has evaluated the attitudes and educational purposes in its management. all the Phythophthora ramorum host plants research is based on 56 semi-structured behaviour of over 400 students at Keele and at from the woodlands. This has led to the interviews with relevant professionals across In order to conserve and enhance the a partner university in Brazil. removal of approximately 1600 Larch trees and eight English universities and a range of HE biodiversity of this unique estate the Natural thousands of Rhododendron ponticum plants. Plastisphere organizations and bodies. Estates Advisory Group has been developed. It Students at work on The work was completed in October 2015 and Dr Deirdre McKay has continued to develop includes representatives from the Grounds and the allotments in the provides the exciting potential to monitor her work on recycled plastic crafts. She has Estates team and University Academic experts Walled garden the regeneration of this area as well as an explored how the features of plastic materials This represents just a snapshot of the and its role is to actively harness and focus opportunity to replant species to enhance the express conceptions of the self and visions sustainability research being carried out the energy of people who use the campus arboretum and the biodiversity of the estate. of sustainable futures in the Philippines, at Keele to develop and encourage real, tangible publishing in a key interdisciplinary volume, improvements to the campus environment and Proposals are in place to continue to review the The Social Life of Materials (eds. Drazin, A. & its biodiversity. Keele’s grounds make it the Grounds Programme and to develop plans to Kuecher, S., Bloomsbury, 2015) and giving an perfect ‘living laboratory’ for students to study work with volunteers from the local community, invited talk in the Netherlands. biodiversity and learn about the value of the students and residents to help control the natural world and how to protect and enhance invasive weeds present at Keele including Sustainable governance in Africa it, without the need to travel off campus. The Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan Balsam. Dr Michael Musgrave’s research looks at Grounds team have also worked extensively There are also plans to increase the quantity governance conflicts over natural resources with the students at the Sustainable Student of fruit bushes and trees throughout the Halls and attempts to develop more comprehensive Bungalow and with students on the allotment areas of the campus to enable students and theory around governance that allows for areas in the Walled Garden. more diverse and innovative governance residents to have access to their produce in The Grounds team and Natural Environment the future. arrangements. Michael’s research uses case At work in the polytunnel Advisory Group have reviewed practical issues studies of both bad and good examples A Memorial Garden is also being developed. at the Sustainable Student such as the grass cutting programmes to of traditional governance to highlight the A place dedicated to trees planted in Bungalow increase areas for conservation and natural potential for traditional governance to change remembrance of former users of the campus, flora developments where possible. Some areas and work alongside local government to a place of contemplation, and also a place of the campus had their regimes changed to manage natural resources sustainably. for new tree planting to be used by the match the needs of the grass throughout a educational staff on the campus as a teaching Education for Sustainable Development and very hot, dry summer, leading to a literally resource for tree identification. New Public Management in Universities greener campus! Sophie Bessant , PhD student and Educational Dr Sarah Taylor, Lecturer in the School of Life Developer in the Learning and Professional Sciences, has been using the Keele arboretum Development Centre, is researching the to experiment with the use of mobile devices relationship between the Sustainability and and tree identification apps, to enhance the species identification skills of students, a key ecological skill sought for by employers. 2014 saw the launch of a book by Dave Emley, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, entitled ‘The Natural History of Keele University’, summarising Dave’s 40 years of observations of the flora and fauna of the Keele estate.

A walk for staff and students showing off the National Collection of Cherry Trees

12 13 6. ENERGY, WATER AND CARBON EMISSIONS

One of the key challenges Keele faces is a greater number of buildings being included meeting our environmental sustainability in the University’s estate (for example the ambitions whilst also growing the number inclusion of the Innovation Centres since of students on campus and the services on August 2012). offer. The University has set a strategic goal The following data shows the outturn of the to increase student numbers by 30% by utility use for the years 2013/14 and 2014/15 2020. To help achieve this we are investing compared to the year 2012/13. The Innovation in new state-of-the-art laboratories, student Centres are included in the figures both for accommodation, commercial facilities and 2012/13 and 2013/14. It should be noted that upgrades to existing building spaces to the year 2012/13 was comparatively colder provide the facilities on campus which will against previous years hence had a higher attract future students and contribute to the gas consumption predominantly during the all-important student experience. This growth winter periods. and development of the campus will make Dave Emley has been shortlisted for the ‘Staff campus. Keele currently has over 240 varieties meeting absolute carbon reduction targets Sustainability Champion’ Green Gown Award, of cherry tree, a collection which has grown challenging however we will continue to strive very well deserved for his decades of voluntary form the first ornamental plantings in the 1940s. for all developments to be delivered to a work to improve the biodiversity of the high standard of energy and environmental It is an exciting time to be part of the Grounds University Estate and the communication of this efficiency. One large-scale initiative that will team at Keele and there are many initiatives still to the University’s staff, students and visitors. help us achieve this is through our proposals to be developed in the coming years. for a Smart Energy Network Demonstrator that 2014 also saw the official opening of the you can read more about on page 19. National Cherry Tree Collection on Keele This section on Estates developments looks at energy and water consumption and carbon emissions and some of the recent Official opening of the National Cherry tree collection major developments. Utilities Consumption In 2010, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, Universities UK and Guild HE published a carbon reduction target and strategy for higher education in England, which set a collective and ambitious 34% To summarise the data, in 2013/14 gas carbon reduction target by 2020, against a consumption decreased against the previous 1990 baseline for the University sector. This year by 14% or 4,595 MWh, primarily as a result target is aligned with the UK Government’s of a milder winter. At the same time electricity 2008 Climate Change Act and confirms the use came down by 2.4% or 281 MWh, largely as contribution that the sector will make to the a result of installing several solar PV arrays and UK’s carbon reduction efforts. In the same other efficiency initiatives. Water consumption year, Keele University published its first Carbon also decreased over this time period by 2.2% 3 Management Plan which put in place a target or 4,661m . to reduce its own emissions by 34% by 2020 In 2014/15, gas consumption was static in and 80% by 2050 against its 1990 baseline. comparison to the previous year despite Importantly, it also set out a route map to analysis showing that the winter of this year achieving this along with an action plan which was considerably colder than the previous year. is updated annually. This demonstrates not only that the efficiency Keele University is committed to this reduction of the University is improving but that ability to in absolute carbon dioxide equivalent control the heating systems is getting better. emissions, but the last two years have been Electricity use was down 5.4% due possibly challenging as the University is increasing the to the implementation of the CHP unit which services and facilities on offer to students. The reduced the amount of electricity required from Carbon targets are based entirely on the 1990 the national grid. Water consumption reduced data, irrespective of growth in student numbers by a further 3.6% on the 2013/14 year with this (now about double the 1990 numbers), longer being at least partly the result of some water opening hours of some buildings (e.g. 24/7 efficiency measures implemented in this year. opening for the library during term-time), and

14 15 Carbon Emissions CRC results are working well providing circa 120,000 kWh Due largely to a reduction in utility consumption in of free electricity per year, saving around 67 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 the past two years our Carbon Dioxide equivalent tonnes of CO2 per year and providing a cost (CO e) emissions for Scopes 1 & 2 (energy-related Reportable 12,690 12,919 13,411 saving of circa £15k from the generation of our 2 own electricity in addition to £15k from Feed-in- emissions) decreased year on year by 3.4% (436 Carbon tCO2e tCO2e tCO2e tCO e) in 2013/14 and 5.9% (740 tCO e) in 2014/15 Emissions Tariff payments per year. In 2014/15 these arrays 2 2 produced 124,552kWh of electricity providing as shown in the figure below. Credit Cost £152,280 £155,028 £209,212 just over 1% of the total campus site electricity The rules for identifying and reporting emissions annually. in the CRC are different from those used for ISO 50001 and Energy Management the University carbon footprint therefore there Keele University decided in 2012 to obtain are disparities between these figures and those an accreditation for Energy Management by within the carbon footprint. Generally reportable embarking on the implementation of an Energy emissions have been increasing due to increased Management System (EMS) and subsequently commercial activities and the reporting of applied to be certified to the internationally- domestic emissions. The total carbon credit University Carbon Emmissions (tCO e) recognised standard, ISO 50001:2011. 2 costs have increased significantly as the National This represents a decrease in absolute emissions Government increased the cost of each credit In September 2013 after having the Energy from £12 in phase 1 (years 2011/12 to 2013/14) to Management System audited by an accredited of 7.7% from the 1990 baseline of 12,921 tCO2e. Clearly this shows that we are some way from HEFCE Revolving Green Fund 3 a minimum of £15.60 in the first year of phase assessor Keele was certified to meet the requirements of the standard. The certification our 34% reduction by 2020. To allow a better The University has also participated in the HEFCE 2 (2014/15). The cost of credits is now rising lasts for three years during which time understanding of the impact of the carbon Revolving Green Fund. As one example, in 2013 each year to further incentivise organisations to the assessor revisits periodically to ensure reduction efforts to date, the University measures we received £340k to refurbish the library (with become more efficient. compliance of the standard is maintained CO e emissions against turnover each year, as this its 24h opening policy as requested by students) 2 Key Developments and to highlight any areas for improvement. is a good indicator of changes to activity levels with low energy lighting. This is very similar to the Display Energy Certificates (DEC) The EMS currently covers a combination of on campus. This metric shows that the efficiency Salix scheme in terms of how it is run and the rules The University is required to comply with the academic buildings, classrooms, lecture theatres, of the organisation has increased markedly since which are applied for payback and technologies. Display of Energy Certificates (DECs) and Energy restaurants/cafes, teaching labs, kitchens and 1990 from 235tCO e/£1m to 88tCO e/£1m in The Library lighting refurbishment was completed 2 2 Performance Certificates (EPCs) requirements the estates activities for the academic buildings 2014/15 and continues to increase year on year in September 2014 and included presence 1 under the European Energy Performance of and encompasses the work environments of (shown in the figure below) . detection controls rather than manual switching. Buildings Directive (EBPD). The main criterion approximately 2,000 staff and 10,000 students. 1 Bank of England This, along with more efficient luminaires giving that affects Keele University to date is the inflation rates used to better light output, greatly improved the lighting requirement to display DECs in buildings over normalise turnover figures within the building whilst also reducing the 500 m2 to which the public have access. For to 2015 levels electricity consumption considerably. accommodation buildings, four are B rated Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) and four are C rated; for academic and central The University is required to participate in the services buildings, only one of these (the newest Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), a national – Claus Moser building) is A rated (the highest scheme which requires large organisations in rating), with most being C or D. This means that Keele was one of the first universities in the UK the UK to measure and monitor their carbon there are obviously opportunities for improving to have its Energy Management System certified the energy efficiency of most of our buildings – Salix Fund emissions. This scheme was initially designed to this prestigious quality standard and having as a carbon trading process that encouraged although retro-fitting of energy-saving features implemented the system it will assist in achieving The University has participated in the SALIX can be very costly. In 2015 a further directive fund which is used to implement energy saving energy efficiency and reduction, with repayments continual improvement in the management of associated with league table performance. The was introduced that reduces the minimum area energy used across campus. projects that will pay back within five years. The 2 University achieved its early targets: Automated to 250m for which reports are required, so a savings are put back into the fund as they accrue Estates and Development has been committed Meter Reading (AMR) on all primary meters and significant number of our other buildings will to be used again on further energy and carbon to a renewable/sustainable energy strategy a recognised energy efficiency accreditation, for require a DEC. reduction initiatives. Recently we have used the over many years. The University was first Keele the Carbon Trust Standard (requiring year- funds to upgrade the Horwood Energy Centre Automated Metering of Electricity awarded accreditation of the Energy Efficiency on-year reduction in carbon emissions). Renewal which incorporated a complete refurbishment of The University is able to monitor, through its Accreditation Scheme in 1999, with renewals of the Carbon Trust Standard was achieved in 2011, the heating and hot water generation equipment. own installed automated metering system, the in 2003, 2006 and 2008, and was one of the with the University achieving good assessment This included a CHP (Combined Heat & Power electricity, gas and water consumption within first UK universities to achieve the Carbon Trust marks (90% in all categories). However, the generator - pictured above right) which is an virtually all buildings on campus. This allows for Standard in 2008, with renewal achieved in government then withdrew the repayment engine used to create electricity but which also the detailed monitoring of the buildings’ use, 2011. Additionally results from last year’s figures element of the CRC scheme. The CRC scheme utilises the heat which would otherwise have been which is used to create monthly and annual for the national Estate Management Statistics now functions as a tax on the amount of carbon waste to provide heating and hot water. This unit consumption graphs to target improvements. indicated Keele is fifth of all UK universities for that organisations emit, with payments based delivers not only financial benefits but also results Solar PV value for money energy procurement. in lower carbon emissions as much less energy on a price agreed by the government annually. The scheme is now in its second phase whereby In 2013 the university completed a full feasibility is lost in the process of creating electricity in study across campus for the installation of solar comparison to large conventional power stations. organisations can purchase allowances in advance at a discount to incentivise forecasting and trading photovoltaic arrays. The University committed between participants where appropriate. £300k to this project, and installed three 50KWp systems in March and April of 2013. These arrays

16 17 Behaviour Change Campaigns Future Developments We have circa 3,000 students living on campus The Estates & Development Directorate regularly 7. SMART ENERGY NETWORK within the Halls of Residence which has a undertake energy and water audits of all buildings significant impact on energy and water use. on campus to identify areas of inefficiency and DEMONSTRATOR (SEND) In partnership with the NUS, we launched the opportunities to reduce consumption. The results ‘Student Switch-off’ scheme at Keele which aims of these audits inform a master project list which to encourage students to think about energy contains all potential initiatives, allowing those that consumption in their Halls of Residence. Student represent the best economic and carbon value to ambassadors have been recruited to champion this be brought forward as funding becomes available. scheme and to encourage their fellow students From that list, over the last academic year we have As evidenced in the contents of this report, will be divided into five zones that can be to sign up to the project. Hall Points are awarded implemented several projects as shown in the table sustainability is a priority at Keele University. monitored and controlled separately – this for the Hall that signs up the greatest number of at the bottom of the page. By taking action now, the University aims will be a European first and will allow other students to the scheme. Throughout the year there Going forward, more than 80 energy and to become more energy self-sufficient with comparable communities to assess how to are also regular competitions and events that have water saving projects have been identified to increased carbon saving, whilst also becoming install more efficient, sustainable and secure a specific Green theme and which enable further be considered as and when funding becomes a national research and development facility energy using a local energy network. Hall Points. available. Amongst these initiatives the following that is undertaking world-leading research The University is seeking to appoint two new have been identified which demonstrate both a in environmental sustainability. In order to professorial roles to both lead the development significant financial and carbon benefit and are achieve this, the University plans to work with of the demonstrator and to head a new currently at the feasibility stage: graduates, academics and businesses to create collaborative research and development centre a smart energy network demonstrator - a 1. PV Panels on Innovation Centres 1-4 delivering a with business and industry, capitalising on ‘living laboratory’ where new energy-efficient financial payback in 7 to 9 years and saving 70 this significant investment. This will include technologies can be researched, developed and tonnes of CO e establishing a collaborative doctoral training 2 tested in a ‘real world’ environment. centre with business and other universities 2. CHP at Lindsay Halls of Residence delivering A campaign is also run to encourage staff to Enabled by commitment from the Department leading to the development of new smart financial payback in 4 years and saving 360 adopt working practices which minimise energy of Business, Innovation and Skills and the energy products and services, higher value job tonnes of CO e consumption. The Green Impact scheme is 2 Department of Energy and Climate Change as growth in partner businesses and a significant administered by the National Union of Students 3. ICT power management software which would part of the Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire ‘City contribution to national greenhouse gas and is detailed further in section 10. allow the dynamic control of most computers Deal’ signed by Government at Keele University reduction commitments. and network equipment on campus in 2014, Keele is designing the first ‘at scale’ Implementation of the smart energy network smart energy network demonstrator in Europe. Title Description Annual Energy Saving Annual Carbon Saving demonstrator is set to commence in 2017 and it This Government investment, alongside is expected that, once established, the network

Leisure Centre Upgrade of the existing high 65MWh Electricity 22 tCO2e targeted co-investment from the European will have the potential to save between 2,900 external lighting intensity lighting with LED Regional Development Fund, the University and 9,200 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide each year, alternatives and the private sector, will deliver a world- create up to 440 jobs and support the UK class demonstrator facility for smart energy renewables sector. David Weatherall Installation of variable speed drives 12MWh Electricity 7 tCO2e Building air that will allow the motors to run network research and development, enabling handling unit slower at times of less demand collaboration with business and industry, and the testing and evaluation of new and David Weatherall Replacement of inefficient lighting 6MWh Electricity 3 tCO e 2 evolving smart energy network technologies car park lighting column heads in the car park with and services. This represents a significant high efficiency LED investment over the next five years. Sports Centre Removing inefficient lighting from 80MWh Electricity 43 tCO e 2 The demonstrator will build on the University’s lighting within two sports halls in the sports privately-owned and managed smart energy replacement centre and replacing with LED and network infrastructure, optimise energy appropriate motion controls distribution and improve the management of a

Barnes Installation of insulation to valves, 257MWh Gas 48 tCO2e range of building-based and campus-wide on- accommodation flanges and cylinders in seven plant site renewable or lower carbon energy sources, block pipework rooms to reduce heat loss such as wind, solar and geothermal. lagging The demonstrator will use a wide range of

Lenard Jones Replacement of high intensity 7MWh Electricity 4 tCO2e renewable and lower carbon energy sources in external lighting floodlighting with LED order to meet the network’s energy needs and 3 allow the energy to be transferred across the Lenard Jones Installation of electric pump system 23,000 m Water 24 tCO2e vacuum plant to replace water units network accordingly. replacement The Keele University campus is a unique model because of the diverse range of activities Keele’s unique campus with commercial, within it – 3,100 students in halls of residence, domestic, academic uses and halls of 1,000 commercial users on the Science and residence makes it an ideal site for the Innovation Park, 200 ‘standard’ domestic first ‘at scale’ smart energy network households, and academic activities serving demonstrator in Europe around 10,000 students. The demonstrator

18 19 8. WASTE AND RECYCLING

Waste management within the University has Waste management performance Office Furniture Reuse British Heart Foundation Collections a key role to play in meeting the University’s 2014/15 Academic Year We have developed the process for ensuring Keele University has teamed up with British sustainability objectives, through minimising Total Waste Mass Recycled = 536.98 Tonnes redundant office furniture and equipment is Heart Foundation Shops (BHF) to encourage waste generated, maximising the potential of offered to be reused within the University or students to donate unwanted clothes and materials through reuse, recycling and energy Total waste Mass Composting = 250.88 Tonnes donated to local charities that renovate and other items and help generate vital stock for recovery, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions Total Waste Mass Anaerobic Digestion = 45.71 redistribute the furniture, and we have raised the BHF shops. All proceeds go towards the by diverting waste from landfill. The University’s Tonnes awareness of this scheme. Not only does this fight against heart disease and fund the BHF’s waste management strategy follows the reduce our environmental impact but it also life-saving research. Keele University and the waste hierarchy. Total Waste Mass used to create Energy = 635.12 provides much needed support to local charities BHF are urging both students and staff to raid Tonnes and those in need. However, charities often their wardrobes and donate any items that Total Waste Mass = 1468.71 Tonnes don’t want some items and will not accept are no longer wanted. BHF Shops are always upholstered furniture without a valid fire label so in need of clothing, shoes, accessories, CDs, Annual Recycling Rate = 57% we do still occasionally see furniture and other DVDs, books, and kitchenware. In 2014 Keele In 2014 we concentrated our recycling efforts items in our general waste. We will need to University students donated over 2 tonnes within the academic and central services search for other routes to dispose of these items of their unwanted items to BHF, raising over buildings, engaging with staff through the Green more sustainably. £7,000 for the charity. The scheme has been promoted further and grown which has resulted Impact scheme. This has included improving “Green Move out” in a huge improvement in the 2015 donations recycling signage, introducing one recycling bin Keele’s ‘Green Move Out’ was an initiative run where previously the recycling was split into two trebling to 8 Tonnes and raising around £13,000 for the first time in 2014, aiming to reduce the for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). This is a recycling streams. With the support of Cleaning amount of items thrown out at the end of the Services we have also introduced single occupied fantastic effort by the students, local volunteers year from Halls of Residence through collecting and the accommodation team at Keele. office recycling bins to make recycling more unwanted items from students and putting convenient, where previously only communal them to good use. During the summer move recycling bins were available. Unfortunately the out period, student volunteers helped to collect focus had dropped from the Halls of Residence unwanted items from students leaving Halls of and recycling levels in Halls had reduced to as low Residence. The following items were collected as 15% during 2014 due to lack of engagement and redistributed in the first year: Biffa Waste Services Ltd were re-appointed from students and high contamination levels. • Over 100 books to be reused as our waste contractor during 2014 following Since this disappointing result we have ensured the recycling message is clearer for students living a competitive tendering exercise. They are • 25 large boxes of kitchen items (crockery, in Halls of Residence and also introduced glass responsible for the regular collection of the cutlery, saucepans, baking trays, utensils) to recycling. The recycling figures at the start of the majority of waste generated on a day-to-day be reused by short term international students 2015/16 academic year are encouraging at over basis. Biffa have made a commitment to work visiting Keele University in partnership with Keele University to meet our 30% recycling. Our aim is to reach 50% recycling. • Over 50 bed sheets, blankets and towels that ambitious waste and recycling targets. One key To support raising recycling levels within the were donated to the City Dogs Home in Stoke environmental improvement made in 2014 has Halls of Residence recycling is included within on Trent been that none of the University waste is sent the ‘Halls Life’ program. Each month the Halls will direct to landfill but is either reused, recycled or be allocated Hall Points (5 = 1st place to 1 = 5th • Over 200 kg of food which was taken to a recovered by the waste contractor as the first place) as per the greatest volume of recycling local food bank option. This in practice means that less than 1% of collected each month. the University’s waste goes to landfill. There have been some issues coordinating the collections of donated items on time as the Our main waste streams and disposal Halls of Residence have to be vacated within 48 routes include: hours for refurbishments and preparation for summer vacation guests. We will be reviewing • Dry mixed recycling (paper, cardboard, plastics different options for the 2017 scheme which and cans) - recycled may include providing temporary storage for the • Glass - recycled donated items. • Food waste - green energy generated from Anaerobic Digestion (off-site) • Waste cooking oil - reused as biodiesel offsite • Green waste - composted offsite • General Waste - Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) / Energy from waste

20 21 9. TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL

Keele’s semi-rural location and position on top Keele Key Bus Ticket Cycling Initiatives With further funding from the Local Sustainable of a hill make sustainable transport a challenge. New for 2016 has been the introduction of Keele is proactive in supporting cycling as Transport Fund (LSTF), Staffordshire based The University is always looking for ways to the Keele Key Bus Ticket, making it more a vital aspect of sustainable transport, and cycling training provider ‘Velo-M’ loaned 21 make the travel of staff, students, and visitors convenient and better value for money for cycling facilities have been increased and bikes to Keele students last term. The loan to and from Keele more sustainable. Keele staff and students to travel by bus. The upgraded in recent years to make it more bike scheme has been very successful and continued into 2014/15 with more students As well as being an integral part of the Keele key bus ticket is ONE ticket that can convenient and more rewarding for staff and taking advantage of the scheme. There are University’s aims for environmental be used on any First Potteries or D&G bus in students to cycle to and from Keele and around also a number of further activities planned to sustainability and health and wellbeing, there Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent. the Keele campus. The University provides promote and support cycling. is a practical need to reduce the number of Giving unlimited travel on both operators’ facilities for staff and students to store bikes vehicles travelling to and from campus because buses there’s no need to buy multiple tickets. securely, to borrow bikes, to store cycle kit car parking capacity will not be able to increase in lockers and to shower both body and bike with the aspirations for campus growth. on campus. Travel Smart is an initiative which provides many free cycling-related activities Green Travel Plan at Keele, including: regular bike repair and JMP Consultants Limited were commissioned servicing, leisure rides led by CTC qualified by Keele University to review current transport trail leaders, cycle and commuter confidence and movement infrastructure issues at training, try-bike road shows where you can try the University and advise on future travel out the latest range of bikes and accessories, and transport planning, and movement and various cycle challenges. Keele also has a infrastructure requirements in order to address Car Sharing bicycle users group (Keele Cyclists) which aims current issues as well as providing for the to allow cyclists to give collective feedback to In 2014 the university launched the ‘Keele planned expansion of the University as part of the University on how cycling can be supported University Car Share Scheme’, as a simple, its Strategic Plan for the period 2015-2020. and encouraged and allows cyclists to meet cost effective and environmentally friendly and support one another. For more information A student and staff travel survey was way to travel to and from work. The scheme is about any of the above and to connect with undertaken to gain a better understanding of designed to suit both regular and occasional other cyclists at Keele, visit the Keele Cyclists their current travel patterns and the reasons car sharers and there is a simple and secure webpages: www.keele.ac.uk/kc Free bike maintenance service on campus for their current travel behaviour as well as way for staff to find potential car sharers possible changes in their travel patterns. living in their local area. The car share scheme As a result of this survey the University are allows regular car sharers to split the cost of a considering a number of new initiatives that parking permit and to park in a conveniently will form the basis of a new travel plan. The located marked car parking space of their recommendations are focused around 4 key choice. Occasional car sharing permits are also areas: available for those who choose to car share now and again but would still like the option of • Car parking being able to utilize the convenient car share • Public Transport parking spaces. More information about the car share scheme is available on the Green:Keele • Campus Improvements webpages: www.keele.ac.uk/estates/ • Cycling improvements transportandtravel Many of the initiatives within the Green travel plan will be to improve the current schemes that are already in place. Some of the successful initiatives introduced over the past two years include:

22 23 10. GREEN IMPACT

Results from 2013-14 Launch of the 2015/16 Green Impact scheme • 21 teams engaged from different Schools After a successful two years we reviewed the and directorates, giving ~ 50% coverage of Green Impact scheme to think how we could the campus improve engagement going forward. Some of the feedback we had was that established • These teams covered an estimated 990 staff, teams would prefer to spend more time on of which over 100 were directly involved in a The Green Impact scheme, led by the National their own innovative projects. Therefore for Green Impact committee or team Union of Students, has been running for several 2015/16 we streamlined the workbook criteria years and used by over 50 Higher Education • 826 criteria were completed in Keele’s and introduced an ‘excellence’ category so that and Further Education institutions. It puts a Green Impact workbook, with 502 criteria teams can concentrate on a project that they structure in place for individuals to create small completed specifically as a result of the Green have created themselves. changes that together have a big impact on the Impact initiative institution’s sustainability. • 3 teams were accredited with the Working Individuals create teams within buildings and Towards standard; 9 teams gained the Psychology Green Impact team working at directorates, and use a simple online workbook Bronze award, 6 teams reached the Silver the Keele allotments” to drive changes in order to gain Bronze, accreditation and 3 teams achieved a Silver or Gold accreditation. The academic Gold standard but due to a lack of awareness and lack of department and directorate that gets the most convenience. As part of a large academic points receive the institution’s top award. The • 22 Student auditors and 14 Green Impact Project Assistants were trained, and department they felt they needed to criteria cover areas of sustainability from energy communicate not only with staff, but also with to procurement. supported staff teams to enact change, giving the students invaluable professional students to overcome some of the problems Green Impact, which launched in 2013 at Keele, development opportunities. they found. Alongside making changes to aims to provide a structure and support for staff assignment submission requirements so that as individuals and teams to feel empowered Results from 2014-15 students could print double-sided, they also and able to take action on sustainability within For the year 2014/15 over 100 committed issued guidance to module/course leaders to their own department or building. The first staff signed up to take part in Green Impact, highlight to students that hand-outs need not year was seen as a real success both in terms comprising over 18 teams. These teams were be printed for classes except to support those of engagement of staff and students, as well supported by over 20 students. There was a with access requirements. as sustainability outcomes, and has been slight reduction in the number of teams taking They also created a new Green Student re-launched every year since. Keele recruited part in this year due to several of the previous Ambassador role (to compliment the work of the largest number of teams in its first year year’s teams being involved in office relocations, Afternoon tea at a Green Impact Student Academic Representatives – ‘StARs’) of operation of the Green Impact scheme of meaning they felt they were unable to take part awards ceremony in the hope that the following year they would any university taking part in the NUS Green for this year. Although there were three fewer have a student who could liaise with the team Impact initiative. teams overall compared to the previous year it and facilitate a two-way dialogue between was great to see two new teams take part from Case Studies staff and students about further sustainable The impact of the Green Impact scheme has the Marketing and Communications Directorate, been more than just environmental. It has led School of Psychology (RePSYclers): A session innovation in the School. The team increased and Keele Hall Catering and Conferencing. In working the land the impact of this work, by working with the to much greater staff and student engagement 2014/15 two teams were accredited with the with the sustainability agenda, and has provided One criteria included in the bronze award is for Students’ Union, who run the StARs programme Working Towards standard; 10 teams gained staff to take part in an advertised session about to develop and roll out the Green Student staff development opportunities to learn the Bronze award, two teams reached the more about sustainability and its meaning sustainability. There are several opportunities Representative scheme across the institution. Silver accreditation and four teams achieved a for sessions around campus such as the to Keele and their roles. As well as making Gold standard Human Resources and Department of physical sustainability improvements to their regular Keele Arboretum Walks led by natural historian Dave Emley, having a Sustainability Occupational Health and Safety (Green Shoots): working environments Green Impact has also Utilising Student Project Assistants encouraged teams to consider issues around Hub Tour, a Keele Heritage Tour, or visiting the Walled Garden for an introduction to the The Green Shoots team did a lot of work on sustainability in the university’s core activities building sustainability information into the of education and research. The Green Impact project. The RePSYclers team, involving staff and postgraduate students from the School induction of new staff and increasing the work book has been modified to increase the provision of information for existing staff. focus on education for sustainability in addition of Psychology, spent a lunchtime digging and planting potatoes in the allotments in the walled One of the major projects the team decided to considering more sustainable laboratory to undertake in this area was to use the management practices. garden. They found this to be a great team building exercise and learnt a bit about growing environmental background of their student potatoes at the same time! project assistants to help them design and test a new e-learning course entitled ‘Introduction to The Law School (Jolly Green Judges): Student Environmental Sustainability’. This was created Representation of Sustainability Issues for their team, and has subsequently been rolled The School of Law believe that bad out across the University as an online ‘Learning environmental practice is not due to apathy, Pool’ module.

24 25 11. SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT 12. SUSTAINABLE CATERING

Sustainable procurement is the mechanism by Progress to date The University Catering has been working with Sustainable fish which the procurement team are demonstrating • Developed and progressed an action plan the Soil Association to implement the Food for We currently purchase cod, haddock, hake, improvements across the procurement cycle at outlining the steps needed to progress to Life Catering Mark that awards caterers who: salmon and hoki fish from sustainable sources the University. Level 4 • Serve fresh food and all are Marine Stewardship Certified (MSC). To focus activity the team have adopted the As more MSC fish becomes available we are • Identified strategic commitments to • Source environmentally sustainable and Flexible Framework (FF) and have set a target looking to introduce this into our menus. sustainability that strengthen our mandate ethical food to achieve Level 4 on the Framework by the and support our developing narrative Fairtrade end of 2016. The North West Universities • Make healthy eating easy, and In August 2014, the University was successful Procurement Consortium (which accounts for • Built team confidence and competence • Champion local food producers in having its Fairtrade Status renewed. The 28% of spend) have recently achieved Level 4, • Identified where in the procurement cycle Fairtrade Foundation said: as have a small group of sector leaders. processes and practices need to be updated The Soil Association will undertake a full assessment in autumn 2016 and have been very The Flexible Framework is a tool “We are delighted to renew Keele • Developed a simple communications plan positive with the practices already in place, developed for procurement professionals University‘s Fairtrade Status and thank some of which are highlighted below. to support embedding sustainability into • Use of NETpositive Sustainability Analysis to you for your continuing hard work and procurement practice. assess all commodities when available Menus support. Keele University is clearly committed to Fairtrade, and this shows The Flexible Framework focusses on key areas Other key achievements include: The catering team have reviewed the menus in your success in upholding and of procurement: policy and strategy; people • Sustainability forms part of the Pre- and introduced more vegetarian and vegan development; the procurement process; Qualification Questionnaire process options to the daily menu. Every Wednesday surpassing the 5 goals. Well done.” in the Refectory has also been dedicated as supplier engagement; and measurement and documentation Fairtrade wine has also been added to our wine Vegan Wednesday after working with the of impact. This provides an appropriate menu, offering all guests the option to choose • Sustainability is part of all tenders Vegetarian and Vegan Society to incorporate framework for our activity. this as an alternative. • Consolidating deliveries for Desktop more vegan dishes into the menu. The Fairtrade Steering Group which comprises and Laptop computers to once a week, Work continues on providing a range of staff from a wide range of University significantly reducing the CO2e emissions healthier options, with homemade fruit and departments, members of Keele Students’ vegetable juices having been introduced into • Launched a sustainability supplier Union, and a number of students, organise Chancellors’ Café, in addition to extended engagement tool which has been sent to all events for Fairtrade Fortnight. Keele University suppliers. Each supplier has gluten free choices, reduced fat and sugar to complete their own bespoke sustainability dishes and generally greater availability of fruit. Free range eggs action plan to address key sustainability Local sourcing The catering department has been purchasing issues within their business. Free Range Eggs since 2007 from Hungerford The catering team constantly strive to purchase Farm Eggs situated just 10 minutes away in local produce, and procure cheeses from Although there is still work to do we are the village of Madeley. The University was Staffordshire Organic Cheeses only four miles confident we have made a good start and recognised with the ‘Good Egg’ Award in 2012. are on target with the actions that are in our from Keele. Fruit and vegetables are delivered direct control. daily from Freshview Foods who are based in Drinking water Wolstanton just 4 miles away. Freshview is able Every catering department now has ‘tap’ to source locally grown fruit and vegetables drinking water freely available to its customers. including strawberries, herbs, root vegetables and potatoes along with micro cress varieties, lettuces and tomatoes. Milk and dairy produce comes from Wells Farm Dairy who trade out of the village of Bradley near the county town of Stafford around 15 miles away from Keele. They select milk from a collective of dairy farms from Staffordshire and Cheshire.

26 27 The Sustainability Hub has become the venue demonstrations. Families get tickled by creepy 13. OUTREACH AND THE of choice, not just for teaching and business crawlies and learn how beneficial our insects meetings, but for a wider range of audiences are, explore the amazing world around them SUSTAINABILITY HUB who are now using the Hub for activities from volcanoes to our oceans, find out about including meetings of the student Think Green what amazing machines our bodies are and how Society, Geoconservation UK and the local we should look after them before jumping into Parish Council, as well as activities such as our Stardome to experiencing our wonderful dance, martial arts and choir practice sessions. planets and stars! The Sustainability Hub is a centre facilitating Programme as part of the Climate-KIC, one of Outreach at the Sustainability Hub Be More Entrepreneurial + Be More Sherlock education, research and demonstration in three Knowledge and Innovation Communities sustainability and clean technology. Since its (KICs) created in 2010 by the European Science market for sixth formers The Hub has been involved in the ‘Be More’ opening in October 2011 it has continued to Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Keele University Sustainability Hub host weeks, where Keele puts on a range of attract a growing audience of visitors now The Pioneers, Lucia Kolar, an entrepreneur numerous schools and colleges as part of activities, workshops and events that are fun, approximately 10,000 visitors a year attending from Slovenia, Teodora Kristof from the its wider outreach activities. The Hub ran a quirky and will help students to develop their workshops and public lectures, outreach events, Ministry of Rural Development, Department of successful one-day Chemistry at Work event graduate attributes. business events and activities. Environmental Development Policy in Budapest funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry One green event took the format of a ‘Dragons’ and Piotr Szymanski from Wrocław University of attended by around 150 pupils. Local employers As the energy demands of a growing population Den’ pitch, this involved three sessions, building Economics in Poland. Teodora and Piotr worked from Johnson Matthey, Dermal Technologies squeeze our planet’s stretched resources, up to students developing a business plan for a with the Sustainability Hub team developing Ltd and Erigal took part in the event. The engaging the public in discussion about green product or enterprise, and covering issues outreach materials, researching sustainable Hub was also the venue for an innovative sustainability and energy has never been more of sustainability in business. A special ‘Be More Having fun at a Family food and clothing and the economics of “TANGO Science Market” outreach event, which important. Environmental awareness and Sherlock’ sustainable murder mystery evening Fun Day environmental sustainability and climate brought 60 sixth formers from six schools science education have always been central to was also held. change, assisting in the design of an activity and colleges in the area for an interactive the Hub’s mission. Public lectures are well- for Spooktacular and helping with student science demonstration day to learn about Grey Matters attended and have covered a wide range of teaching on undergraduate Entrepreneurship science careers and try out some hands-on Project ‘Grey Matters’ is an outreach initiative topics including contaminated land reclamation, modules and the taught postgraduate Masters science activities. This event was delivered by which is aimed primarily towards the ‘ageing’ community energy, sustainable construction and programme, Environmental Sustainability researchers from a range of countries on the (50+) local community. The project provides beekeeping. and Green Technology. Lucia’s project was Thermoacoustic and Aeroacoustic Nonlinearities a meeting facility and access to education We’re very proud of our Courtyard Garden which about reducing the use of materials and in Green combustors with Orifice structures programmes for this community, where they has won silver in the local Newcastle in Bloom pharmaceuticals used in healthcare, medicine (TANGO) project led by Professor Maria Heckl. can engage in various educational activities Competition Community Projects category and veterinary care. Spectactular Spookiness and be actively involved in the Keele campus winning a prize in this competition for two years community. The older generation have a lot to Business links to the Hub have been crucial to in a row. The raised beds have recently been offer in terms of experience in sustainability and the success of the public engagement activities redesigned and are arranged in four themes, a key feature of the project is intergenerational and the education programmes at the Hub. Medicinal, Geology, Astropyhsics and Life exchange of experience and knowledge. The MSc in Environmental Sustainability and Sciences. This new garden has been created Consisting of a programme of events and Green Technology had input from Schott Solar to represent our Faculty of Natural Sciences. workshops, Grey Matters has so far covered a UK, Siemens, McCamley UK Ltd, Dorothy Clive Visitors are often surprised to see that some range of subjects from recycling to beekeeping, Gardens, Sharenergy, Wardell Armstrong, flowers are edible and we continue to try to wildlife, astrophysics and the environment. Clearfleau and Marston’s. Students on the MSc source heritage and unusual native plants. Our carried out projects in a variety of subjects The Planet Trail Bee Friendly garden continues to attract many including anaerobic digestion, hydroelectricity The Hub’s solar planet trail has been installed The TANGO science market bumble bees, butterflies and other pollinators in schemes, recycling and waste, sustainable thanks to the help of two local artist; Charis the summer. building and behaviour and transport choices. Jones of Sculpted Steel, and Denise O’Sullivan The Hub was chosen as a venue to meet various Science by Stealth at the annual of Denise O’Sullivan Ceramics. At an opening VIPs including Greg Clark, then Minister for Spooktacular event at the Sustainability Hub ceremony Dr Sharon George led guests along Science, Universities and Cities; and his Royal the trail, which links the Space Observatory and Highness the Duke of Gloucester who met some The now annual Halloween Spooktacular is very the Sustainability Hub, and there was also a visit of the Hub team as well as representatives of popular, with over 150 children coming along to the Space Observatory, hosted by Dr Jacco the intergenerational community project, Grey for the day. Last year visitors took part in a Van Loon. The evening ended with an illustrated Matters, and children from the local Friarswood session to calculate how sustainable vampires talk about the solar system and Keele search for Primary School and Newcastle-under-Lyme and zombies would be and also participated in a exoplanets planets delivered by Professor Rob Sixth Form college. He interacted with the variety of laboratory sessions including making Jefferies in the Stardome. Ogden Trust sponsored Physicubes, viewed the fake wounds, and slime, trying to identify stinks newly installed Planet Trail meeting one of the To Infinity & Beyond! and smells and watching science experiments in planet sculptors, and talked to MSc and PhD To Infinity & Beyond is a Royal Institution The Planet trail pumpkins! students about their research. International inspired demonstration lecture exploring how visitors included representatives from the Libyan Family Fun Days astronauts travel to space, and then, how they survive this hostile environment. Physics Keele Hub courtyard embassy as part of an educational collaboration We love our community events and our Family where the Hub hosted a short technical Fun Days are always a hit! Happening each fundamentals such as Newton’s Laws of Motion, The Hub also supports sustainability focussed residential course for 12 Libyan students. Wednesday in August - Families discover a Gravity and Pressure are tackled head on in careers . We have hosted three 8-week world of science, keeping all ages entertained an exciting format, engaging the audience at placements for the Pioneers into Practice through hands-on educational activities and every opportunity with a range of eye catching practical demonstrations.

28 29 The Solar Scrapheap Challenge as well as design, conduct and ultimately The Solar Scrapheap Challenge is a workshop evaluate their own scientific experiments. 14. COMMUNICATION designed to bring together elements of physics, Examples include: engineering, electronics and environmental ƒƒ An Oil Spill – Can you contain it? sustainability, originally designed by the Science for Sustainability environmental education Oil is transported around the world on very large group run by Dr Zoe Robinson and Professor ocean going vessels, but what happens if the Mark Ormerod. ship begins to sink? Students create their own Internal communication of sustainability News and events are also updated through the chocolate oil slick and are required to design developments and the celebration of activity Green:KeeleTwitter and Facebook and posted Students are presented with a range of innovative ways in which to clean up the spill. from around the campus is an essential part on the “green noticeboard” located outside the equipment, such as cables, crocodile clips, of creating a sustainability culture for the Students’ Union. solar cells and capacitors as well as a set of ƒƒ Suncreams and the Ocean University. With this in mind a range of different basic instructions, in order to construct a solar The Green:Keele website (www.keele.ac.uk/ We all know we should wear suncream when communication media are being used to powered vehicle. The theory behind Solar PV greenkeele)is kept up to date with events and out in the sun. But what effect does it have engage staff, students and local residents with cells is explored along with the environmental with resources including Keele University’s if you go for a dip in the sea? Students test sustainability issues at the university. impact/benefits of moving towards a carbon sustainability plans and policies, undergraduate the environmental impact of suncream on our free energy landscape. The Green: Keele newsletter has been produced and postgraduate programmes and modules, oceans and seas using UVA & UVB sensors. three times a year and circulated electronically and ongoing projects, and links to the work of The Physicubes ƒƒ River Pollution – Bottoms up! to all staff and students. Staff and students Estates and the Sustainability Hub. The website The Physicubes are Perspex boxes containing contribute articles on green-related events, also includes an extensive list of resources on the necessary apparatus and instructions to In the style of a Bear Grylls survival exercise, activities and programmes. how to embed sustainability in the curriculum perform a set of scientific experiments relating students are presented with three different river for a wide range of disciplines. to a number of physical phenomena. The water samples, one of which they must drink A sustainability forum is held at least once Physicubes can be used either as a classroom to stave off dehydration, but which one do you each year. These events are for anyone Join us on @GreenKeele aid to support a topic or as a standalone choose? Students analyse the samples for pH within the Keele community, including staff, resource to create or enrich a science fair or and oxygen levels and consider the impact of students and local residents, who would like Join us on www.facebook.com/GreenKeele/ to enhance an open day. The Physicubes add pollution and oxygen on aquatic life. the opportunity to discuss green issues on excitement and intrigue to the topics of power, campus. At the forum there are a range of energy, computer programing, photovoltaic ƒƒ Salty Verge – To grit or not to grit! related staff, including representatives from the cells, electrical circuits and the electromagnetic During the winter months the UK road network Education for Sustainability team, Sustainability spectrum. Examples of some of the cubes are is heavily gritted to ensure the roads remain Hub, and Students’ Union, in addition to the given below: passable. But what happens to the salt once it environmental manager, and the University’s Strategic lead for sustainability who are ƒƒ Stirling Work has been spread on the road? Students test soil samples from a local roadside for salinity. available to discuss key environmental and A simple attractive Stirling engine design sustainability issues within the university, and to that demonstrates how energy is converted ƒƒ Microbeads - In focus take forward suggestions that arise. from one form (heat) to another (movement). Micro plastics have found their way into a large During use a vocal recording explains how the number of beauty products over recent years, display works. but what is the environmental cost of this? Examples of the physicubes ƒƒ What is Watt? Students analyse a beauty product containing micro plastics (used to help exfoliate the skin) “What is Watt?” helps students gain insight into under the microscope and compare and contrast energy generation and consumption. Using our this with grains of sand. What effect does this Pedal-A-Watt bike, students attempt to light as plastic have on the environment and how might many halogen bulbs as possible. Their results it affect us as human? are displayed onto a screen where they discover whether or not they have produced enough ƒƒ Biomass Ash – A chip too far? energy to power other household appliances. Keele Sustainability Hub utilises a biomass boiler ƒƒ Solar Thermal for some of its hot water requirements, but what is left behind when you burn the wood chips? Students taking part in this hands-on-activity In an attempt to be more carbon neutral, are learn about the principles and efficiency of we in fact creating a bigger (waste) problem? solar collectors. Students will investigate the microscopic properties of this biomass ash, what causes this Eco-detectives workshops and how we can dispose of this waste as safely Eco Detectives is a series of punchy hands- as possible. on workshops designed to highlight the importance of scientific research within relatable For more information about the Sustainability environmental contexts. These include how Hub contact: [email protected] to clean up an oil spill, the environmental impact of sunscreens, river pollution and the Equipment at the ready to be consequences of salting our road network. an ‘eco-detective’! Collectively, these workshops give students the opportunity to utilise novel scientific equipment

30 31 15. STEERING GROUP AND CONTACTS

The Environment and Sustainability Steering this there are a number of associate members of Group oversees sustainability developments the group with responsibility for different areas across the University ranging from the which contribute to the overall sustainability of curriculum, to enterprise and outreach to the the campus and its operations. estates and grounds. The members of the steering group are shown below. In addition to

Environment and Sustainability Steering Group members

Professor Mark Ormerod Deputy Vice Chancellor [email protected] and Provost; Strategic lead for Environment & Sustainability

Phil Butters Director of Estates and [email protected] development

Dr Zoe Robinson Director of Education for [email protected] Sustainability; Reader

Huw Evans Environmental Manager [email protected]

Dr Sharon George Sustainability Hub [email protected] Manager; Lecturer

Jane Barker Head of Grounds [email protected]

Elliot Jones Energy Manager [email protected]

Dr Ian Madley Head of Partnership [email protected] Development (Natural Sciences)

ESSG Associate members

Linda Sutton Procurement Manager [email protected]

Susan Warrender Head of Catering [email protected] and Retail

David Emley Keele Arboretum co- [email protected] ordinator

Green:Keele website: www.keele.ac.uk/greenkeele

To learn more about the University’s commitment to the environment and sustainability visit: www.keele.ac.uk/greenkeele

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