Projects and Campaigns
Switch On Switch Off - Energy and Environmental Awareness Campaign
The cost of supplying electricity and gas to our tutorial buildings alone is over £1.5m not to mention the 7,530 tonnes of carbon dioxide this energy releases into the atmosphere. This is enough to fill nearly 40,000 double decker buses.
The problem is that constantly rising prices are not easily counteracted by being just a little more efficient. In order to even pay the same as last year, we need to cut our power consumption drastically. Every little helps so please remember to switch off all non essential electrical items before you leave the room. And last one out? Turn it out...
Click here to check out our hints and tips for saving energy.
Campaign newsletter
Every term we issue a Switch On Switch Off campaign newsletter. Not just about energy, this celebrates all things environmental.
The newsletters have regular articles such as a book review, environmental news and snippets and an easy competition with an environmentally themed prize.
Previous competition winners have taken home bottles of English wine, a renewable Ipod charger, solar powered/wind-up radio and torches, water powered alarm clock and calendar and a Christmas hamper of Fairtrade food from the Co-op.
The latest issue (No. 8) is out now. Download here to enjoy and enter this edition's competition for a chance to win an indoor/outdoor clock made out of recycled coffee cups.
If you missed any of the previous newsletters, they're all here to download.
- Newsletter 1 (PDF 441KB)
- Newsletter 2 (PDF 2.81MB)
- Newsletter 3 P(DF 1.86MB)
- Newsletter 4 (PDF 2.5MB)
- Newsletter 5 (PDF 785KB)
- Newsletter 6 (PDF 6.5MB)
- Newsletter 7 (PDF 15.4MB)
- If you want to help us to promote our campaign and save the University money and carbon emissions, please help yourself to the material below.
- Posters (263 Kb PDF)
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Energy saving booklet (3.32 Mb PDF)
Meanwhile, to see what the University has been doing environmentally, download the latest Our Environment and You PDF 2.4MB booklet.
What can you do to help?
We appreciate your feedback. If you see areas wasting electricity or have any questions about what we are doing, please contact us.
