Links
Below are a list of links to external pages relating to the following energy and environmental issues:
- General
- Waste and recycling
- Energy and Water
- Built Environment
- Purchasing
- Environmental Legislation
- Other University's Environmental Sites
General
- BUST - Bristol University Sustainability Team (Student Group)
- CIWEM - A registered charity and professional body that is working for a better environment. They have many resources on their website covering topics such as water resources and efficiency, environmental management and sustainable development, as well as offering professional development opportunities.
- Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) - Association with the aim of raising the profile of environmental management and facilitate improvement of environmental performance in member institutions.
- DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Transport
- EcoJam - Your Local Green and Ethical Scene
- ENDS Environmental Data Service - Environmental Information for Professionals.
- Environment Agency - the leading public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales.
- Ends Europe - Europe's Environmental News Service
- Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI) - Project to improve environmental performance within Higher Education primarily through environmental benchmarking
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The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) - A not-for-profit organisation established to promote best practice standards in environmental management, auditing and assessment
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People and Planet - UK student action on world poverty, human rights and the environment
Waste and recycling
- Recycling in Bristol - Bristol City Council
- Envirowise - Practical environmental advice for business
- Let's Recycle.com - information on recycling and waste management including a directory of recycling and waste management companies.
- Material Exchange Provides a free service which allows you to list and look for materials in an online catalogue.
- Rethink Rubbish - gives the low-down on the growing problem of household rubbish in the UK and some quick and easy steps to help solve the problem.
- Waste Connect - The UK recycling database. Find your local recycling facilities
- Waste Watch - national organisation promoting and encouraging action on the 3Rs - waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
- WRAP - creating markets for recycled resources
Energy and Water
- Bristol and Somerset Energy Efficiency Advice Centre - Information about energy efficiency in the home.
- Bristol Water
- Carbon Trust - The Carbon Trust is developing and implementing programmes that will accelerate the take-up of low carbon technologies. This site provides details of the Trusts' current and future programmes.
- Energy Office
- Energy Saving Trust - Information about transport, renewable energy and energy efficiency at home and in the workplace.
- Europa - Information about environmental policy across Europe.
- OFWAT: Office of Water Services The economic regulator for the water industry in England and Wales.
- Water Information System for Europe (WISE) - Information on European Water Policy
- Water UK - working on behalf of the water industry for a sustainable future
- Wessex Water
Built Environment
- National Green Specification (CIPS) - towards sustainable construction. The NGS writes and distribute ready-made specification clauses for sustainable building products available in the UK; collates and distributes product information; collates and distributes information relating to sustainable design; and provides a forum for architects/specifiers
Purchasing
- Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) - A guide on environmental purchasing in practice
- Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) - Environmental Purchasing in Practice: guidance for organisations
Environmental Legislation
- Netregs - Plain language guidance for businesses on environmental legislation, and how to comply with it.
- EUROPA - European Union environmental legislation
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office - Delivers a wide range of services to the public, information industry and government relating to access and re-use of government information. Publishes legislation online.
Other University's Environmental Sites
- Anglia Polytechnic University
- Imperial College London
- Leeds Metropolitan University
- Oxford Brookes University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of Birmingham
- University of Cambridge
- University College Dublin
- University of Derby
- University of Edinburgh
- University of East Anglia
- University of Hertfordshire
- University of Leeds
- University of Oxford
- University of Newcastle of Tyne
- University of Sheffield
- University of Southampton
- University of Warwick
- University of The West of England
Previous Awareness Raising Events
Sustainability aims to increase awareness of environmental issues and good housekeeping practices through:
- Environment Week
- Attendance at University events, for example FRESH, Purchasing exhibition. If you are holding a seminar, exhibition or alternative event the Sustainability would be interested in giving a presentation or having a stand. Please contact Sustainability to discuss this further.
- Presentations to departments. If you would like us to give a short presentation to your department please contact Sustainability
- Provision of information through induction programmes, poster campaigns, newsletter articles, presentations.
- Sustainability has given presentations to 6 departments over the last year (2007) and taken part in the support services conference and the student environment festival.
- Of course, for the last 3 years the University has run the pioneering Green Impact Awards.