Awards

Sustainability Awards

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Times Higher Eduction - Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership

For carbon reduction project Halve the Half: evidencing and actioning energy waste to save millions in cost and carbon, saving £5.1 million in capital cost and 402 tonnes of embodied C02.

TechFest - Best Use of Technology: Carbon Reduction in Construction and Management

For project Halve the Half: The sector-wide opportunity for cost and carbon reduction.

"The winners are role models for inspiring behavioural change and creating buy-in large scale adoption." - TechFest

Digital Construction Awards - Asset Management Best Practice

Cardiff Metropolitan University saved more than £5.1 million in capital costs and £102,000/year in operational costs by engaging SmartViz

Halve the Half: Quadruple Award Winning Carbon Reduction Project

In our ambition to improve building performance, we used half-hourly meter data to expose where energy was being wasted and found that approximately half of our energy was being consumed out of hours. With this knowledge, we were able to prioritise low cost operational fixes such as adjusting heating schedules that allowed us to significantly reduce our energy use.

Fairtrade University

Rainforest Alliance

Sustainable Restaurant Association

Forest Stewardship Council

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We're a Fairtrade Campus!

About our Fairtrade Certification

Cardiff Metropolitan University and the Cardiff Metropolitan University Students' Union have a long-standing commitment to Fairtrade, supporting and selling Fairtrade products since 2003 and achieving accreditation in 2007.

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