Why travel is the next step on our decarbonisation journey
Since 2008/09, the University has reduced its electrical consumption by 41% and its gas and oil consumption by 32%. It has also benefited from a 58% reduction in the carbon intensity of grid electricity, due to a combination of the phase out of coal fired power stations, and the massive expansion of renewable energy. Heat decarbonisation has become the key focus for reducing energy emissions, but as energy consumption reduces and decarbonises, emissions from the University’s business travel have gone in the opposite direction. By July 2019, they accounted for 33% of emissions within our Net Zero Carbon target, compared…