Accommodation & Hospitality Services THE ENVIRONMENT MATTERS GROUP

Accommodation & Hospitality Services Welcome Brief Summer Feedback - ISO14001 Lord Sterns Speech Tool Box Talks -Environmental Awareness Zero Waste National Trust 2 minute silence at 11 Agenda

Summer Feedback Accommodation & Hospitality Services

ISO Environmental Management System Accommodation & Hospitality Services

Lord Stern’s Speech

TOOL BOX TALKS – ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS Accommodation & Hospitality Services

Environmental Water Consumption The university has set the target to reduce water consumption by 5% What can we do to help? Less water in the mop buckets = Less waster wasted and Less weight to carry and lift.

Accommodation & Hospitality Services Environmental Water Consumption On average we use 10.3 Litres of water per bucket fill Over a week just for washing kitchen floors we use Litres. If we reduce the amount we put in buckets to 5 Litres Over a week for washing kitchens floors we would only use 1040 Litres. Saving Litres a week That’s 2000 Pints Over a student year (38 Weeks) Litres Pints

Accommodation & Hospitality Services What is the University energy and water bill per year? A.£600,000 B.£3 million C.£6 million D.£60,000

Accommodation & Hospitality Services Answer: £6 million The University spent £4.2 million in 2010/11 on utilities, made up of: –Electricity - £2,284k –Gas - £1,141k –Water/sewerage - £789k –For 2011/12 the budget was £6m, and the projection for 2012/13 is £6,416k. In a year we typically use the figures shown below, from which we generate around 24,000 tonnes CO2 emissions: –27 million kWh electricity (equivalent to 9000 houses) –45 million kWh gas (equivalent to 3000 houses) –320,000 m3 water (equivalent to 4000 houses)

Accommodation & Hospitality Services ZERO WASTE

Last year we collected over 4 tonnes!!!! of items donated to charity, help us to collect more this year