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Category: Energy

How can we meet our energy needs while reducing our impact on the environment?

Cold storage study - Ultra Low Temperature High Efficiency Freezer label close up

The University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute is carrying out research into making cold storage facilities more efficient.

Dave Gorman, Director of Social Responsibility & Sustainability, reflects on progress made since the University announced its climate strategy – Zero by 2040 –  in November 2016.

Carolina Macedo investigates why most gyms are not investing in energy harvesting exercise equipment as part of her MSc Sustainable Resource Management dissertation.

The clocks are back; the temperature is consistently in single digits, and there are loads of great new series online to try and distract you from these facts.

Energy Programme Assistant Mairi Kemp discusses her internship looking at the role of Energy Coordinators at the University.

In March 2017, student Anthony Corless got in touch with us to say he was giving up mains electricity for lent. We asked him to write a blog, which he submitted on paper in person at our office. Intrigued? Read on.

Alexandra Starks reflects on her experience as an auditor for the Sustainability Awards at FloWave and the Institute for Academic Development.

Andrew Arnott, Lab Sustainability Coordinator, tells us about some of the innovative energy and resource-saving projects happening in the University’s Chemistry laboratories, using the Sustainable Campus Fund.

S Labs building - contemporary architecture

Andrew Arnott, Lab Sustainability Coordinator, gives an overview of the carbon-neutral chemistry lab at Nottingham University.

Programme Manager Matthew Lawson reflects on a very special lecture from John Robinson, Former Associate Provost of Sustainability at the University of British Columbia, which took place at the University of Edinburgh on the 4th March 2016.

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