Project Publications

HEEPI Case Studies

These are now available on:

Saving Money by Measuring Waste
- The benefits of new waste disposal contracts at Derby, Bradford and Leeds Metropolitan universities - Click here

Saving water through auditing and metering
- The Experience of Liverpool John Moores University - Click here


Greening the Prospectus - How Good Purchasing Saved Money, Energy and Paper at Leeds Metropolitan University - Click here

Reducing staff commuting by car - An integrated approach pays dividends at the University of Bristol - Click here

The environmental and financial benefits of videoconferencing
- How the University of Bradford has used it to cut travel and improve recruitment - Click here

Environmental and financial benefit from more effective equipment buying - Applying procurement expertise and whole life costing at the University of Edinburgh - Click here

The value of improved information - Reducing energy and water consumption and costs at UMIST - Click here

Financing Energy Efficiency Improvements - Funding procedures at University College London and University of Leicester - Click here


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HEEPI Best Practice Guidance Notes


A series of guidance notes are currently being finalised including such topics as Environmental Management Systems and Sustainable Construction. The first of this series is on waste management and can be downloaded below:

Measuring and Minimising Waste - Lessons from the HEEPI Project


Best Practice Guidance Notes

The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) in conjuction with HEEPI have produced the following guidance document for its members:

A practical guide to recruiting an Environmental Manager / Sustainability Officer for Universities and Colleges

and the EAUC has also produced in partnership with Gareth Simkins the following occasional paper:

Environmental Management Systems in Universities

Sustainable Construction in FHE

HEEPI recently held 2 workshops that addressed the usefulness, need and application of building assessments to help achieve sustainable or 'better' designed buildings. The findings and recommendations are recorded in the two reports below:

Assessing the Environmental Performance of Buildings in Higher Education

Sustainable Buildings Can Benefit Higher Education - a Briefing Paper

 



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