{"id":11550,"date":"2022-01-27T12:56:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/?p=11550"},"modified":"2022-01-27T12:56:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:56:37","slug":"big-sustainability-awards-carbon-reduction-project-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/2022\/01\/27\/big-sustainability-awards-carbon-reduction-project-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Sustainability Awards\u2019 Carbon Reduction Project of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"11551\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/2022\/01\/27\/big-sustainability-awards-carbon-reduction-project-of-the-year\/salix-award-image\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/01\/Salix-award-image.png?fit=640%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Salix award image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/01\/Salix-award-image.png?fit=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/01\/Salix-award-image.png?fit=640%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11551 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/01\/Salix-award-image.png?resize=430%2C235&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/01\/Salix-award-image.png?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/01\/Salix-award-image.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our partnership with Salix Finance has won a major sustainability \u2018carbon reduction project of the year\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/southernsustainability.co.uk\/2021-finalists-announced\/\">award<\/a>. The decarbonisation and energy efficiency project has been delivered across our campuses with a total cost of \u00a33.3m and has enabled carbon emission reductions of 816 tonnes per year.<\/p>\n<p>The work centred on delivering low carbon heating, with a major redesign of heating in key buildings to change how heating is zoned to reduce wastage. It has also enabled major lighting and energy efficiency upgrades and a further nine solar panel installations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our partnership with Salix Finance has won a major sustainability \u2018carbon reduction project of the year\u2019 award. The decarbonisation and energy efficiency project has been delivered across our campuses with a total cost of \u00a33.3m and has enabled carbon emission reductions of 816 tonnes per year. 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