Degrees Cooler
LSBU is one of 20 universities in England to have been selected to take part in the NUS’s 2-year climate change programme ‘Degrees Cooler - greening universities and beyond through behaviour change’ supported by the Greener Living Fund, sponsored by Defra.
The project aims to reach out to staff and students over the next two years, engaging them to recycle more, use less energy, eat more sustainable local food and reduce non-essential flying .
Degrees Cooler comprises of three projects:
Green Impact is an environmental accreditation award scheme open to all departments at LSBU and provides a framework of practical, easy to implement and no or low cost actions for staff to reduce their environmental impact.
The more actions that are completed, the more points that are scored, leading to a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award.
Student Switch Off is an energy saving competition between LSBU halls of residences where they compete against each other to reduce their energy usage, and are rewarded with some fantastic prizes.
Savings made:(Over 3 months)
- 2.9% reduction in electricity usage
- over 29,429 kWh, approximately £2,589 in electricity expenditure
- over 15 tonnes of CO2.
Join LSBU’s Student Switch Off Facebook group!
People and Planet’s Going Greener campaign is inspired by the Transition Movement, which brings communities together to develop and implement their own responses to the challenges of peak oil and climate change.
The campaign is about students and staff at universities coming together and going greener for themselves.
