Energy

What We Can Do Together at New College

At both our North Star and Queens Drive sites have switched over 80% of the lighting to efficient LED lights over the last 5 years. This has led to a substantial reduction in our electricity consumption.

In 2018 / 2019 our North Star campus completely switched the boilers from oil which led to a significant improvement in energy efficiency as well as reducing our carbon footprint.

Queen’s Drive also has solar panel system which helps to use our campus effectively to produce renewable, clean energy.

What We Need To Do Individually

USING LESS

Use less energy – particularly use of gas for heating.

USE RENEWABLE ENERGY

Switch to renewable energy providers to help build renewable capacity.

Challenges

• Rising gas and electricity consumption
• Gas consumption is the biggest direct source of carbon dioxide release
• Electricity production needs a rapid switch and building renewable sources