Over the past few weeks the Sustainability has had multiple stories featured in Staff News. So what have we been up to? Here are a few of the highlights from our news over the last few weeks.
A second Salix loan under the Revolving Green Fund Initiative has been received by King’s. The £745,000 loan will be spent on funding energy and carbon reduction initiatives across the university, which aim to reduce annual carbon by 703 tonnes. This will include the installation of LED lighting, improving heating systems in the Philosophy building and installing more efficient hand dryers in Student residences. Check out the full story here.
As you may already be aware Green Week and Fairtrade fortnight have also taken this month. The aim of of these events was to engage and encourage students and staff to think about how they can improve their own sustainability as well as the sustainability of King’s as a whole.
Kat Thorne, Head of Sustainability here at King’s, was also interviewed by staff news, describing the roles of our team and why sustainability is important to King’s. She mentioned King’s biggest opportunities for greater sustainability as being operational labs and education. She noted that the switch off campaigns seen over the past few months demonstrated that if everyone made some small changes there would be a huge overall impact.
Look out for more news from the Sustainability Team over the next term!
News, stories, and interesting bits.
- Solar loses out in renewables auction compared to other renewables which now have to bid for government funding.
- Interesting article about lobbyists who tried to reshape US public views about climate change.
- Switzerland is first to submit Paris climate deal pledge, saying they will cut greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030.
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