Energy, Water & Carbon
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The University of Warwick remains committed to its long-established drive to manage energy consumption. However, the continued success and expansion of the University creates a considerable challenge. It is incumbent on all of us to use energy as efficiently as possible. On these pages you will find further details about how we are attempting to reduce our energy consumption and what you can do to help.
2020 Strategy and Carbon Management Implementation PlanThe University used Climate Week (21-27 March 2011) to officially launch its 2020 carbon reduction strategy. This establishes the carbon reduction roadmap to meet our declared target of 34% reduction in carbon emissions (against a 1990 baseline) by 2020. This constitutes a massive undertaking and will require the co-operation of all members of the University community. A 34% reduction in carbon emissions against 1990 levels equates to a massive 60% reduction against current levels (2009-10).Follow this link
 to find out more about the 2020 carbon management programme.
Our commitment to energy conservation is manifest in:
"Most global environmental degradation is caused by a small minority of the world's population - the 20 per cent of mainly Western people who consume 80 per cent of the world's resources. The planet cannot sustain current total levels of consumption, let alone 5 billion people, or almost 10 billion within 60 years, consuming as Westerners do now."
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