Background:
The University of Edinburgh is committed via its Climate Action Plan (2012) to reducing carbon
emissions in line with targets set out by the Scottish Government. In addition the Strategic Plan of
the university (2012-16) has an objective to minimise our impact on the environment, and states
that one of the ways to achieve this is through “procurement of goods and services in ways that
maximise efficiency and effectiveness while minimising social, environmental and other impacts” as
well as “reduce waste and maximise recycling”.
Advances in technology mean that a number of items of equipment commonly found within
laboratories can now be replaced with substantially more energy efficient or otherwise more
sustainable items (i.e. lower water consumption or waste production, or use of less hazardous
chemicals).
A fund totalling c.£5,000 has been allocated from the Department for Social Responsibility and
Sustainability. Individual grants from this fund will not exceed £500. This fund is designed to support
labs in their aims to become more sustainable while also improving science in three ways:
1. Providing grant funding to support the purchase of sustainable new equipment to allow the
retirement of old equipment. The applicant would be asked to provide proof that the
equipment has been either disposed of appropriately via University of Edinburgh waste
streams, or donated to a registered charitable body outside of the University of Edinburgh.
2. Providing top up funding to cover any difference in costs between ‘standard’ models of
equipment and ‘eco’ models of equipment.
3. Providing grant funding to support auxiliary equipment e.g. plug-in timer controls to allow
existing equipment to be operated more sustainably.
Possible equipment which may be covered by this fund could be (non-exhaustive list):
Item
ULT freezers
Chillers (replacing mains water cooling)
Drying Ovens
Water baths
Potential annual saving
£500
£400
£300
£150
-20⁰C freezers
Incubators or incubator-shakers
Heater-stirrers
Chemical ovens
£100
£50
£50
£50
Details:
The Energy Coordinator for your building (see appendix) has been given an ‘electricity monitor’. If
you require further electricity monitors please contact Andrew Arnott (Andrew.arnott@ed.ac.uk
0131 650 4064) as there may be a small number of spare meters available. Please use this to
measure the existing electricity consumption of various items of equipment around your lab in order
to identify which items would provide the best savings, and to monitor the new equipment. The
equipment should be monitored for a representative length of time (i.e. if it operates under the
same conditions for the same length of time each day, then only 24h would need to be measured. If
the equipment operates differently between week-days and weekend-days then a week or longer
would be recommended to give a representative measurement). In order to fast-track the progress
of grant applications it is not expected that any applicant would need measure the electricity for
longer than 28 days. Data gathered via the electricity monitor should be extrapolated out to obtain
an annual figure.
To measure water or waste savings, or substitution of hazardous chemicals, please contact Andrew
Arnott to discuss methodology.
When describing the performance of the new item of equipment it is acceptable to quote from
manufacturers data unless alternative independent testing data is available, which would be
preferable.
The closing date for applications is noon on 02/12/2015. Applications will be judged by a selection
panel consisting of representatives from the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability,
and from the Procurement Department. Applications will be judged on a case by case basis and
preference will be given for those with match funding, and those with a low £/tonneCO2E saved
ratio. Decisions will be communicated to all applicants (successful and unsuccessful) by 16/12/15.
Successful applicants will be able to use the email correspondence notifying them of their successful
application to raise an EIT for the agreed amount. The successful applicant should then make their
own arrangements to purchase the equipment following all relevant procurement rules, regulations
and guidelines.
Applications should not be made retrospectively for items of equipment which have already been
purchased outwith this scheme.
Once the new item has been purchased and is installed for usage successful applicants will be asked
to monitor the performance of the item for a representative length of time up to 28 days. If the item
was predicted to give energy savings an electricity monitor should be used to monitor the
performance. To measure water or waste savings, or substitution of hazardous chemicals, please
contact Andrew Arnott to discuss methodology. The data gathered during this process should be
provided to Andrew Arnott no later than 6 weeks after the item has commenced usage in a 500
word report. This report will be submitted for the 2016 Special Awards run by the department for
Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
In addition, successful applicants would be required to provide a one page summary report of their
project 6 months following the purchase.
Application form table:
Laboratory location/name
Contact name
Contact email
Contact phone no.
Equipment/opportunity description
Age of current equipment
Are any grant award conditions applicable in relation to your current
equipment?
Current annual impact (kWh energy, m3 water, or tonnes waste) of the
old item to be replaced
Predicted annual impact (kWh energy, m3 water, or tonnes waste) of
the new replacement item
Grant amount requested (£)
Lab/School/College contribution to the capex cost (£)
Expected lifespan of the item (years)
Any additional operational costs the new item will have when
compared with the old item (i.e. greater consumption of consumable
items which require regular re-purchasing and waste disposal)
Appendix:
Energy Coordinators
Name
Graham
Walker
Stuart
McLean
Pamela
Macdonald
Email address
G.Walker@ed.ac.
uk
Stuart.Mclean@e
d.ac.uk
pmacdon2@exse
ed.ed.ac.uk
Location
Crew Building, Labs and
Annexe
13 Infirmary Street
Alister
Hamilton
Diane Reid
Faraday Building
Mark
Patrizio
Aileen
Brown
Alister.Hamilton
@ed.ac.uk
Diane.Reid@ed.a
c.uk
david.c.sterratt@
ed.ac.uk
stewart.franklin
@ed.ac.uk
Ronald.Brown@e
d.ac.uk
Mark.Patrizio@e
d.ac.uk
Aileen.Brown@e
d.ac.uk
Niko
Ovenden
Niko.Ovenden@e
d.ac.uk
Teviot Medical Quad
Bryan
Mitchell
Rachel
Clough
Gill Law
B.Mitchell@ed.ac
.uk
rachel.clough@e
d.ac.uk
G.Law@ed.ac.uk
Fleeming Jenkin
Gordon
Waugh
Fleur
Ruckley
Gordon.Waugh@
ed.ac.uk
Fleur.Ruckley@e
d.ac.uk
Neil Wood
Neil.A.Wood@ed
.ac.uk
Kimberley
Moore Ede
Nick
Johnson
kimberley.moore
ede@ed.ac.uk
Nick.Johnson@ed James Clerk Maxwell
.ac.uk
Building, Peter Guthrie Tait
Road
David
Sterratt
Stewart
Franklin
Ron Brown
Anne Rowling Regenerative
Neurology Clinic
Title
TECHNICAL
OFFICER
Category Team
Manager
Senior
Secretary/Adminis
trative Assistant
Senior Lecturer
Phone
013165059
82
Faraday Building
Informatics
Joseph Black
Joseph Black
1 George Square
Hospital for Small Animals
13 Infirmary Street
James Clerk Maxwell
Building, Peter Guthrie Tait
Road
Grant Institute
13 Infirmary Street
James Clerk Maxwell
Building, Peter Guthrie Tait
Road
Chancellors Building
651 1739
TECHNICAL
OFFICER
TECHNICAL
OFFICER
Senior Technical
Officer (Research)
Deputy Head of
School ( Clinical
Services)
Director of
Professional
Services
TSO (Buildings
Coordinator)
Business
Administrator
Graduate School
Secretary
0131 650
7532
50 3510
013165076
50
013165066
93
650 4865
0131650
9776
0131 650
5085
DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATOR
Waste and
Environmental
Manager
Technical Services
Manager
013165048
47
0131 651
4287
Administrative
Secretary
Applications
Consultant
242 6644
013165052
69
0131
6513388
Janet Philp
j.philp@ed.ac.uk
Hugh Robson Building
Rachel
Travers
Davy Gray
Minto house
Carol
Powers
Brian
McTeir
Rachel.Travers@
ed.ac.uk
David.Gray@eusa
.ed.ac.uk
Sandra.Kinnear@
ed.ac.uk
charles.hill@ed.a
c.uk
Carol.Powers@e
d.ac.uk
brian.mcteir@ros
lin.ed.ac.uk
Dawn
Windsor
dawn.windsor@r
oslin.ed.ac.uk
Roslin Institute
Tim King
Tim.King@roslin.
ed.ac.uk
Roslin Institute
Angie
Robertson
Angela.Robertson Patersons Land
@ed.ac.uk
Allan
Wilson
Mark
Marsden
Caroline
Foord
Graham
Mackenzie
Alistair
Craig
Felicity
Smail
allan.wilson@ed.
ac.uk
mark.marsden@
ed.ac.uk
caroline.foord@e
d.ac.uk
gmackenz@exsee
d.ed.ac.uk
a.craig@ed.ac.uk
Patersons Land
f.smail@ed.ac.uk
New College
Stewart
McKay
Dawn
Nicholls
David
Brown
Brendan
McGrory
stewart.mckay@i
gmm.ed.ac.uk
dawn.nicholls@e
d.ac.uk
david.brown@ed
.ac.uk
B.McGrory@ed.a
c.uk
Western General Hospital
Cameron
Ritchie
cameron.ritchie
@ed.ac.uk
Sandra
Kinnear
Charles Hill
School
Administrator
Reprographic
Technician
Potterrow
Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood
Park Road
Charles Stewart House, 916 Chambers Street
Old College, South Bridge
Roslin Institute
SCRM Building
Chrystal Macmillan
Building
13 Infirmary Street
Edinburgh College of Art
Dalhousie Land
Ashworth
James Clerk Maxwell
Building, Peter Guthrie Tait
Road
Centre for Sports and
Exercise
Accommodation
Manager (Flats)
Project and
Planning Manager
Management
Support Officer
Easter Bush
Facilities and
Estates Liaison
Manager
Deputy Campus
Facilities and
Technical Manager
Deputy Head of
School Operations
Student
Counselling
Service
Administrator
INFORMATION
OFFICER
CRM Centre
Technical Manager
Facilities and
Records Secretary
Head of Technical
Services
Finance and
Resources
Administrator
Technical Services
Manager
Project Manager /
Business Analyst
Building &
Technical Manager
BTO Technical
Support Manager
Head of
Operations
502377
0131 650
9903
0131 651
2115
505453
Steven
Roberts
Simon
Christie
Liz
Bomberg
Linzie
Soave
Alan Whyte
steven.roberts@
ed.ac.uk
Simon.Christie@
ed.ac.uk
e.bomberg@ed.a
c.uk
Linzie.Soave@ed.
ac.uk
Alan.Whyte@ed.
ac.uk
chris.hutchings@
ed.ac.uk
george.mcmillan
@ed.ac.uk
jane.herkes@ed.
ac.uk
megan.cruicksha
nk@ed.ac.uk
29 Buccleuch Place
(Business School)
Centre for Sports and
Exercise
Chrystal Macmillan
Building
32 - 34 Buccleuch Place
kerry.wilson@ed.
ac.uk
penny.scott@ed.
ac.uk
chris.litwiniuk@e
d.ac.uk
33 Buccleuch Place
Val Wilson
v.wilson@ed.ac.u
k
bioQuarter
Greg
Anderson
Ellie Dora
Michael Swann Building
Vincent
Ranaldi
greg.anderson@e
d.ac.uk
ellie.dora@ed.ac.
uk
helen.sang@ed.a
c.uk
p.g.morris@ed.ac
.uk
V.A.Ranaldi@ed.
ac.uk
Pamela
Lennox
Eric Tittley
pamela.lennox@
ed.ac.uk
ert@roe.ac.uk
Chancellors Building
Caroline
McEachen
Alex Peden
Caroline.McEach
en@ed.ac.uk
a.peden@ed.ac.u
k
Charles Stewart House, 916 Chambers Street
Western General Hospital
Chris
Hutchings
George
Mcmillan
Jane Herkes
Megan
Cruickshank
Kerry
Wilson
Penny Scott
Chris
Litwiniuk
Helen Sang
Paul Morris
15 Buccleuch Place
7 Bristo Square
School Estates &
Facilities Manager
Campus Estates
Manager
Senior Lecturer
44 (0)0131
650 4248
SRA Administrative
Assistant
Technician
Chaplaincy
Administrator
013165025
98
Administrative
Assistant
Estates and
Facilities
Administrative
Assistant
Business Manager
013165021
35
0131 650
2008
Administration
Manager
SRS Projects
Coordinator Engagement Team
Personal Chair in
Early Embryo
Development
WTC Laboratory &
Technical Manager
Administrative
Officer (Resources)
College Estates
Officer
Lecturer
51 1553
Darwin Building
Old College, South Bridge
Old College, South Bridge
Main Library, George
Square
9 Hope Park Square
57 George Square
57 George Square
Teviot Medical Quad
Hugh Robson Building
Royal Observatory
Departmental
Operations
Manager/Joint
Deputy Director
Administrative
Secretary
High Performance
Computing
Specialist
Personal Assistant
to the Directorate
Research
Associate
650 3800
50 5862
50 7125
51 1213
51 3235
51 3956
75 366
650 8189
537 1980
Janet Craig
janet.craig@ed.a
c.uk
jan.thomson@eu
p.ed.ac.uk
gael.campbell@e
d.ac.uk
ellen.grunewald
@ed.ac.uk
gordon.findlater
@ed.ac.uk
Drummond Street
Mike Kerr
m.j.kerr@ed.ac.u
k
Teviot Medical Quad
Emma
Eliasson
Frank
Henzell
Tim King
Emma.Eliasson@
ed.ac.uk
Frank.Henzell@e
d.ac.uk
tim.king@roslin.e
d.ac.uk
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Iwona
Andrzejews
ka
David
Nutter
Iwona.Andrzejew
ska@ed.ac.uk
1 Roxburgh Street
david.nutter@bio
ss.ac.uk
James Clerk Maxwell
Building, Peter Guthrie Tait
Road
David
Chavasse
Erika Bullen
Dave.Chavasse@
ed.ac.uk
Erika.Bullen@ed.
ac.uk
j.hart@napier.ac.
uk
Summer.Wight@
ed.ac.uk
Jan
Thomson
Gael
Campbell
Ellen
Grunewald
Gordon
Findlater
Jim Hart
Summer
Wight
Christina
Mainka
Billy
Wardrop
Ceri Mick
Julie
Daubenspe
ck
Elizabeth
McDowell
Lee Bunce
C.Mainka@ed.ac.
uk
Billy.Wardrop@e
d.ac.uk
ceri.mick@ed.ac.
uk
julie.daubenspec
k@ed.ac.uk
Occupational
Health Manager
Head of Finance
51 4302
Main Library, George
Square
Western General Hospital
Office Manager
50 6828
Research Fellow
51 1039
Medical School -Teviot
Place
Personal Chair of
Translational
Anatomy
Teaching Manager
(Technical
Support)
Research Assistant
Holyrood Road
13 Infirmary Street
New Vet School
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh Centre for
Carbon Innovation
Teviot Medical Quad
Western General Hospital
21 Buccleuch Place
Causewayside, 160
7 Bristo Square
elizabeth.mcdow Child Life and Health Rhsk
ell@ed.ac.uk
Lee.Bunce@ed.ac Main Library, George
.uk
Square
Risk Analysis
Officer
Deputy Head of
School
(Operations)
IT Manager
Landscape Depute
Manager
Support Lead and
IT Developer
UG Teaching
Organisation
Administrator
E-Facilitator for
Clinical Trials MSc
Web CMS Support
Officer
PA/Administrator
Administrative
Officer
IT Manager
Statistics and
Systems
Coordinator
50 4218
Craig Watt
Craig.Watt@ed.a
c.uk
Craig
Craig.Cameron@
Cameron
ed.ac.uk
Louise
Louise.Donaldson
Donaldson
@ed.ac.uk
John
John.Mowat@ed.
Mowat
ac.uk
John
j.glendinning@ed
Glendinning .ac.uk
Sophie
sophie.haupt@ed
Haupt
.ac.uk
Shuna
shuna.colville@e
Colville
d.ac.uk
Ann Walker Building
Philippa
Hope
Queens Medical Research
Institute
pip.hope@ed.ac.
uk
Forrest Hill
Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood
Park Road
1 Roxburgh Street
School Facility Unit
Officer
Trades Support
Assistant
Trades Support
Assistant
George Square, 50
Technical Officer
Daniel Rutherford
Plant Sciences
Facilities Manager
Rowling Clinic and
Research Project
Manager
Senior Laboratory
Manager
Anne Rowling Regenerative
Neurology Clinic
50 3971