Transcript Tuesday 1st: Workshop B: The State of the Campus

EAUC-Scotland
Campus Sustainability
Programme
Outline of workshop
• Describe what CaSPr has done up to 31
March 2008
• Discuss some key issues:
– Scope – what is the sustainability agenda subject matter, purposes?
– How is support best provided
• The future for CaSPr
Campus Sustainability
Programme first phase
to 31 March 2008
• EAUC awarded Scottish Govt Sustainable Action Grant
Summer 2005
• Additional funding March 2006 from SFC
• To run until 31 March 2008
• Aim “to help Sustainable Universities and Colleges in
Scotland improve their sustainability performance”
• Inga Burton and John Forster chosen programme managers
Summary of activities
• Development events/workshops
• Involving other organisations (partners) that have
sustainability interests (e.g SEPA)
• Case studies
• Engaging Students
• Snapshot of existing practice- “State of the Campus
Review”
• Topic support networks – themed networks
• Website
Topics covered by events
Introduction to CaSPr
Baseline event (2)
Energy (2)
Community
Waste (2)
Responsible Investment
Performance Workshop/KPI
Construction
Procurement
Travel event (2)
Construction
UHI Waste
Corporate Responsibility
Energy Performance certs
Biodiversity
Student event (2)
Climate Change
Some CaSPr achievements
• 22 events run - covering ca 120 hours
• 90 % of FHE institutions attended at least one event
• 300 FHE staff from 63 institutions on mailing list
• 65 Partners involving 124 individuals on mailing list
• 40 partners attended events – 89 individuals
• 499 “attendances”
• 39 respondents attributed 135 sustainability innovations
to their involvement in CaSPr
• usefulness of events on scale from 1 to 5 was 4.1
• Sharing experience was the best thing!
Issues in developing sustainability
capacity and actions
• What is the overall purpose of a support
programme?
• What are the range of topics that should
be included?
• What are the support/development
processes that should be used?
Attendance by FE institutions 05-08
Insititution 46
Ca 8 not involved at all
Insititution 41
Insititution 36
Insititution 31
Insititution 26
Ca 19 heavily involved
Ca 19 heavily involved
Insititution 21
Insititution 16
Insititution 11
What
support processes should be
Insititution 6
used?
Insititution 1
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Total Number of attendances from individual FE institutions
14
CaSPr – next phase
1 April 2008 onwards
• Provide development activities and resources
• Promote Climate Change Declaration
• Work with students
• Benchmark progress
Thanks
www/eauc.org.uk
[email protected]
John Forster – [email protected]
01330 850555