University of Birmingham - Decarbonisation and Sustainabili…

University of Birmingham - Decarbonisation and Sustainabili…

DECARBONISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER

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Having been founded as the first civic university in the UK the University of Birmingham is committed to making a positive economic, social, and cultural contribution through our education and research. We serve our diverse and vibrant region in many ways, including through addressing sustainability challenges at the Tyseley Energy Park, working closely with local NHS partners to establish the Birmingham Health Innovation Campus, and establishing the non-selective University of Birmingham School. We work with industry, business, universities, and governments around the world to address global challenges in areas as broad as rail engineering, maternal health, interfaith studies, air and water pollution, and social inequality. Ranked in the top 100 universities globally, Birmingham is a member of the Russell Group and a founder member of the Universitas 21 global network of research universities. We offer one of the broadest range of programmes of all UK universities, teaching 38,000 students and employing 8,500 staff. We are a highly diverse community: our staff and students come from Birmingham and the West Midlands, across the UK, and from around the world. Ten of our alumni and staff have been recognised with Nobel Prizes, and many others are recipients of the most prestigious awards in their fields. We rank highly amongst employers seeking to recruit graduates.

Our heritage as the original ‘redbrick’ is combined with an ambitious agenda to continue the transformation of the University. In recent years we have significantly increased the number of leading academic colleagues, and have undertaken a £1 billion renewal of the campus estate. We have established our own non-selective secondary school and sixth form serving the diverse communities of Birmingham, and have just opened our new campus in Dubai. Through our Birmingham 2030 Strategic Framework we have set an aspiration to become a top 50 global institution. We recognise this is a genuinely challenging aim, which will require a vibrant, intellectually-exciting, and diverse University community for research and education, as well as working closely with our partners in Birmingham and around the world.

The University of Birmingham

Background With more than 8,000 staff, 38,000 students, and a turnover of c.£700m, the University of Birmingham is a leading Russell Group University. Our heritage as the UK’s original ‘red brick’ and civic university, is combined with one of the most compelling and ambitious agendas in higher education. The University of Birmingham’s Strategic Framework 2030 sets out our ambition. With world-class research and outstanding global education as our core mission, we will strive to increase the volume and quality of our research to make an even greater difference to the world around us. We will be the UK’s exemplary civic university, remaining firmly committed to our foundations in the highly diverse communities, people, and economy of the city of Birmingham and the West Midlands. Birmingham 2030 strengthens our commitment to sustainability as one of six core pillars of our activity. We will use our research and education to make a major global contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and have set out a headline aim to be net zero carbon for scope 1 and 2 by 2035 and overall by 2045. As a research-intensive University founded on social responsibility, we have the expertise and partnerships to play a significant role in tackling global sustainability challenges.

The Estates Office has a pivotal role in decarbonisation, especially the transition of a campus designed for high temperature, high carbon energy sources to one that meets our 2035 requirements. We also need to ensure that sustainability is engrained into our operations and ways of thinking, including the use of materials, emissions to air, land and water and fiscal management. The Utilities Section supports the office in the efficient and intelligent operation of buildings, generation plant, energy / carbon costs and consumption, the provision of strategic direction related to environmental and sustainability and the development of a smart campus together with associated regulatory compliance.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is one of the six pillars of our strategic framework and is woven into the others. This includes our commitment to achieve net zero carbon by 2035 for scope 1 and 2 emissions and overall, by 2045. Sustainability is at the heart of our activities and a core value of the Estates Offices. The Estates Office has a pivotal role in decarbonisation, especially the transition of a campus designed for high temperature, high carbon energy sources to one that meets our 2035 requirements. We also need to ensure that sustainability is engrained into our operations and ways of thinking, including the use of materials, emissions to air, land and water and fiscal management. The Utilities Section supports the office in the efficient and intelligent operation of buildings, generation plant, energy / carbon costs and consumption, the provision of strategic direction related to environmental and sustainability and the development of a smart campus together with associated regulatory compliance.

• Undertake projects to support the implementation of the policy / strategy. Fiscal, Compliance: Legal, Regulatory and Voluntary • Ensure the effective procurement, budget management and reporting for all aspects of energy, water and carbon cost and consumption including advising those budget centres who have devolved budgets. • Work closely with suppliers and risk management consultants to ensure energy and water costs are minimised and price risk is reduced. • Ensure energy, water and carbon costs are correctly charged to budget centres and / or to external companies / tenants. • Advise the university on the implications of existing and new energy / carbon legalisation and fiscal measures. • Audit and review compliancy with energy / carbon legalisation and fiscal measures making recommendations for process improvements the adoption of best practice and management systems as necessary.

• The upkeep of the infrastructure to support management of energy and carbon including software and metering. • Sustainability activities within the office. • Maximise opportunities for fiscal and carbon savings through efficient use of resources, reuse and waste minimisation. • Working with partners develop plans for improving the energy performance of buildings, including audits of building energy / carbon use. • Be willing and able to obtain relevant accreditation, for example to carry out formal audits and assessments as necessary, e.g. become a SKA assessor or accredited person to act for the University for the purposes of the UK ETS. • To carry out such other duties as are required by the, Head of Utilities, Director of Engineering or the Director of Estates. • To adhere to the university and Estate Office, Polices and Procedures. • To promote equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.

• Keep abreast of current thinking and developments in sustainability and education to ensure the relevancy of the approach taken. Educate, advise, and increase the capabilities others. Monitoring and Reporting • Develop and implement a cohesive approach to >Page 1 Page 2-3 Page 4-5 Page 6-7 Page 8-9 Page 10-11 Page 12-13 Page 14-15 Page 16

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