Towards a Sustainable World at
Bangor: Research, Teaching and
Environmental Management
Steve Hawkins
Head of the College of Natural Sciences and Chair
of Bangor’s Sustainability Forum
Ricky Carter (Environmental Manager), Einir
Young (Sustainable Business, WINR) & Morag
McDonald ( School of Environment, Natural
Resources and Geography)
Bangor University
“To be a world-class research-led university, to provide teaching
and learning of the highest quality, and to contribute to the
development of the economy, health and culture of a sustainable
Wales and a sustainable world”
Talk Outline
• Devolved context
• Research and KE on environment and sustainability
• Teaching
• Environmental and sustainability management
• Future prospects and progress
College of Natural Sciences (CNS)
“To be a world-class research-led university, to provide teaching
and learning of the highest quality, and to contribute to the
development of the economy, health and culture of a sustainable
Wales and a sustainable world”
Sustainable World
Summer opening of the
north west passage due
to reduced ice cover
Reconstructing past climates
Lake Malawi: fisheries and
biodiversity conservation
Reconstructing sea levels EU Climate Policy Document
following the last Ice Age
CAZS-NR: crop improvement
for poverty alleviation
Biodiversity assessment for British
overseas territories in the Indian Ocean
Conservation of
endemic
Caribbean species
Global fisheries management
Antarctic: sea ice algal communities
Sustainable tropical forestry
Sustainable Wales
Marine and terrestrial
conservation
Irish Sea Fisheries
Flooding and sea-level rise
Renewables : at sea and on land
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Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry
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Carbon sequestration
and land use
Socio-economics of supply
chains
Genes & Molecules
Evolutionary &
Systems Biology
Cancer
Research
Science Ocean &
Climate
Biotechnologies
& Agronomy
Earth & Eco
Systems
People, Society
Development
Environmental
Economics
Major Research Facilities
Henfaes Experimental
Grounds
Environment Centre Wales –
joint with the Natural
Environment Research Council
Centre for Ecology and
Hydrology
32m RV Prince
Madog II
Marine Science Labs at Menai
Treborth Botanical Garden
Modelling Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Land Use
on Anglesey
Current land use
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EMISSIONS
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EMISSIONS
Direct 143 Gg CO2-eq yr-1
Direct 134 Gg CO2-eq yr-1
Total 437 Gg CO2-eq yr-1
Total 376 Gg CO2-eq yr-1
Bangor Team in the North West Passage
Bangor Team: Ben Lincoln, Ben Powell and Dr Yueng-Djern Lenn
Sefydliad Cymreig ar gyfer Adnoddau Naturiol (SCAN)
Welsh Institute for Natural Resources (WINR)
SBBS - integrating sustainable practices across all outputs
Sustainability
Management Board
Sustainability
Implementation Group
Sustainability
Forum
Sustainability
Management Board
Estates &
Facilities
Sustainability
Implementation Group
Academic domain, Procurement,
Estates & Facilities
Curriculum
Students
Procurement
Local
Community
Sustainability
Forum
Regional
Stakeholders
Staff
National &
International
Partners
Environmental Management System
“A structured and documented approach that demonstrates how we will achieve continuous
environmental improvement, and deliver the visions in our Environmental Policy “
Structure
 Environmental Baseline Review
 Environmental Policy
 Monitoring Procedure
 Register of Legal Requirements
 Managing Legal Compliance
 Communication and Competence
 Environmental Aspects Register
 Pollution Prevention Plan
 Objectives and Targets
 Carbon Dioxide Report
 Environmental Statement
Environmental Management System
“A structured and documented approach that demonstrates how we will achieve continuous
environmental improvement, and deliver the visions in our Environmental Policy “
Structure
 Environmental Baseline Review
 Environmental Policy
 Monitoring Procedure
 Register of Legal Requirements
 Managing Legal Compliance
 Communication and Competence
 Environmental Aspects Register
 Pollution Prevention Plan
 Objectives and Targets
 Carbon Dioxide Report
 Environmental Statement
Green Dragon 5 = ISO 14001
Baseline Review
Each Year the 10000 students and 2000 staff at Bangor University:
Use nearly 40,000,000 gallons of tap water
Produce 160,000 tonnes of sewage
Produce 1,000 tonnes of rubbish……
 …….but recycle 300 tonnes
Have an energy bill of over £2.5 million, and water bill of £500,000
Use 200,000 litres of heating oil
Produce over 13 thousand tonnes of Carbon Dioxide
Drive over a million miles on business trips, and
Use 20 million sheets of printer / photocopy paper
Targets set
Reduce energy consumption by 3% each year
Reduce CO2 emissions by 3% a year (and 15% by 2012)
Reduce water consumption by 2% each year
Recycle 40% of our waste this year
Prevention of Pollution
Develop a Green Travel Plan
Achieve “Fair Trade University” status
Recycling of Textiles / Cardboard / Food Waste
How we’re doing
Energy consumption is going down
Carbon emissions are going down
Water consumption – big increase in 2008 but now going down
We are recycling more now than at any other time (30%)
Our buildings are being designed to be more energy efficient (e.g. ECW)
We drove half a million fewer miles last year, than the previous year
Staff and Student Travel Survey (> 1300 responses)
Trialling food waste collection from September
Binless Office trial in Estates
Phased introduction of recycling bins across the Estate
How we’re doing
(cont)
Achieved Fair Trade University Status
Rising up the Green University League 60th
to
40th to 28th
Installed 125 automated gas, electricity and water meters in main buildings
Established a group of Staff “Environmental Champions”
Working in partnership with WAG, Gwynedd Council and other public bodies
Developed Energy and CO2 Strategy and Action Plan – 7 Key Themes
Programme of Hippos and push tap maintenance
Potential private extraction at Henfaes
Working with Gwynedd Council in Bangor City Sustainable Travel Town bid
Established Cycling Initiative Group
Environmental Website
Sustainable procurement policy being implemented
Environmental Management System
Green Dragon Structure
LEVEL 3
Environmental Aspects
Pollution Prevention Plan
Objectives and Targets
Carbon Dioxide Report
Environmental Statement
Energy Water & CO2 Management
Strategy
A) Awareness
and
Communication
B) Automated
Metering
Monitoring &
Targeting (AMMT)
A1 Develop
B1 Installation of
Environmental
Communication
Strategy
telemetric half
hourly meters in
main buildings
A2 Establish
B2 Active
monitoring of real
time data, and
protocol for
exception reporting.
A3 Promote
awareness to
E) Construction
Refurbishment &
Maintenance
F) Procurement
of Energy
G) Partnerships
C1 Assess and
D1Accreditation of
E1 All new build
F1 Procurement
G1 Work with
modernise current
BMS facilities
adjust controls to
reflect relevant
benchmarks and
best practice
C3 Revised
student groups
B3 Benchmark
A4 Provide timely
A5 Develop
formal training /
awareness
programmes
D) Display Energy
Certificates (DECs)
C2 Review /
staff
“Environmental
Champions” group
reports to all
relevant staff
C) Building
Management
System (BMS)
building performance
against HE Sector.
B4 Develop
Performance
Indicators and
monitor / report
performance
Review of Energy /
Water Policy
two members of
staff to undertake
DECs and EPCs
D2 Display DECs in
all relevant
buildings (>1,000
m2 floor area)
to achieve
BREEAM
“Excellent” rating
E2Refurbishment
to exceed Building
Regs (Part L2)
E3 Identify
“Invest to Save”
initiatives
D3 Establish 7-
Helpdesk / fault
reporting strategy
year Advisory
Report for each
relevant building
E4 Identify
potential renewable
energy installations
of energy by
competitive
tender (typically
1 – 2 year
contracts)
F2 Contracts to
reflect best
value. “Green”
electricity will be
considered if cost
effective
F3 Scrutiny of
utility metering
and billing
E5 Develop
Sustainable
Development Design
Policy Guidance
Bi-Monthly meetings of
Energy and Water
Management Group
Action Plan
Local Service
Board towards
CO2 reduction
targets for
Gwynedd
G2 Identify
funding streams
and joint
development
initiatives
Energy and Water Consumption
CO2 Emissions
(tonnes - based on LSB conversion factors)
Target
Actual
Bwrdd Gwasanaethau Lleol Gwynedd
Gwynedd Local Services Board
Ôl troed carbon yr adeiladau mwy na 1000m2
Carbon footprint of buildings larger than 1000m2
49%
26%
19%
94%
Gwynedd Public Sector Carbon Footprint
(Total 47,000 tonnes CO2 / year)
BGLL Gwynedd yw’r 1af i
weithio gyda'r Ymddiriedolaeth
Carbon er mwyn lleihau
allyriannau carbon, a gwella'i
berfformiad amgylcheddol yn
sylweddol.
1st LSB in Wales to work with the
Carbon Trust – to cut carbon
emissions and significantly improve
environmental performance.
Targets set
Reduce energy consumption by 3% each year

Reduce CO2 emissions by 3% a year (and 15% by 2012)
Reduce water consumption by 2% each year
Recycle 40% of our waste this year – major initiatives
underway
Prevention of Pollution 
Develop a Green Travel Plan - underway
Achieve “Fair Trade University” status -

Recycling of Textiles / Cardboard / Food Waste _
underway helped by recent initiatives by Gwynedd CC

Progress on key elements
Environmental Management System – now Green Dragon 3 aiming for
level 5 in two years
Energy / Greenhouse Gas Emissions – coming down – more action
needed on renewables
Water – just coming down – much more to do
Waste – staff hearts and minds on recycling
Travel and Transport – underway but not easy in a rural setting
Legislative Compliance – generally good
Sustainable Construction / Refurbishment – excellent new
developments but aged estate and listed buildings
Biodiversity – significant holdings needing stewardship, policy just
being formulated ( Botanical Garden, Henfaes experimental farm, estate
generally)
Progress on key elements
Significant recent progress – but still much
more to do!!
Next steps – Universities that Count
True sustainability - environment and social
responsibility