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Dear Members You may remember we responded to Defra on the proposed regulations for site waste management plans last year. Defra have now published the Regulations which are...
Over the past year UCL has been helping to develop a new sustainability assessment scheme for higher education building refurbishment projects. This week that scheme, RICS Ska...
At London’s historic Guildhall, the EAUC were invited to celebrate the winner of the HRH The Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Prize and the six talented...
Our Sustainable Construction TSN Group visited Glasgow School of Art on 29th April 2015 for a tour of the Mackintosh Building and discussions on the low carbon...
On Tuesday 4th October the Sustainable Construction Topic Support Network met at the University of Edinburgh to discuss current issues and priorities in sustainable construction...
The EAUC-Scotland Sustainable Construction Topic Support Network (TSN) will be holding a virtual meeting to discuss Circular Economy in Construction with Allan Sandilands from...
The Sustainable Procurement TSN met on the 3rd October 2016 to discuss a number of social issues related to procurement. Topics included: The Modern Slavery Act The...
Please find the resources and minutes from the Education for Sustainable Development TSN available here. All presentations and minutes are available to download on the right...
Think global, act local! Become an ambassador in sustainable construction and save the climate. The program Bachelor in Construction attaches great importance to...
The Strategy for Sustainable Construction (June 2008) which is intended to promote leadership and behavioural change in sustainable construction.
On Tuesday, 12th November 2019, the EAUC-Scotland Sustainable Construction Topic Support Network held a virtual meeting to discuss the current issues and opportunities...
This report provides guidance on sustainability issues while commissioning construction of new buildings or refurbishments within further education (FE) colleges in the UK
On Tuesday, 16th April 2019, the EAUC-Scotland Sustainable Construction Topic Support Network held a virtual meeting to discuss the current issues and opportunities...
On Thursday 10th December 2015, the EAUC-Scotland Sustainable Construction and Education for Sustainable Development in Further Education Topic Support Networks met at South...
Case studies from the Winner and Highly Commended for the Sustainable Construction category from the 06/07 Green Gown Awards
The Construction Challenge: Fighting the Carbon Battle - Staff and Student Workbooks The workbooks aim to link sustainability with current construction teaching and practice...
The Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network will meet on the 28th of March at Dumfries and Galloway College. The theme of the day will be 'Joined Up...
Ethical funds secured for Green building
The GreenSkills Training Centre is an award-winning catalyst for change in the built environment. A training facility for students studying sustainability courses, it is the...
With £6.6 million funding from SoSEP, Dumfries & Galloway College and Borders College are developing a network of STEM Hubs across different locations including...
Flushed with success! A UK first in sustainable energy from waste water.
Angus Allan, Depute Principal
On the 23rd Sept 2020 the Energy & Water Management Topic Support Network met virtually to discuss opportunities and challenges and share best practice. Presentations and...
The CEEQUAL Scheme Manual for Projects is directed at the assessment of civil engineering projects with a clearly defined project boundary and timescale.
It brings together powerful networks of businesses and governments, in order to shift global markets and policies towards accelerating climate action
NSI now provides advice and training to other TAFEs and universities to meet the challenges of today’s burgeoning green economy.
A case study of the work d+b facades carried out on Blackpool & The Fylde College to repair, restraint and stabilise existing external buildings.
Survey results from Heriot-Watt University's Energy Performance and Estates Condition Survey.
Here for current and future generations
The aim of the proposed amendment was to embed in the Scottish Building Regulations a requirement for the sustainability labelling of new buildings.
Sustainable futures through online learning
An international search has been launched to find architects and developers capable of creating a £22 million sustainable student village in the city. The University of...
The EAUC-Scotland 2018 Conference, A Decade of Progress, celebrated successes from the decade past, and visioned the decade ahead, to coincide with the EAUC-Scotland...
Help Wanted for Centre for Excellence in Leadership Research on New Build Programme Support Jo Matthews is doing some research into what sort of support colleges would like...
Eat your campus - a project to develop Loughborough University as an edible landscape as a presentation from Day 2 of the 17th EAUC Annual Conference 2013.
EAUC Member South Lanarkshire College has won an award for embedding sustainability and social responsibility into their curriculum. 13 institutions across the UK took part...
Universities and Colleges Show the Way to a Greener Future The commitment of 14 further and higher education institutions to sustainable development is recognised in...
Purpose-built to house the School of Computing, a simple, low energy design, which saves energy, reduces environmental impacts and enhances productivity
Green Gown Awards 2007-08 Entries for this year’s Green Gown Awards are now open. The Green Gown Awards are now in their 4th year and have become the most...
“£5 billion spent on new buildings each year, these buildings use 2-3x more energy than designed” - 2014 Green Construction Board Report Building on...
Crome Court is UEA’s newest and most energy-efficient accommodation block. The BREEAM Excellent project came in £800,000 under budget, and as one of the first projects in...
Three of the Green Gown Award Categories were announced at the AUDE conference yesterday, on 17th March. The winners are as follows: Continuous Improvement Winner...
Global market leader of sustainable flooring solutions, Interface, has helped the School of Management at Bradford University gain a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating...
The case study describes how d+b facades designed and built insulated aluminium rainscreens, window replacement and insulated roofing at Bedford College.
GreenCow GreenCow is a world-class, innovative facility designed to support world-leading research programmes to combat climate change. It measures GHG emissions in ruminants...
AUDE's winter 2015 issue includes new £50m state-of-the-art building goes ahead at UWE and first zero carbon Business School in the UK to open at Essex.
This link provides an overview of the BREEAM Communities scheme and a link to the actual scheme manual. BREEAM Communities is a simple and flexible route to improving, measuring...
These awards recognise the people, projects and products that demonstrate engineering excellence in the built environment. The awards focus on actual measured performance, not...
Dan Fernbank, Energy Manager, University of Reading posted the following message on the Members’ network. “We’re currently reviewing our application of...
Late 2009, Engineers without Borders, a student engineering society in the University of Warwick, sought support from the university Estates Office for a 1kW wind turbine project.
The EAUC-Scotland Waste Management Topic Support Network (TSN) will be meeting to discuss current opportunities and challenges in the FHE Waste Management...
SkyGas: Development of a new technique for determining watershed/airshed gas fluxes It is now internationally accepted that climate change is a very real and important...
Plymouth University’s green credentials have been further enhanced after it was selected to be part of a pioneering global sustainability initiative. Already recognised...
Organised by the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick, the EAUC chaired an event exploring approaches to capital project delivery.
Agenda 1. 14:45 - Access via Clare Market – Houghton Street entrance not available due to construction works 2. 15:00 – RE:NEW - Presentation featuring case...
Building the future through the lens of a student
Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) estate comprises over 240 hectares of land across its three campuses, ranging from city centre to farmland.
The sustainability champion for UK universities and colleges has an exciting opportunity for an exceptional person Programme & Events Manager (6-12 month fixed term...
The Enterprise Centre: Celebrating localism and low carbon futures at UEA The University of Anglia’s (UEA) Enterprise Centre (TEC) is one of the UK’s most...
“Are people apathetic to the dangers of climate change? Why do they not engage more? Is there more we can do to encourage everyone to engage more, and to take meaningful...
Bournemouth University’s Carbon Management Plan is a comprehensive programme of works aiming to meet the challenging 2015/16 target of a 30% reduction in absolute...
Scotland's universities and colleges have publicly declared their intention to address the challenges of climate change and reduce their carbon footprints by signing the...
This was a ten month, large-scale, complex and high risk project to upgrade the live primary data centre at the University of Aberdeen
A quarterly briefing paper which is submitted to AUDE members which ensures the voice of the EAUC and its Members are heard at this strategic level. May 2014 issue.
Last year, we saw a transformation in our member engagement as we launched the EAUC Fellows Programme. This put members firmly at the heart of the organisation, engaging and...
Medical School carbon reduction strategies
Winners’ brochure from the Green Gown Awards 2013, now in their 9th year, recognise the exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by tertiary education
This case study describes how d+b facades transformed poor accommodation into a contemporary learning environment.
A cross-sectoral coalition of organisations has been launched, calling for an ambitious and comprehensive Circular Economy Bill. The coalition of over 30 organisations is led...
UAMSA is a new association between universities aiming to bring the issue of labour exploitation in supply chains into the public conscious. Academics, university staff,...
The club DD "Vert'Vet" of ENVT contributing for several years to the realization of projects in favor of biodiversity (botany, aquatic, ornithological and...
This case study demonstrates how d+b facades insulated aluminium overcladding and replacement windows to two two-storey buildings with projecting bays to the upper floor.
The University of Leeds is celebrating achieving accreditation to the new ISO14001: 2015 standard following a successful external audit by AJA Registrars. The Environmental...
On Friday 29 November, around thirty delegates attended a breakfast forum on the benefits of carbon reporting. Run by CICS, the sustainability assurance provider and EAUC Gold...
This biomass project is the second ever cooperatively funded biomass project in the country, the first of this type in the education sector
Conference Keynote from the EAUC-Scotland Conference 2017 given by Professor Pamela Gillies, Glasgow Caledonian University.
The impact of the University of Northampton’s new Waterside Campus development on bird diversity and abundance
The next meeting of the Waste Management Topic Support Network will discuss a number of waste topics currently of relevance to Scotland's universities and colleges....
Green Gown Awards 2019 - Nottingham Trent University - Finalist
The cityscape that provides the backdrop for the University of Leicester is characterised by many various types of buildings both old and new with the main campus home to...
Today sees the launch of the 2015 French speaking edition of the Green Gown Awards – Les Trophées des campus responsables. This is the 2nd year of the French...
The Technology Strategy Board have now launched a competition to fund the development of strategies to adapt UK buildings to the changing climate. They will...
Last Friday, EAUC Gold Company Member Lucideon held a sustainability workshop at their Stoke headquarters. The aim of the workshop was to explore and capitalise on aspects of...
EAUC Chief Executive, Iain Patton Speaks at UCU Annual Congress where sector warns that skills gap will hamper low carbon economy and cost jobs Please read subsequent extract...
Benchmarks for target setting, a short guide developed by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), provides information on selecting suitable metrics and KPIs; project...
“£5 billion spent on new buildings each year, these buildings use 2-3x more energy than designed” - 2014 Green Construction Board Report Building on...
This pre-Conference session uses an excerpt from a recent EAUC CPD course 'self-leadership for sustainability' to challenge and inspire you to look again at your own...
Energy Scheme Officially Opened at £330m Waterside Campus £6.5m biomass energy project at The University of Northampton’s Waterside Campus is officially...
The prestigious Green Gown Awards, now in their third year, have been announced. The Awards recognise innovative sustainable actions by universities and colleges across the UK....
Vital Energi are pleased to announce that they have been awarded a place on The National Framework for Energy Performance Contracting (RE:FIT) developed by the Greater London...
The Public Bodies Climate Change Duties came into play in 2016 with annual reports due each November. The universities and colleges of Scotland are supported by SSN and the...
The EAUC-Scotland Energy and Water Management Topic Support Network (TSN) will be meeting to discuss current opportunities and challenges in the FHE Energy and Water...
CIBSE's sixth annual Technical Symposium will be taking place at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh from 14-15 April 2016. It aims to encourage the participation of both...
Celebrating their 11th year, the Green Gown Awards are firmly established as the most prestigious recognition of sustainability excellence in the further and higher education...
Celebrating their 12th year, the Green Gown Awards are firmly established as the most prestigious recognition of sustainability excellence in the further and higher education...
The pressing need for sustainability is one of the society's greatest challenges. For this reason, top-tier universities from across the world have joined forces through the...
This IES manual is to support trainers leading a one-day (or equivalent) workshop introducing sustainable development to professionals.
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in England will benefit from a new fund to provide repayable grants for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This fund will be a...
Cynnal Cymru – Sustain Wales inaugural Sustain Wales Awards ceremony was held at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff with an audience of national and international...
Speakers made from the roots of mushrooms have been designed by a Nottingham Trent University student to create a new sound. Bertie Ford, who created FungiSound as part...