From a sample of 12 London universities and higher education colleges, the project estimated London universities:
- have an energy use of 170 million kWh per year
- pay annual electricity costs of about £20.4 million
- contribute 91 kilotonnes each year in CO2 emissions.
Carbon emissions by London universities are estimated
to:
- form 32% of emissions by the UK higher education sector
- equal 10% of emissions from the London Borough of Hackney
- provide 0.2% of emissions by the Greater London Authority.
There is also a PDF at the link for a leaflet summarising the project findings.
The project is now closed but we hope to secure some form of follow-on funding to extend work from the intial 10 month baseline project started in June 2010.
