Green Impact
Within CSNB, we are aware of our impact on the environment and recognise that we have social and ethical responsibilities to consider ways in which we can reduce our negative impacts. Like any laboratory-based department, our day-to-day operations necessitate a large consumption of energy and resources and we are continuously looking for ways to reduce this consumption. Additionally, we have taken active steps to reuse and recycle resources wherever possible. We actively engage with the University Sustainability Division and North Bristol NHS Trust’s Environment Management Unit who support us in our mission to limit and reduce our negative impacts on the environment. To find out more about what we are doing, please have a look at the WebPages below or talk to one of CSNB’s six ‘Green Champions’.
Green Impact Awards
The Department of Clinical Science at North Bristol has been awarded a gold award as part of the 'Green Impact Awards' scheme. The University of Bristol Green Impact Awards offer a practical way of helping departments become greener, whilst celebrating the small steps that individuals are taking to reduce our collective environmental impacts. Green Impact challenges departments to implement a number of easy practical actions that help the environment.
List of departments and awards.
The department has 6 'green champions' who are registered with the Energy and Environment Management Unit and are responsible for ensuring that the department fulfills the necessary criteria on an ongoing basis. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding energy saving or environmental impacts, please get in contact.
Rich Aitken Julia Davies Sue Christie Ben Moore Bill Moore Glenda Willcox
Tips on how to reduce your environmental impact
Recycling
Saving paper
- Buy recycled paper
- Re-use paper
- Use duplex printing where possible - for help contact Bill Moore
- Only print when necessary
- Give paper/craft products to Children's Scrapstore
Saving electricity
- Switch lights off when rooms are vacant for 5 mins or more
- Switch electrical equipment at the plug (do not leave on standby) unless there is an essential reason to leave it on
- Turn off mobile phone and laptop chargers when not in use
Heating/Air conditioning
- Close windows and doors when air conditioning is in use
- Shut blinds when air conditioning is on
- Keep temperature settings at 24 degrees where there is an option (recommendation by the Carbon Trust)
- Energy used to cool increases by 10-12% for every 1 degree decrease in target temperature - do not turn air conditioning down in the hope that the room will get cooler more quickly; it won't.
- Dress for the weather, not the available heating
- Personal electric heaters are not permitted for use at work
Travel
- Use the intersite bus
- Take advantage of the use of a car (for free) as part of the City Car Club
- Use public transport, car share or ride a bike
- Take advantage of the University's train or bus ticket loans
- Take advantage of the Government's tax free cycle scheme
- Use your bike and claim expenses (20p per mile) if travelling on University business, excluding travel from home to usual place of work
- Take advantage of discounts at local cycle shops
- Take advantage of free cycle training
- Cut your car costs (save up to £400 a year!) Pdf 747KB
Other
- Place a pot plant in your office -they remove pollutants from the atmosphere and give out oxygen, making a healthier and more pleasant working environment.
- Take part in volunteering or community challenges - all staff are entitled to a day's leave per year for voluntary work
If you have an idea for saving energy, contact one of the 'green champions' and let them know.
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