Our Journey to Net Zero

RGU is committed to addressing challenges associated with global sustainability and creating a more sustainable future by protecting our environment, minimising our carbon footprint to meet net zero targets.

Operationally, the University is developing a fabric first approach to ensure the energy efficiency and sustainability of all our buildings and campus operations.

As a Public Body, we report our emissions annually as part of our Public Sector Climate Change Reporting, which can be found online at the Sustainable Scotland Network.

The University has waterless urinals, which are helping save more than one million litres of water a year. Sales of ONE water in our cafeterias, where part of the sale goes to fund wells in Africa, have led to RGU supporting two wells. The Sir Ian Wood Building has a ground source heat pump which is working to supply heating around the building. Our estates team use electric grounds equipment with a view to reducing a reliance on petrol powered apparatus completely.

One of RGU's key priorities is to reduce the overall environmental footprint through carefully targeted actions, interventions and choices. These include:

• Use 100% green electricity across the campus
• Identify options to decarbonize RGU heat demand
• Reduce water consumption
• Increase focus on carbon footprint in each of our contracts