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This year, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) Green GroupÌýretainedÌýthe Gold Award.

The Green Impact Gold Award is presented to the team which has achieved the greatest number of actions against the programme workbook.

The NUS Green Impact programme has been run at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø for the second year running. The programme encourages teams to undertake a number of actions to reduce their environmental impacts - contributing to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's overallÌýenvironmentalÌýsustainability programme.

In 2011/12, 19 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø teams signed up and completedÌýactionsÌýas part of GreenÌýImpact. In 2012/13, 29 teams have got involved in the programme and undertaken actions ranging from the purchase of sustainable food to the use of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's waste reuse scheme, WarpIt. As a result of the programme, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø was able to achieve the following outcomes:

• Energy: This year an estimated 2011 people were reached by teams putting up awareness raising notices and postersÌýencouraging people to switch of lights and equipment when not needed, potentially savingÌý7,038kg CO2 per year.
• Waste:ÌýAn estimated 1920 people have been reached by teams raising awareness to print and photocopy doublesided, potentially saving 108,594kg CO2 and £40,220 on resource costs this year across the institution.
• Waste:ÌýAn Estimated 1280 people have been reached by teams raising awareness around how to recycle differentÌýmaterials, potentially saving 41,068kg CO2.

The Green Impact Gold Award is presented to the team which has achieved the greatest number of actions against the programme workbook. This year, CEGE Green GroupÌýretainedÌýthe Award which they won in 2011/12. Some of the elements which were identified by CEGE as key to their success included senior management support, engagement with and participation from the students and a collaborative approach to problem solving with all team members involved and givenÌýresponsibility.

The Green Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø team would like to thank all the teams which took part. The programme will be running again in 2013/14 and we will be looking for even more teams to get involved.

Richard Jackson, Head of Environmental Sustainability, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Estates