Warwick –
The Environmental Perspective
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Thursday 27th July 2006
West 'facing asbestos
epidemic'
The UK and many other
developed countries are
on the verge of an
asbestos disease
epidemic, say doctors.
Oil Spill Costs Cable & Wireless £200,000
2,000 fish, 3 kingfishers, 2 moorhens and a swan
killed by pollution...
13/04/2006
Communications company Cable and Wireless was ordered
to pay more than £29,500 by Swindon Magistrates Court
after polluting a 14km stretch of three rivers with up to 8
tonnes of red diesel. Clean up costs for the incident cost
the company a further £180,000.
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Thursday 27th July 2006
Environmental Impact
 Environmental risk and potential liability issues
 Energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint
 Sustainable design
 Green travel
 Reducing consumption of primary raw materials
 Reusing / recycling waste materials
 Procurement and “greening” the supply chain
 Governance and environmental reporting
 Enhancing biodiversity
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Thursday 27th July 2006
Warwick – The Environmental Perspective
URBAN MYTHS AND
TRUTHS RELATING TO OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT A GENTLE QUIZ
Urban Myths
TRUTH or MYTH ?
1. 40-60% of a standard office building’s energy use is now
attributable to IT equipment
2. Leaving my PC screen switched on during the lunch
break prolongs its life and doesn't waste much energy
3. In general, it uses less energy if I leave fluorescent
lights on
4. 10% of all energy consumed at home is now related to
appliances left on standby
5. With global warming I won't need as much insulation in
the future
Urban Myths
1. 40-60% of a standard office
building’s energy use is now
attributable to IT equipment
Urban Myths
2. Leaving my PC screen switched
on during the lunch break
prolongs its life and doesn't waste
much energy
Switch it OFF. How many office PC screens are
thrown away because they have broken down,
and how many because they have become
superseded by more modern technology?
Urban Myths
3. It uses less energy if I leave
fluorescent lights on
Switch them off. In their start-up phase, they use
a lot more energy than when they are running
continuously, however the period to reach energy
use parity is generally in the region of a minute
and a half, and never more than 5 minutes
Urban Myths
4. 10% of all energy consumed at
home is now related to appliances
left on standby
Switch them off. A large number of electrical
products - from air conditioners to VCRs - cannot
be switched completely off without unplugging
the device or turning it off at a power strip. These
products draw power 24 hours a day, often
without the knowledge of the consumer.
Urban Myths
5. With global warming I
won't need as much
insulation in the future
Climate Change will not provide a nice even
increase in temperature. It's likely to be
accompanied by greater instability in weather, so
homes will need just as much insulation to deal
with cold spells
Urban Myths
6. According to our carbon footprint
analysis and to the nearest 100
tonnes, how much carbon dioxide
was emitted from non-residential
academic buildings at UoW during
2004/05.
25,800 tonnes
Warwick –
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Thursday 27th July 2006
Environmental Impact
 Environmental risk and potential liability issues
 Energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint
 Sustainable design
 Green travel
 Reducing consumption of primary raw materials
 Reusing / recycling waste materials
 Procurement and “greening” the supply chain
 Governance and environmental reporting
 Enhancing biodiversity
Energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint
Total Energy Consumption
160
140
120
GWh
100
80
60
40
20
0
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
Year
Annual Consumption
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
Energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint
Utility Costs
30th Sept 2006 – 4.6p per kWh
1st Oct 2006 –
7.2p per kWh
Total electricity consumption –
c.32,000,000 kWh
Green Travel
 Commuting to/from work
 Promoting car share
 Making public transport more attractive
 Staff air travel
 Facilities
 Incentives
 Campus development plan
Reducing / reusing / recycling waste materials
 Procurement
 Life cycle costings
 Types of materials
 Availability / Locations of facilities
 Symbioses
Enhancing Biodiversity
 Qualifying and quantifying
 Areas of focus
 Wildlife corridors
 Management regimes
 Campus development plan
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Barely half (52%) of Britons think that
changing their own behaviour would have
any impact on the environment.
Source: BBC/ICM Poll on Climate Change
If you think you’re too small to make a
difference … you haven’t been in bed
with a mosquito.
Source: Anon
Warwick – The Environmental Perspective
“If I had asked people what
they wanted, they would
have said faster horses”
Source: Henry Ford
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