Campus Sustainability Programme
Energy Topic Support Network
25th January 2008
Student Engagement
David Stutchfield
Energy Officer
University of St Andrews
Environment and Energy Team
involvement with students:
 Meet sabbatical officers every year before semester starts
 Awareness raising with Environment stand at student fairs
 Freshers, Refreshers, Ethical Living
 Sit on weekly Ethics & Environment committee
 Sustainable Development Society
 One World Society
 Tree and Frog Society
 Permaculture Society
 Hall E&E Reps
 Sabbatical Officers
 Residential & Business Services Manager
Respond to student needs
 Fairtrade University
 Student surveys
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Travel survey 2006
Sustainability Survey 2007
 Respond to student needs
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Permaculture garden
Low energy light bulbs in student shop
Interhall energy competition
Energy Advice
Interhall Energy Competition
 Requested by E&E committee
 E&E promoted within Halls of Residence – we helped
with leaflets and website.
 Compared monthly electricity meter consumptions
with same period on previous year.
 Monitored cumulative savings.
 Ran Nov-April 2007 & now in 2008
 Reported within week of month end
 £1000 prize for winning hall
 £500 & £250 for 2nd & 3rd hall
 Saved 45.2 tonnes CO2 (£10,000)
Thank
You
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/environment