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30 June 2015 |
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LSE achieves internationally recognised energy
management standard On Monday 1 June, LSE achieved
ISO 50001 certification, an internationally recognised standard of energy
management, following an external audit. LSE is one of only a handful of
universities to achieve the standard.
This will help the School meet our carbon targets and reduce costs, by
putting systems in place to continually improve our energy performance. Examples
of this include designing the Centre Buildings redevelopment to stringent energy
standards, enhancing heating and cooling control systems to boost
energy-efficiency whilst improving comfort, and installing low-energy lighting
and other equipment.
Julian Robinson, Director of Estates, thanked staff for their hard work over
the last year in getting everything into place to make this achievement
possible.
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Celebration of Sustainability success
LSE’s annual Celebration of Sustainability saw over 50 awards handed to
students and staff last month, for their involvement in environmental projects
throughout the year.
Eighty five people attended the event, which was hosted by Bob Ward from the
Grantham Research Institute. Staff and students involved in the Green Impact
environmental competition were awarded upcycled clocks for their hard work over
the year, which were made by Kalil Berzangi from Estates. Three teams won the
coveted ‘Platinum’ top prize – the Department of Management and Innovation, and
Northumberland and Rosebery halls of residence. A full list of all winning teams
is on the
sustainability website.
We were honoured to be joined by Rishi Madlani – an LSE alum and governor,
local councillor, and a sustainability leader. He gave an inspirational talk on
building connections and challenging current economic and political structures
to bring about positive change. It was a fitting climax to a brilliant year for
sustainability at LSE.
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Biodiesel from LSE cooking oil
Ever wondered what happens to all the oil LSE Catering
use in preparing your food? Well, it gets a second life by being
converted to biodiesel by our collection company Proper Oils, and 720
litres of oil has been treated this way in the last six months alone.
The biodiesel is used in the vans of local companies,
Richmond Council, and Proper Oils’ own vehicles. The oil is processed
using “trans-esterification”, changing its molecular structure so it
behaves like normal diesel, and can be used in unmodified regular diesel
engines.
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Notices
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a combined
composting and recycling rate of 59 per cent - clearly on our
way to meet the proposed tarombined
composting and recycling rate of 59 per cent - clearly on our
way to meet the proposed tgets!
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Green Impact review
We are fast approaching the seventh year of Green Impact at
LSE, and will be changing the scheme from this September in response to
feedback from participants, to make it quicker, easier, and more flexible.
The workbook will be stripped back to 10 key actions for
teams to complete, and participants will be invited to develop a project of
their choice. We welcome your ideas and look forward to seeing some more
brilliant projects addressing sustainability across campus soon. If you
would like to be put on the Green Impact contacts list to ensure you are
kept up to date, please email Vyvyan on
v.evans@lse.ac.uk
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Sustainability in Practice lectures
Who would you like to see give a Sustainability in Practice public
lecture at LSE?
If you have a suggestion for an inspiring speaker or theme, please contact Vyvyan
Evans at v.evans@lse.ac.uk and we
will investigate the best ideas. We particularly welcome suggestions for
women speakers and people from diverse or minority backgrounds. Recent speakers include Green Party leader
Natalie Bennett, solar energy entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett (pictured),
ecologist Satish Kumar, and green finance experts from the UN. Podcasts of
previous lectures are available on online
here.
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LSE Travel Survey
Take this
quick survey
and tell us how we can improve cycling facilities on campus and in the local
area. Two random entries will win a £25 Waterstones voucher.
The survey is run by staff in LSE Cities, and Health and
Social Care, who are keen to hear from cyclists and non-cyclists alike. It
will be open until 1 July.
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Whether you live in London or beyond, you’re never far away from
a wonderful cycle route. As sunny weather and blue skies are now
here, why not hop on a bike and explore a new area?
Here is a list of some of Britain’s favourite bike rides,
many of which are within a stone’s throw of London, so are an
ideal weekend adventure.
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Residences
round-up
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Moves galore
Four yoga mats, 150 boxes of books, two kilos of keys, four crates of
crockery and 60 pairs of shoes were among the items salvaged from Claire
Market and East building in recent weeks, due to the gargantuan task of
relocating several departments for the redevelopment of the Centre
Buildings.
Many of the items will be reused by other LSE departments or donated to
charity, some will be recycled, and some will be sold in the annual LSE
ReLove event, which will be held at the start of term and other items.
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Student Switch-Off winners Congratulations to
Northumberland House - this year’s Student Switch Off winners! They have received Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and funding as their prize.
Since 2012 across the halls there has been a reduction in energy
consumption by 16.8 per cent due to student initiatives and energy-saving
equipment like LED lighting and more efficient boilers. Well done to all
halls involved with these projects.
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LSE's new queen bee arrives
It was a tense wait through the London traffic for the
arrival of our new Queen and nucleus of bees. They arrived in what looked
like a shoe box, and then it was down to the LSE Beekeeping Society and the
Sustainability Team to take responsibility for the safe transfer to the new
hive!
Once the queen was safely housed, the rest colony began to
make themselves at home by ‘scenting’ it, before beginning to forage for pollen
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60
Second Interview
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with.....Ana
Muñoz Merino
I studied BSc
Environmental Policy at LSE and
graduated in 2012. I'm currently an
analyst in Business Services in
Carbon Trust, which is a
sustainability consultancy.
Were you involved with any
sustainable activities during your
time at LSE?
I was part of various societies,
but I was not such a big greeny as I
am now.
How has this interest in
sustainability carried on since
leaving LSE?
My interest in sustainability
and its interlinks with other
specialisms grew exponentially at
LSE. One of the challenges, and
charms, of the sustainability field,
is pinning down exactly what it
covers. Through my dissertation I
started analysing the rationale for
private businesses to invest in
'green infrastructure’, which led me
to my first job in an engineering
consultancy. In this context,
sustainability integrated the work
of multiple technical teams.
I later decided to move to a more
strategic role, in which
sustainability is not a soft concept
– it is focused on greenhouse gas
emissions. At the moment I help
businesses see the benefits of
measuring and reducing their carbon
emissions, in ways that make
business and climate sense.
From these few years after
leaving the academic world, I have
started seeing that if we want
society to successfully tackle
climate change, we have to integrate
sustainability concerns in every
aspect of decision making, not
getting stuck in the multifaceted
complexity of the sustainability
field.
If you could offer one piece
of advice to LSE staff and students,
what would it be?
Don’t worry about finding what you
think is the “perfect job” after
graduating. It is very important to
invest in your human capital, the
soft skills that will help you put
to work the knowledge you have
gained in university. Worry about
being a good communicator, a clear
thinker, managing difficult people,
and be a problem-solver. An
office-based job won’t always give
you the opportunity to learn all of
these, but a lot of other maybe less
glamorous jobs could.
What three items could you not
live without?
Notebooks. It would be tough to not
be able to put things in writing.
Good food. Being a working adult
opens the door to so many culinary
experiences! It would be tough to
give that up.
Phone. It may sound superfluous, but
for someone who can set up a home
almost anywhere, it is important to
be able to connect to the important
people in your life. I wouldn’t want
the freedom to be so mobile and
explore the world, if I couldn’t
have them close in some way.
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Advice
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Want
to know more?
If you have any questions about the sustainability work going on around
campus or would like to become involved, please contact LSE Sustainability
Assistant Vyvyan Evans on v.evans@lse.ac.uk
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