Campus as a Living Lab – 31st Jul 2019

Campus as a Living Lab

Tags: campus | living labs

Sustainable refurbishment of heritage buildings - How BREEAM helps to deliver – 29th Jul 2019

Sustainable refurbishment of heritage buildings - How BREEAM helps to delivet

Tags: environment | BREEAM | BUIULDING

UN Sustainable Development Goals and the BREEAM Family of Standards and Tools – 29th Jul 2019

UN Sustainable Development Goals and the BREEAM Family of Standards and Tools

Tags: SDGs | construction | BREEAM | building

Delivering Sustainable Buildings: Savings and Payback – 29th Jul 2019

Delivering Sustainable Buildings: Savings and Payback

Tags: BREEAM | sustainable building

Strategic approach to the selection and procurement of construction materials and products – 29th Jul 2019

Strategic approach to the selection and procurement of construction materials and products

BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 update – 29th Jul 2019

BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 update

Tags: energy | construction | ecology

Sulitest’s 3rd annual report - Raising and Mapping Awareness of the Global Goals – 23rd Jul 2019

Sulitest’s 3rd annual report - Raising and Mapping Awareness of the Global Goals

Tag: Sulitest

Influence! 2019 - It’s everywhere! Shifting students’ perceptions – 17th Jul 2019

Students want their courses to address sustainability, and the University of Bath has made 'Citizenship and Sustainability' one of its key principles for curriculum...

Tags: sustainability | curriculum | students

Influence! Play your cards right, a new way to teach climate change – 11th Jul 2019

Climate Change is one of the biggest challenges society faces. In October 2018 an IPCC, Special Report, stressed that we have only ten years to turn our behaviour around so that...

Tags: climate change | eauc conference | IPCC | global warming | Teaching; global warming | teaching platform

Influence 2019! Taming the beast? Reporting and measuring sustainability education – 10th Jul 2019

Has sustainability education been ‘tamed’ to fit with the performativity culture in which reporting and measuring ultimately drive practice? There are a growing...

Tags: education | university | learning | research | reporting | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | Canterbury | measuring | peter | sustainability activity | christ | church | nicola | kemp | rands

Influence 2019! Using the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard – 10th Jul 2019

Showcasing the highlights of the first annual report of the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard so you can see where the sector is achieving and where the sector needs to up its...

Tags: sustainability | SDGs | leadership | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | scorecard | SLS | leaders | Bournemouth | sustainability leadership scorecard | andy | arup | richard | wintrip | sheppard

Influence 2019! SDG reporting - how to get approval, how to do it, how to benefit from it – 10th Jul 2019

SDG’s are a key element to reporting in our organisations but aren’t always valued.  This session covered how to convince you organisation to write a SDG...

Tags: SDGs | reporting | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | SDG | manchester | University of Manchester | university of leicester | lee | lucy | sandra | leicster | Millard | approval

Influence 2019! Achieving long term energy cost security from renewable,sustainable energy sources – 10th Jul 2019

The session took delegates through how to secure long term energy cost security from generation sources producing carbon free energy. It looked at the volume, term, legal...

Tags: energy | sustainable | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | cost reduction | renewable | low | cost | renewables | renewable energy | consortium | the | TEC | sources | steve | creighton

Influence 2019! Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development – 9th Jul 2019

Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development” (VIP4SD), brings together students from different disciplines and all years of undergrad and postgrad study to...

Tags: university | SDGs | curriculum | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | SDG | projects | strathclyde | integrated | vip4sd | undergraduate | vertically | scott | strachan | paul | murray

SDG Accord Report 2019: Progress towards the Global Goals in the HE and FE Sector – 9th Jul 2019

Launch of the second annual SDG report; ‘Progress towards the Global Goals in the University and College sector'.

Tags: SDGs | report | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | global | SDG | forum | UN | Global Goals | political | alliance | signatory | signature | high | accord | level

Influence 2019! University of Manchester Sustainability Challenge – 9th Jul 2019

The Sustainability Challenge represented a simulation activity that challenges students to design a new University campus and justify their choices to a board of directors.

Tags: university | green | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | manchester | gown | University of Manchester | winner | challenge | Influence 2019 | lucy | sandra | lee | stellify | Millard | sustainability challenge | sustaiability

Influence 2019! How the Circular Economy can help Institutions save money, reduce greenhouse gas – 9th Jul 2019

Through a case study of Circular Economy office furniture, this workshop showed how disruptive sustainable business models are saving Institutions money, reducing their...

Tags: carbon | green | reuse | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | reduction | circular economy | waste reduction | economy | gas | furniture | office | circular | Cardiff | Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions | grey | embodied | ghg | house | rype | lavery | carolyn | strong

Influence! 2019 The most fun waste has ever “bin” – 6th Jul 2019

War on Waste is a bespoke engagement project in a discrete building testing impact on recycling and contamination rates and influencing reduction of waste at source by staff.

Tags: waste | engagement | recycling | behaviour change | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | waste management | hunt | conamination | war | nik | jo | shields

Influence 2019! Tackling Climate Change Adaptation through a Business Continuity Approach – 6th Jul 2019

EAUC and the Higher Education Business Continuity Network (HEBCoN) have been working with a group of Members over the last year, with the support of AECOM, to develop a guide...

Tags: change | adaptation | 2019 | influence2019 | climate | influence | business | risk | AECOM | adapt | HEBCoN | grant | business continuity | mark | approach | anderson | rebecca | executive buy-in | Adaptation Guide | managment | continuity | durdin | webster | petford

Influence 2019! Influencing and Shaping a Sustainability Mindset with Suliquiz – 6th Jul 2019

Following this workshop, participants will be in a position to make learning about sustainability fun and engaging by using an online mulitple-choice quiz - the Suliquiz

Tags: engagement | learning | sustainable | development | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | business | SDG | school | Glasgow | goals | sustainable behaviour | fun | enhance knowledge | suliquiz | kedge | Alex | Wersun | Aurelien | Decamps

Influence 2019! Gender based violence: influencing men to change society – 6th Jul 2019

The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement, challenging and working to change male attitudes towards gender based violence.

Tags: college | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | Glasgow | campaign | Gender Equality | kelvin | white ribbon | societal and cultural change | violence | men | gender | women | abuse | arlene | sweeney

Influence 2019! Influencing sustainable travel and transport at the University of Strathclyde – 6th Jul 2019

At the University of Strathclyde the travel initiatives have ranged from providing innovative electric vehicles to improving cycling facilities and encouraging sustainable...

Tags: university | travel | sustainable | transport | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | strathclyde | Sustainable Travel and Transport | engagement programme | macnicol | spela | raposa | rona

Influence 2019! National Clean Air Day- what are we doing to advance the achievement of clean air – 6th Jul 2019

This session discussed “what is the role of universities through research, teaching, operations and community engagement to address this public health emergency?”

Tags: 2019 | influence2019 | influence | air | Longhurst | James | National Clean Air Day | health risk | clean | day

Influence 2019! Weathering the Storm Together: Climate Change Support Groups – 6th Jul 2019

The unspoken challenge of university in the age of climate change: students diligently prepare for careers while scientists sound the alarm that business as usual is untenable.

Tags: change | 2019 | influence2019 | climate | influence | support | state | climate crisis | jen | transformational leaders | weathering | anxious | oregon | storm | stress | group | nervous | emotiional | worried | myers

Influence 2019! Student Outcomes for Sustainability through applied learning and research – 6th Jul 2019

Exploring the benefits of applied learning and research for student learning outcomes and graduate attributes, this session shared learning from across the sector.

Tags: sustainability | learning | student | NUS | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | living labs | Keele University | research and development | labs | keele | living | applied | outcomes | meg | baker

Influence 2019! Climate Emergency: Committing to a Net-Zero Future – 6th Jul 2019

This session looked at how your institution could set carbon targets that align with the Paris Agreement and support a declaration of a climate emergency.

Tags: carbon | emissions | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | net zero | targets | climate emergency | zero | Credentials | target | net | 2030 | scope | carbon targets | 2050 | chalk | suzie

Influence! 2019 Brum Goes Green Together! Influencing Birmingham through our Green Week – 6th Jul 2019

Local universities and colleges in Birmingham City Centre came together during summer 2018 to make plans for their first ever collaborative Green Week.

Tags: college | community | green | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | business | collaboration | Aston University | Birmingham | green week | Community Impact | liz | hunt | brum | metroploitan | turner | kath

Influence 2019! Ruminating on ruminants: The Cambridge Sustainable Food Policy – 6th Jul 2019

The University of Cambridge Sustainable Food Policy was launched two years ago, and has been widely recognised for its innovative approach (including with a Green Gown Award!),...

Tags: food | policy | green | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | supply chain | gown | Cambridge | free | Sustainable Food Policy | meat | amy | peter | ruminants | faure | lumb | munroe

Influence 2019! Gamification - an innovative approach to engaging our staff – 6th Jul 2019

ARUgreen is a comprehensive sustainability engagement initiative which is changing the culture of Anglia Ruskin University using an innovative gamification approach.

Tags: sustainability | engagement | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | sustainable travel | energy saving | Anglia Ruskin University | game | Ruskin | anglia | JUMP | fun | gamification | arugree | simon | chubb

Influence 2019! Real Curriculum Change,from the bottom up – 6th Jul 2019

This session looked at the effect of working with students to change the curriculum for the better.

Tags: Student Engagement | curriculum | learning | change | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | behaviour | school | Glasgow | art | john | thorne | change curriculum