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Oil Spill Costs Cable & Wireless £200,0002,000 fish, 3 kingfishers, 2 moorhens and a swan killed by pollution...13/04/2006 Communications company Cable and Wireless was ordered to pay more than £29,500 by Swindon Magistrates Court after polluting a 14km stretch of three rivers with up to 8 tonnes of red diesel. Clean up costs for the incident cost the company a further £180,000.

West 'facing asbestos epidemic' The UK and many other developed countries are on the verge of an asbestos disease epidemic, say doctors.

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Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Impact

Environmental risk and potential liability issuesEnvironmental risk and potential liability issues Energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint Energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint Sustainable design Sustainable design Green travelGreen travel Reducing consumption of primary raw materialsReducing consumption of primary raw materials Reusing / recycling waste materialsReusing / recycling waste materials Procurement and “greening” the supply chain Procurement and “greening” the supply chain Governance and environmental reporting Governance and environmental reporting Enhancing biodiversityEnhancing biodiversity

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URBAN MYTHS AND URBAN MYTHS AND

TRUTHS RELATING TO OUR TRUTHS RELATING TO OUR

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT -

A GENTLE QUIZA GENTLE QUIZ

Urban MythsUrban Myths

1. 40-60% of a standard office building’s energy use is now 1. 40-60% of a standard office building’s energy use is now attributable to IT equipmentattributable to IT equipment

2. Leaving my PC screen switched on during the lunch 2. Leaving my PC screen switched on during the lunch break prolongs its life and doesn't waste much energybreak prolongs its life and doesn't waste much energy3. In general, it uses less energy if I leave fluorescent 3. In general, it uses less energy if I leave fluorescent lights onlights on4. 10% of all energy consumed at home is now related to 4. 10% of all energy consumed at home is now related to appliances left on standbyappliances left on standby

5. With global warming I won't need as much insulation in 5. With global warming I won't need as much insulation in the futurethe future

TRUTH or MYTH ?TRUTH or MYTH ?

Urban MythsUrban Myths

1. 40-60% of a standard office building’s energy use is now attributable to IT equipment

TRUTH

Urban MythsUrban Myths

2. Leaving my PC screen switched on during the lunch

break prolongs its life and doesn't waste much energy

Switch it OFF. How many office PC screens are thrown away because they have broken

down, and how many because they have become superseded by more modern

technology?

MYTH

Urban MythsUrban Myths

3. It uses less energy if I leave fluorescent lights on

Switch them off. In their start-up phase, they use a lot more energy than when they

are running continuously, however the period to reach energy use parity is

generally in the region of a minute and a half, and never more than 5 minutes

MYTH

Urban MythsUrban Myths

4. 10% of all energy consumed at home is now

related to appliances left on standby

Switch them off. A large number of electrical products - from air conditioners to VCRs - cannot be switched completely off without unplugging the device or turning it off at a power strip. These products draw power 24 hours a day, often without the knowledge of

the consumer.

TRUTH

Urban MythsUrban Myths

5. With global warming I won't need as much

insulation in the future

Climate Change will not provide a nice even increase in temperature. It's likely to be

accompanied by greater instability in weather, so homes will need just as much

insulation to deal with cold spells

MYTH

Urban MythsUrban Myths

6. According to our carbon footprint analysis and to the

nearest 100 tonnes, how much carbon dioxide was emitted from

non-residential academic buildings at UoW during

2004/05.

25,800 tonnes

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Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Impact

Environmental risk and potential liability issuesEnvironmental risk and potential liability issues Energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprintEnergy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint Sustainable design Sustainable design Green travelGreen travel Reducing consumption of primary raw materialsReducing consumption of primary raw materials Reusing / recycling waste materialsReusing / recycling waste materials Procurement and “greening” the supply chain Procurement and “greening” the supply chain Governance and environmental reporting Governance and environmental reporting Enhancing biodiversityEnhancing biodiversity

Energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprintEnergy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint

Total Energy Consumption

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Energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprintEnergy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint

30th Sept 2006 – 4.6p per kWh

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Total electricity consumption – c.32,000,000 kWh

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Utility CostsUtility Costs

Green TravelGreen Travel

Commuting to/from workCommuting to/from work Promoting car sharePromoting car share Making public transport more attractiveMaking public transport more attractive Staff air travelStaff air travel FacilitiesFacilities IncentivesIncentives Campus development planCampus development plan

Reducing / reusing / recycling waste materialsReducing / reusing / recycling waste materials

Procurement Procurement Life cycle costings Life cycle costings Types of materialsTypes of materials Availability / Availability / LocationsLocations of facilitiesof facilities SymbiosesSymbioses

Enhancing BiodiversityEnhancing Biodiversity

Qualifying and quantifyingQualifying and quantifying Areas of focusAreas of focus Wildlife corridorsWildlife corridors Management regimesManagement regimes Campus development planCampus development plan

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Barely half (52%) of Britons think that

changing their own behaviour would

have any impact on the environment.Source: BBC/ICM Poll on Climate ChangeSource: BBC/ICM Poll on Climate Change

If you think you’re too small to make a

difference … you haven’t been in bed

with a mosquito.Source: AnonSource: Anon

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“If I had asked people what

they wanted, they would

have said faster horses”Source: Henry Ford

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