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Facilities Management 'Green Team'

In 2003, a 'Green Team' was established in Facilities Management Division with the aim to identify the flows of energy into and out of the University’s buildings. The aim of the green team was to identify opportunities where education, intervention, and manipulation can help to reduce the flow both in (energy) and out (waste).

The team demonstrated simple yet effective tools that could be introduced to the wider University community as standard operating procedures for better sustainable practice.

There are five guiding principles:

Empower people and foster participation.
Expand and enable cooperative networks to work towards a common sustainable future.
Promote sustainable development through appropriate use of tools, technology and effective management.
Enable campuses to minimise their ecological footprint.
Create a long-term vision for campus-based sustainability through an Environmental Policy for the University.