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- 1. UCC Library Maintaining Momentum @fitzdriscoll @ucclibrary Learning Spaces Co-ordinator Chair of the Library Sustainability Committee Martin O’Driscoll Some slides provided by Pat Mehigan
- 2. Contents Love Our Library Our campaign and its Impact. Where to next What’s next for UCC Library University College Cork Introduction to UCC, our Library and our Sustainability Ethos In the beginning How we mobilsed
- 3. CO₂ EMISSIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTED EMPLOYEES HOME University College Cork We’re an award-winning institution with a history of independent thinking stretching back over 170 years. UCC is proud to be ranked in the top 1.1% of universities in the world. Our beautiful university opened its gates to just 115 students in 1849. We now have a student population of over 24,000.
- 4. Education Awards - 2023 Excellence in Sustainability Award December 2022 -UI Green Metric Ranking - 7 th globally Times Higher Education - THE DataPoints Merit Award 2022 EAUC Sustainability Institution of the Year 2022 SEAI Energy Team of the Year (Green Campus) SEAI Inspirational Energy Community (Dingle 2030) SEAI Excellence in Energy and Innovation (MaREI Offshore Renewables) STARS Gold Accreditation, USA - 2022 2022 PWC Business Post Sustainable Business (Medium-Large) 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 62nd globally UI Green Metric Ranking 8 th globally - 2021 2021 Education Awards Best Green Campus 2010 An Taisce Green Flag Award (1 st Award) 2011 - UI Green Metric Ranking 4 th globally 2012 - UI Green Metric Ranking 3 rd globally 2012 SEAI Renewable Energy Systems Award (WGB) 2012 Green Awards – Green School/College 2013 An Taisce Green Flag Award (2 nd Award) 2013 Chambers Ireland Excellence in Environment Award 2013 SEAI Awards Outstanding Achiever 2013 UI Green Metric Ranking 2 nd globally 2013 Cork Environmental Forum Public Sector Award 2014 UI Green Metric Ranking 2 nd globally 2015 UI Green Metric Ranking 4 th globally 2016 An Taisce Green Flag Award (3 rd award) 2016 Pakman Business Recycling Award 2017 UI Green Metric Ranking 9 th globally 2018 STARS Gold Accreditation (first in Europe) 2018 UI Green Metric Ranking 9 th globally 2019 Green Awards Public Sector Organisation of the Year 2019 An Taisce Green Flag Award (4 th award) 2019 Pakman Innovation in Waste Resource Products or Service (BioCafe) 2019 UI Green Metric Ranking 9 th globally 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 32 nd globally 2020 UI Green Metric Ranking 9 th globally 2021 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 8 th globally 2021 Education Awards Best Green Campus 2021 SEAI Energy in Buildings award (Tyndall Phase 3) 2022 STARS Gold Accreditation, USA 2022 EAUC Sustainability Institution of the Year
- 5. Sustainability Citizenship Research Landscapes, Heritage & Natural Resources Learning & Teaching Food, Health & Wellbeing Recycling & Waste Management Energy, Water & Climate Change Procurement & Contracts Commuting & Business Travel SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY UCC’s sustainability strategy outlines the goals to incorporate sustainability into all aspects of university life and beyond.
- 6. CO₂ EMISSIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTED EMPLOYEES HOME About UCC Library ● Initially housed within the Quadrangle Building in UCC. ● 1983 the Boole Library was opened in the centre of the University campus. At the time the University had a student population of 5000 students. ● In 2007 a new extension added a further 6000m2 of space and brought the total study spaces to 2482. ● Service centred. ● Award Winning
- 8. Pat Mehigan Energy & Utilities Manager Where it began
- 9. • Accounted for 10% of overall electricity consumption. • Large water user. • Lots of needs and service. • The “heart” of the campus. The Estates view
- 10. Love Our Library Community Ann Byrne Grace McGlynn Emma Horgan Martin O’Driscoll Teresa O’Driscoll Marianne Moore Breeda Herlihy Maria Kirrane Pat Mehigan Alan Carberry Doreen Lundon Library Staff & UCC students Bidivest Noonan KSG
- 11. The Library: • Can keep any monetary savings for reinvesting. • Gains support from Energy Manager to assess how the buildings “live”, address legacy issues and identify energy conservation. • Receives Kudos. The Estates office: • Gets engagement at building level. • Can input into building operation and system settings. • Achieves a reduction in energy use. • Receives Kudos. The Saver Saves Scheme
- 12. CO₂ EMISSIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTED EMPLOYEES HOME Energy Saving Measures Fitted air barrier at entrance Retrofitted LED bulbs Natural Daylight LEDS AIR CURTAIN TURN OFF LIGHTS Managed access during low occupancy Rebalance ventilation and heating systems Test Bed for Collaboration CLOSED ROOMS MAINTENANCE ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS
- 13. Energy was too narrow a focus Waste Energy Usage Reduce the amount of waste and improve recycling rates ‘Saver Saves’ reduce consumption and reinvest the savings Water Cultural change Reduce water consumption and the use of single use plastics Educate library users and foster cultural change
- 14. Campaign Plan • Our Audience. • Our goals. • Getting there. • Momentum.
- 15. The Social Contract between the Library and the Student.
- 16. Our savings reinvested Door Curtain Water Fountains Green Wall Electric Vehicles
- 17. BINS SINGLE USE OFFICE WASTE 167 individual bins with plastic liners Waste, contamination and damage to building Bins and paper Our waste problem
- 18. Tackling Waste Removed all bins from the floors and replaced with recycling stations Bins Encouraged the use of reusable water bottles Water Stations Banned disposable cups Disposable Cups Removed all bins from offices and encouraged paperless solutions Paperless offices
- 19. Waste management
- 20. Water saving measures Outdoor water station Added an outdoor water station BYOB Bring your own bottle campaign Taps Reduce flows Replaced taps with auto stop taps Automatic Water Stations Upgraded the water stations with auto fill stations Metering Real time alerts to identify water waste
- 21. Water management
- 22. CO₂ EMISSIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTED EMPLOYEES HOME Smoking outside library doors Added much needed greenery To tackle the gum problem Bin The Butt Green Wall & Plants Gumball Replaced Library Van with an Electric model Washing facilities and reusable plates, cups etc For staff to use Transport Green Conferencing E Bikes Other Campaigns
- 23. Other Campaigns
- 24. WE REINFORCE THE MESSAGE We use our digital signage, social media, events and our website to constantly re-enforce our sustainability message
- 25. Impact to date Qualitative: Improved Internal Environment Better Behaviours Recognition Copied Community Conversation Starter Go-to test bed Quantitative: Reduced Energy Use Reduced waste generation Improved water conservation Rolling Investment
- 26. CO₂ EMISSIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTED EMPLOYEES HOME 918,000 KWH AVOIDED €65,000 REINVESTED 1 MILLION + LITRES OF WATER CONSERVED 250,000+ PLASTIC BAGS AVOIDED 1 MILLION + REFILLS IMPACT in Numbers
- 27. UCC Saver Saves Pharmacy Building Glucksman Gallery UCC Quad North Mall campus Environmental Research institute Green Labs Biodiversit y Trail Linking to researchers Urban Farming Outdoor Classroom Sustainable Print Policy Sustainable Investments Green Labs Environment & Health Activism and Art Schools Outreach Green Collections
- 28. Lost ground Increased waste Highlighted infrastructural problems Increased heating costs Smarter building Covid
- 29. Test Bed Internal Conditions Dashboard
- 30. 2023 UCC Goes Plastic Free Removed single use cups and Plastic bottles Plastic Free UCC
- 31. New developments - New Problems Vapes everywhere A Monster Problem Rebranding
- 32. CO₂ EMISSIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTED EMPLOYEES HOME The future ● New Sustainability Strategy ● Refocused Messaging ● Regain the ground lost during COVID ● Capital Investment ● Decarbonise the Energy load ● Digital Footprint ● Consumption Awareness
- 33. CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, including icons by Flaticon, infographics & images by Freepik THANKS! Do you have any questions? m.odriscoll@ucc.ie UCC Library Please keep this slide for attribution
Editor's Notes
- Set on 42 acres of wooded ground, only a 10 minute walk from Cork City Centre, our college was established in 1845 as Queens University Cork and opened its gates to just 115 students in 1849 Today We’re an award-winning institution with a history of independent thinking stretching back over 170 years. UCC is ranked in the top 1.1% of universities in the world with a student population of over 23,000. In March 2020, University College Cork celebrated 10 years since becoming the first University in the world to be awarded a Green Flag from the Foundation for Environmental Education. Green Campus involves a seven-step programme and a cycle of continual improvement. Campuses are fully reassessed, by a panel of external experts, every 3 years. UCC has successfully renewed it’s Green Flag 4 times. Green-Campus Committee. ... Environmental Review. ... Action Plan. ... Monitoring and Evaluation. ... Linking to Learning on Campus. ... Informing and Involving the Campus and Wider Community Green Charter. The Green Campus Programme in UCC has evolved significantly since its inception. Strong commitment and support from the highest levels in the university has contributed to embedding sustainability across our operations, teaching, research and outreach. The student-led Green Campus Committee, chaired by the Student’s Union Deputy President, meets regularly to discuss ideas and campaigns to improve our campus. These meetings feed into biannual meetings of the Green Campus Forum, which takes its membership from across all functions within the University. The forum ensures continuity and strategic oversight throughout the academic cycle. In 2016, UCC launched its Sustainability Strategy, which is framed around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and, in 2018, began to publish Annual Sustainability Reports.
- UCC is a global leader in sustainability in education and at the forefront of social change. In 2016, UCC launched a sustainability strategy setting out the goals to incorporate sustainability into all aspects of university life, including Research; Learning & Teaching; Energy. Water & Climate Change; Sustainability Citizenship; Recycling & Waste Management; Food, Health & Wellbeing; Procurement & Contracts; Landscapes, Heritage & Natural Resources; and Commuting & Business Travel
- As the student population grew the library was no longer suitable and resulted in multiple branch libraries being formed as new disciplines were added to the University. The 1972 development plan identified the need for unitary library and in 1983 a new centralised building was opened in the centre of the University campus. Designed by architects Murray Murray Pettit and built on the site of a quarry from which the limestone of the main quadrangle was constructed, the Boole Library forms an interesting contrast to the adjacent nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings. It was constructed using contemporary engineering advancements, seen particularly in the banded glazing with overhanging walls. The library is named after George Boole (1815-1864) who was the first Professor of Mathematics at Queen's College, Cork (now UCC) (1849-1854). He developed a new branch of maths - invariant theory - and is probably best remembered today for his theory of logic, Boolean algebra, which represents a fundamental step in the design of computers. At the time of its opening the University had a student population of 5000 students. The new library provided 1384 study spaces and occupies 10,000m2 over 5 floors. In 2007 a new extension to the east of the existing building was opened, It added a further 6000m2 of space and brought the total study spaces to 2482. It also included 12 new group study rooms to the facilities.
- In 2016, a review of buildings in UCC found that 87% of energy consumption was occurring in just 13 buildings. The Library which was one of the biggest users of electricity was chosen to pilot a “Saver Saves” scheme. A Green Team was established in the Library, with representation from across the different library units, and with the Energy Management team in the Buildings and Estates Department to monitor usage and identify areas for improvement. Over 6 months, the Library made energy savings equating to €20,000
- It quickly became apparent that focusing on energy alone was not enough for the ambition of this team. Members of the Library team felt passionately about the way in which “single-use” items, in particular plastic, have become prolific in our culture and are creating vast amounts of waste. The Library team wanted to tackle the culture of using an item once, throwing it away, and to influence what has now become an international debate. Supported by the cleaning contractors, an audit of bins in the library was carried out which revealed a number of things:
- We had over 167 small bins across the Library, each with a plastic bag, that cleaning staff had to empty daily and sometimes a number of times a day. We were using over 3,500 plastic bags per month and each of these was typically only 15% -20% full. Each bin had a high level of contamination, so our recycling rate was in the low 5% -10% range and effectively zero during semester. One of the biggest sources of contamination was liquid from unfinished coffee cups.
- We had over 167 small bins across the Library, each with a plastic bag, that cleaning staff had to empty daily and sometimes a number of times a day. We were using over 3,500 plastic bags per month and each of these was typically only 15% -20% full. Each bin had a high level of contamination, so our recycling rate was in the low 5% -10% range and effectively zero during semester. One of the biggest sources of contamination was liquid from unfinished coffee cups.
- Since the water stations were fitted in 2019 they have been used 253617 times that equated to 116808 litres of water. (Nov 2021)