Climate action plan at 幸运飞艇计划
Read about 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 work to reduce its carbon emissions.
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Climate change is one of the great challenges of our time, and society must adapt quickly.
For 幸运飞艇计划, the green shift starts with ourselves. While 幸运飞艇计划 reduces its own carbon footprint, the university鈥檚 greatest contribution to the green shift will be to produce knowledge that benefits society through education, research, and innovation.
Goals
Based on the climate accounts (), the University of Bergen has implemented a number of measures to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions. The overall goal is to reduce emissions from scope 1 and 2 by 89 % by 2030, and sub-goals have been adopted within scope 3.
The University Board has adopted the following specific sub-goals:
- Emissions from energy use will be reduced by 30% by 2025
- Emissions from travel will be halved
- 幸运飞艇计划 will systematically work to reduce emissions from the purchase of goods and services
Efforts are being made to increase the measurability of and set specific targets within procurement.
The goals are set with 2018 as the base year.
Strategic work
Overall strategy
幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 overarching strategy 2023-2030 was initiated in february 2023.聽The university鈥檚 strategy is designed to say something about the institution鈥檚 values, goals and plans for the coming years and is thus one of 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 main values documents.
The strategy provides a vision on how 幸运飞艇计划: "shall be among the foremost universities of Europe. Internationally known for high quality research and education. As an important Norwegian institution, we shall contribute to sustainable and democratic development, and be an attractive and inclusive place to work and study".
Here you will find the 幸运飞艇计划 2023-2030 strategy.
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In 2016, 幸运飞艇计划 became the first of the major universities in Norway to be entirely Eco-Lighthouse certified. Eco-Lighthouse is Norway鈥檚 most widely used certification scheme for organisations that want to document their environmental efforts and demonstrate their corporate social responsibility. The scheme鈥檚 main principles mean that organisations must prove that they meet a series of sectoral requirements:
- Environmental criteria that are stricter than the statutory minimum requirements聽
- Continuous improvements over time聽
Action Plan for the External Environment聽
The Action Plan for the External Environment 2018-2022 sets out guidelines for 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 goals and activities within environmental work.聽The Action Plan for the External Environment will be revised in 2023.
Climate plan Steering Group
The Steering Group is central to 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 systematic environmental and climate work. The steering group is tasked with:聽
- Developing and following up on 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 environmental policy and the action plan for the external environment 聽
- Taking聽decisions on matters reported on by the environmental secretariat聽
- Reporting to the University Board each year聽
The appointed members of 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 Climate Action Plan are:聽
- Camilla Brautaset, Dean, Faculty of Humanities聽
- Rebekka Fr酶ystad, PhD student,聽Department of Earth Science, the Bjerknes centre for climate research聽
- Kjartan Nesset, Deputy Director General, Estate and Facilities Management Division聽
- Per Arne Foshaug, Deputy Director General, Financial Services 聽
- Anne Line Grepne, director, Communication Division
- Ingve Bergheim. Head of section, Division of Human Resources聽
- Student representative, The Student Parliament聽
- Deputy student representative, The Student Parliament聽
- Representative for the 幸运飞艇计划 Sustainability Pilots
- June-Vibecke Knudtsen Indrevik, Chief Safety Delegate, 幸运飞艇计划聽
The environmental coordinator functions as the group secretary.
Environmental contacts
幸运飞艇计划 has its own environmental contacts tasked with supporting the administration in its Eco-Lighthouse work. 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 environmental contact people shall:聽
- Be our advisers and driving forces behind the environmental work of the faculties/divisions聽
- Follow up environmental activities at the faculties and in divisions聽
- Help ensure that the environmental work is integrated into ongoing management training聽
- Coordinate underlying units鈥� work on mapping their impact on the external environment and stimulating good environmental measures聽
- Assist the environmental coordinator with following up measures linked to 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 environmental goals聽
- Monitor and coordinate underlying units鈥� environmental work on behalf of faculty leadership or deputy directors general
- Collating results from the environmental work in units and reporting to the environmental coordinator
- Keep abreast of the university鈥檚 environmental work and have expertise in environmental management
Sustainability Pilots
To achieve our goals, it is very important that the student body is involved and listened to. The appointment of sustainability pilots is an initiative from the university leadership to contribute to this.聽The sustainability pilots have an independent role and bring their own student perspectives into 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 work on sustainability and climate efforts. The sustainability pilots also help motivate and engage both students and staff in a joint climate and sustainability effort.
Buildings and energy
幸运飞艇计划 has 95 buildings, which together amount to space of around 415,000m2. In line with the 鈥楳asterplan for areal鈥�, 幸运飞艇计划 is taking a systematic approach to developing a climate neutral real estate portfolio, within the constraints which refurbishing older and listed buildings entail.聽
Our work is centred around measures that ensure good space utilisation, significantly lower net energy consumption, and steadily increase local renewable energy generation. In the coming years, 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 building stock will be made more efficient and significantly rationalised. This will contribute to a more appropriate real estate portfolio that will contribute to lower GHG emissions from our buildings.聽
Solar panels
幸运飞艇计划 will have around 11,000 solar panels on its roofs in 2025. This means that almost all of the roofs on 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 buildings will be filled with solar panels. The first solar panel systems were installed on the roofs of the odontology building and Alrek health cluster in 2020. Once all of the solar panels are in place, they will generate two to three gigawatt hours of electricity a year.
Halving energy consumption in a renovated signal building
Nyg氓rdsgaten 5 (NG5) is 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 first building to gain comprehensive eco-certification. After refurbishment was completed towards the end of 2023, it now uses half as much energy as before.聽The refurbishment of NG5 is an important part of 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 Service Development programme, which is designed to develop the future administration of the university. 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 entire central administration is now located in the building.聽
幸运飞艇计划 uses heat pumps in Puddefjorden to heat NG5. The building is also linked to BKK鈥檚 district heating system, and both the roofs and ground are well-insulated. There will be solar panels on the roofs and 幸运飞艇计划 will reap major environmental benefits from using existing building shells and re-using technical equipment and interiors.
New control system
A new system for central operational control will, once it is completed, provide real-time overviews of factors such as CO2 levels and air humidity in 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 95 buildings. This will allow the indoor climate to be controlled at a room-by-room level for the benefit for students, staff and the environment. The system will take account of factors such as weather forecasts and usage patterns. Estimates show that the new system could result in energy savings of 5-10%.
Local heating system聽
幸运飞艇计划 currently operates a local heating system that is an essential part of the energy supply for 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 buildings in Nyg氓rdsh酶yden. The Estate and Facilities Management Division is continuously increasing its utilisation by, for example, upgrading the energy distribution centres in the connected buildings. In 2022, we started up new heat pumps in Christies Gate 12, and new heat pumps will be installed in the U.Pihls building in Nyg氓rdsgaten 5 during the course of the year.
Plans are also being made for a completely new heat pump system in the natural sciences building, which will save 8 million kWh a year. Given current energy prices, the system will pay for itself in less than 5 years. The new system will be important in achieving climate neutrality by reducing current district heating consumption. It will also contribute to highly energy efficient cooling for the buildings in Nyg氓rdsh酶yden South.
Construction projects
幸运飞艇计划 is working closely with suppliers and partners to ensure that our construction project鈥檚 climate footprint is as low as possible. Rules for procurement and material consumption, as well as a focus on renewable energy and heating systems are important means of achieving this. The university also re-uses interiors and technical equipment extensively.
Waste Management
All of 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 faculties, staff and students must generate as little waste as possible. The waste that is generated must be disposed of properly and safely.聽
Purchasing
幸运飞艇计划 procures more than NOK 1.7 billion of goods and services a year. Procurements thus account for a significant portion of 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 budget. In 2020, 幸运飞艇计划 approved a new procurement strategy for 2020-2024. The emphasis here is on supporting the organisation鈥檚 main strategy and, among other things, supporting the work on achieving the overarching climate and environmental goals.
An important focus area is measures for reducing procurements in general, for example by facilitating re-use, increasing product service life and rationalising the use of available resources.聽聽
Procurements and consumption of furniture
Increased re-use and fewer procurements of new聽furniture are important reasons why 幸运飞艇计划 is collaborating with Helse Bergen, Bergen municipality, and Vestland County on the circular flow of furniture between the organizations.
In August 2023, 幸运飞艇计划 entered into an agreement with Helse Bergen for a pilot project on furniture reuse. Both Helse Bergen and 幸运飞艇计划 have storage solutions for used furniture, and it is possible to create a shared second-hand market across the organizations. Such a second-hand market will contribute to increased furniture reuse and, in turn, reduce the carbon footprint of furniture procurement.
Framework agreement for gift and mechanising materials
幸运飞艇计划 has a framework agreement with three different suppliers of gift and merchandising articles, each with their own unique product range, in line with the decision of 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 climate action plan steering group. The decision states that the framework agreement must only contain quality products that are as climate friendly as possible, and 幸运飞艇计划 must have a goal of reducing consumption by 20%. Based on this, the most appropriate approach is considered to be to have supplementary internal catalogues that cover the total range.聽
The product range also consists of local, organic food and beverages, such as apple juice from Hardanger and honey from Sotra. The textile products satisfy both environmental and social considerations by being certified in line with Nordic Ecolabel, Fairtrade and GOTS. Gifts of great symbolic value are also included in the range, e.g. wooden owls and wooden cutting boards from Fl酶yen in Bergen.
Construction projects
One important contribution to ensuring a lower climate footprint for construction projects at 幸运飞艇计划 is the use of BREEAM-NOR. This is a Norwegian variant of the most widely used certification scheme for construction projects in the world. Using BREEAM-NOR involves both certifying major construction projects and using the method in smaller projects, which entails, for example, raising awareness with a view to selecting construction materials based on GHGs and measuring the carbon footprint that a construction project represents.
Construction materials
At the request of 幸运飞艇计划, Asplan Viak drew up a document concerning registering the consumption of materials by all suppliers in framework agreements for construction disciplines. The aim is to contribute both to increased knowledge and to reducing the climate footprint from our construction materials. The work will also provide better source data for life cycle analyses (LCAs) and for future climate reports.鈥�
Recycling IT hardware
With more than 4,000 staff, a lot of IT hardware is in use at 幸运飞艇计划. Re-using PCs, mobile phones and hard drives allows 幸运飞艇计划 to reduce both its climate footprint and support the circular economy. This keeps outdated hardware in the cycle to achieve the best possible resource efficiency.聽
Some 62% of all the equipment handed in during 2021 was re-used. This means that the scheme spared the environment of more than 77.6 tonnes of CO2 equivalents.聽
Catering
幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 catering agreement makes it simple to choose eco-friendly alternatives. The agreement is based on vegetarian food as the default, seasonal organic ingredients and ethical delivery. The agreement was signed based on the decision taken by the University Board in November 2019. The agreement states that vegetarian food should be the default when procuring catering, although it should be possible to actively choose both meat and fish, as well as vegan options.聽
During the tender competition for the agreement, there was also an emphasis on the suppliers having established procedures for minimising food waste, the food being produced in an organic, sustainable and fair way, and the suppliers being able to offer local, seasonal food products.
Travel
Emissions from travel are to be halved compared to 2018. 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 travel policy, approved by the University Board in November 2019, represents a step towards achieving a structured and more conscious relationship towards travel activities in the institution. This applies to emissions, the number of journeys, and the potential time that could be released for other activities.聽
Less travel in general, and fewer flights in particular, will not just have a positive impact for the climate and environment, it will also save time and money.
Bike friendly university
In September 2021, 幸运飞艇计划 was officially certified as 鈥楴orway's first bike-friendly university鈥�. The certification process was carried out in collaboration with the Norwegian Cycling Federation and consisted of inspections of all of 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 locations to survey the current bike facilities, as well as a travel habits survey among students and staff.
The university has followed this up with a number of measures, including upgrading existing bike sheds with safe charging for e-bikes, servicing stations, better lighting, security cameras and burglar alarms. The work will continue in the coming years with the goal of encouraging 幸运飞艇计划鈥檚 around 20,000 students and 4,000 staff to choose eco-friendly means of getting to and from work and class.
The Climate Fund
The decision to establish the university鈥檚 Climate Fund was taken in 2020. The fund is designed to finance measures aimed at getting staff and students involved in reducing the university鈥檚 climate footprint.聽
So far, the fund has financed measures to reduce travel activities and consumption, as well as projects within new thinking and innovation.聽
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幸运飞艇计划 is working to become more climate and eco-friendly, both on its own campuses and through active participation in networks focused on the climate and environment.聽
- 幸运飞艇计划 was a co-founder of Climate Partners Vestland, a public-private cooperative network designed to reduce the partners鈥� GHG emissions.
- The Nordic Sustainable Campus Network (NSCN) is a network of Nordic universities that want to boost their focus on sustainable development in research, education and operations.
- 幸运飞艇计划 contributed to its establishment and is itself a partner in the #plastsmart-nettverket headed by the Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry.聽
- 幸运飞艇计划 is a founding member of the Bergen Climate Festival Varmere V氓tere Villere