Carbon & Energy

Useful links and Information:

Carbon & Energy Task Group
- Find out what we do.
Reducing our Carbon Footprint
- Energy Week 2008, energy saving tips - how to power down your PC.

Energy Information and University Policies
- Estates and Facilities webpages.

Energy Week Feedback
- Information coming soon.

Rocket Composter
- Information coming soon.

Biomass Boiler
- Explanatory briefing paper and related presentations.

Carbon Management
- Find out what the University has been doing to tackle the carbon issue.

Ecoversity Electric Post Van
- Article about our new energy saving post van.

Carbon & Energy Task Group

What is the Group for?

To investigate ways of reducing the University's carbon footprint.

Who's in Charge?

Chair: Ian Palmer, Dean: School of Informatics
Facilitator: Peter Hopkinson, Director - Education for Sustainable Development Directorate
Contact for all enquiries: Peter via tel: 01274 236918 or email at: p.g.hopkinson@bradford.ac.uk

Who's Involved?

Staff from Estates & Facilities with responsibility for energy, staff and students with an interest in action on carbon and energy waste.

Big Issues

Improving energy efficiency; promoting and supporting the use of renewables; display certificates showing energy performance of all our buildings.

Watch Out for

The new Biomass Boiler plant (behind the JB Priestley Library, woodchip deliveries arriving July 2008) building energy ratings (October 2008); Energy Week (October 2008).