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  1. Queen Mary University of London
  2. About us
  3. Sustainability
  4. Sustainable Campus
  5. Carbon Management

Carbon Management

Our carbon footprint (CO2e) is represented by the emissions associated with the energy used across our UK campuses and fuel used by our vehicles and business travel. Our baseline year is 2018/19, in which we emitted 20,505 tCO2e for UK scope 1, scope 2, and business travel.

A breakdown of our 2018/19 carbon footprint show that our business travel (31.9 Million km) accounted for 38.2% of our carbon footprint, with the remaining 61.8% from the energy and water usage used across our UK campuses.

The energy used across our UK campuses accounts for 61.8% of our 2018/19 carbon footprint. Only 33% of our 55 qualifying buildings currently achieve Display Energy Certificate (DEC) scores of C and above, which implies that there are opportunities to improve the energy performances of our buildings.

Our Environmental Sustainability Action Plan details some of the energy efficiency projects and initiatives that were recently completed and commissioned across our campuses. These projects were projected to reduce our electricity and gas use by 6,907,417 kWh and 1,710,999 kWh, respectively.

Commitments: Carbon Management

  • We will include climate change risks in our risk registers.
  • We will continue to invest in initiatives that reduce our carbon footprint.
  • We will actively encourage all staff, students, visitors and major partners to reduce their carbon footprint.
  • We will share, promote and showcase research and innovation to help tackle the growing challenges and risks posed by climate change.

Commitments: Building Energy Efficiency

  • We will use the £2.46 million Salix energy efficiency loan to reduce the energy used at our Mile End and Whitechapel campuses.
  • We will actively identify and implement initiatives to help improve our Display Energy Certificate (DEC) scores.
  • We will continue to promote good energy practices across all our campuses.
  • We will reduce the energy used across our UK campuses by 30% by July 2025 against our 2018/19 baseline.
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