Leadership for SustainabilityLeadership for Sustainability

Environmental VisionEnvironmental Vision

Integration of a range of Integration of a range of features at Keelefeatures at Keele

Energy plans

Research

Education

Campus and community

Why is ‘sustainability’ important for Keele University?

ethically

practically

USP (part of?)

1) Energy sources at Keele1) Energy sources at Keele

a) coal e) ground sourceground source

b) gas f) b) gas f) geothermalgeothermal

c) windc) wind g) waterg) water

d) solar h) biofuelsd) solar h) biofuels

Keele’s unique resources

Wind power Coal bed methane Ground source energy

• Mix with other sources to reduce local impact

• Local, so -20% CO2 +…

• Sequestering CO2

• Constant T at -5m; heat in winter/night, cool in summer

• Geothermal

Combining these can meet our energy needs and preserve

our ‘social’ environment

2) Environment & Sustainability 2) Environment & Sustainability Research at KeeleResearch at Keele

World leading in political, social and

legal policy issues of sustainability

● Fuel cell technology ● Environmental Geophysics● Environmental analysis ● Studies on Biofuels● Energy Security ● Environmental Biology● Green IT ● Clean Coal and Carbon Capture● Environmental Monitoring of Wind Turbines

3) Education3) Education

1) Undergraduate degrees

BSc: Applied Environmental Science

BSc: Environment & Sustainability (inter-disc.; from '09)

2) Postgraduate degrees

MA/MRes: Environmental Politics

MSc: Env. Sustainability & Green Technology (from '09)

3) Employability/ continuing professional development

UG: Greening Business module; eco-psychology projects

CPD: Project Green (ECIF) (£800k, 140 graduates)

4) Outreach

‘Clean and Green’: involving > 5,000 schoolchildren and >8,000 members of the public in hands-on experiments

KESO (earth & space – ca £450k ‘space’ upgrade)

4) Campus environment4) Campus environment

• Self-contained campus of >600 acres; lovely rural setting

• Strong community spirit, with 10,000 students

• 50 small businesses bring in 1000 people daily

• Residences for 3200 students and 500 staff + families

• Adjacent village, and nearby towns (NuL and SoT)

• Buildings: BREEAM excellent (new) or VG (refurb.)

• Woodland/ Lakes & Valleys – place for ‘well-being’

The The VirtualVirtual Keele Hub Keele Hub for Sustainabilityfor Sustainability

THE KEELE HUBfor sustainability

KEELECAMPUS

Showcase

Holistic approach

Keele Research Expertise

Wind energy Eco-coal

Green ITFuel cells

and photo-voltaics

Environmental biology

Political, social &

legal policy issues

Geothermalenergy

Sustainable community

Campus lab

'Green'energy

Education

Business and science park

CompaniesCompanies

Local and Local and regional regional

communitycommunity

Int’lInt’lexpertsexperts

SchoolsSchools

Timeline for the Timeline for the ‘environmental’ vision‘environmental’ vision

08 09 10 11 12 13

Council‘Deep Green’

‘EnvironmentalVision’

Education, estates andresearch initiatives

ERDF!

SDF£3.4m

New:BSc – Env & SusMSc – ESGT

Home farmdevelopments

PVC

Hubopening

ESSG(KHERG)Strategy‘Project

Green’StudentHouseproject

JP asChancellor

‘WholeEarth’

14

First E&S BSc

graduates

Zoe NTF; Dir of Ed for Sus

Green Wk; Leaf; P.O.s

KeeleSU

The The HubHub as a Part as a Partof our Sustainability Visionof our Sustainability Vision

August 2011

April 2010

The Hub … and its impactThe Hub … and its impact

Keele UniversitySustainability HubA) Exhibition areaB) Resources suiteC) Earth ObservatoryD) Teaching (UG and PG)E) Applied research

Strategy (top level)Strategy (top level)

Keele University’s Strategic Aim 5: To develop an environmentally aware and sustainable

outward-facing campus community

Strategic Objectives

•To demonstrate environmental sustainability through innovation, good practice and ethical choices in all our activities

•To unlock the potential of the University Estate so that it underpins the attainment of our vision

•To share and provide the University’s expertise in environment and sustainability to local, regional, national and international communities and partners

Our strategy (making it happen)Our strategy (making it happen)

Key themes:• Carbon Management (Andy Parry)• Buildings/Infrastructure (Andy Parry)• Waste and recycling (Huw Evans)• Procurement and catering (Huw Evans)• Land use (Andy Dobson)• Campus community (Sherilyn MacGregor)• Transport (Huw Evans)• Renewable and low-carbon energy (Peter Styles)• Education and curriculum (Zoe Robinson)• Research and enterprise (Mark Ormerod)• Outreach (Zoe Robinson) 

The Keele University Sustainability Hub (Sharon George) supports the overall strategic plan by providing an exemplar, low-carbon building that includes an exhibition area, resources suite, teaching facilities, research opportunities, and outreach activities.

Our environmental strategyOur environmental strategy

People Innovation

• ‘Green’ energy

• Research

• Education

• Campus/ community

Keele University Keele University Sustainability Hub Sustainability Hub

Hands on Outreach