Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions at UEA
Mar 28, 2015
Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions at UEA
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thermal comfort +28%
air quality +36%
lighting +25%
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User Satisfaction
An energy efficient building reduces carbon dioxide
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is a better building to work in.
• UEA generates 3 MW of its own electricity
• saves over 9000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
• saves around £40,000 a month
• exploring installation of absorption chiller - the WIN - WIN option
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Student Residences
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Elizabeth Fry performance has improved over years. ZICER will be better and less than 70% of emissions of mid 90’s best practice building
Photovoltaic cells will generate ~ 30 kW and save 20 tonnes CO2 per annum.
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Community Carbon Reduction Project (CRed)
Low Carbon Innovation Centre
Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research
School of Environmental Sciences
Why CRed?
Why CRed?
• Energy White Paper – aspiration for 60% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050
• Will require unprecedented partnership activity in local communities to ensure on track by 2020s
Why CRed? Opportunity• Leading the way to the new lower-
carbon economy• Attracting people with new ways of
thinking and new ways of doing things• Norwich/Norfolk, with partners in the
East of England, showing the world – “exemplar for the world”
Ambition
To engage, enthuse and empower a large, diverse community to debate, plan and execute a
programme to reduce carbon emissions by up to 60% by 2025
The Challenges
• Awareness, perceptions, attitudes, acceptances
• Awareness-raising, demonstration & research project
• Scientific/technological
CRedibility?School of Environmental Sciences (6*)
HQ Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Climatic Research Unit Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global
Environment Centre for Environmental Risk
East Anglian Business Environment ClubEnvironmental Management Systems ClubSchools’ Energy ClubSchools’ Waste Club
The CRed Community
• Participatory/inclusive• Spark imaginations• Modes of participation (targets/methods)• Matrix of modes of participation = representative of
real-world complexity• Centred on Norwich/Norfolk, but links across the
region, country, the world….• Partnerships
Some Partners– City– County (incl. LEA)– Districts– The Broads Authority– Norwich Research Park– Norwich Union (Aviva)– Powergen– Housing Association– Transport Organisations– Building Developers– Building Partnerships– EEEGR
Norwich New Build
• CRed partnership:– City Council, Bovis,
Persimmon, Flagship Broadland, community groups, EST.
– Initial phase: – Carbon Index 8.6
minimum. Some homes much better.
1200 Energy Efficient homes in Bowthorpe,
West Norwich
Operational Team
• Project Manager• Project Officer• Data and information management• SME Co-ordinator: link to EABEC & EMS
Club• External liaison officer• Research associate
Project Plan - 1
• Feasibility Phase: 24 months– Project scope: 6 months including
• Building the community• Learning from experiences elsewhere
– Project Specification: 18 months• Benchmarking• Accounting processes• Options analysis• Options selection
Project Plan - 2
• Strategic Plan Phase: 6 months• Developing the implementation plan
• Implementation Phase (mid 2005)• Implementation of carbon reduction
options• Evaluation• Refinement
Launches
• National launch - May 21st in Westminster
• Local launch - May 22nd at the Forum
CRed can:
Identify obstacles to the adoption of low carbon practices
Help overcome themIntegrate myriad activitiesThrough partnerships, provide joined-up thinkingPromote demonstration and awareness-raising projectsStimulate/encourage research (scientific, economic,
policy)Influence decision-making and policy
We can all do so much more… • Consumers will pay for energy efficiency• Builders need encouragement, but will respond (improve
information and grant procedures)• Revision of building regulations- bye-laws to allow
Councils to improve (e.g. Norwich – Carbon Index 9.6?)• Separate CI for building envelope and heating system?• Improvements needed for small-scale CHP under NETA
(61% reduction following NETA); scheme such as the Renewable Obligations Certificate?