Environmental & Sustainability Action
Sustainability is at the heart of the University’s capital investment plans. This is evidenced by one of the University’s newest buildings, the South West Institute of Technology, which opened in October 2021 on the Streatham Campus.
Moving forwards, the Estate Services team will be delivering capital projects to its new Sustainable Design Framework which promotes both low carbon construction and the Passivhaus methodology for design and operation. Project managers, design teams and contractors will develop zero carbon capital projects and deliver wider sustainability benefits. This framework has been developed in response to The Environment and Climate Emergency (E&CE) Policy Statement that declared all campus activities and operations shall have a carbon net zero impact and/or result in environmental gain by 2030 and aims to be carbon net zero by 2050.
Journey to environmental net gain and net zero
The challenge to reach net zero before 2050 is a complex one. Achieving this ambition will require everyone at the University to work together, to become industry leaders in carbon reduction and environmental net gain.
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