What is the role of the Carbon Reduction Fund in helping Climate Change

By District Energy posted 02-06-2019 12:21

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Leading the way to 2050

Scotland’s universities play a fundamental part in the life of the country and are diverse and complex institutions. Between them they have five medical schools, three dental schools and two vet schools. There is an art school, a conservatoire and an agricultural college. But no matter what the size, the speciality or the location, Scotland’s 19 universities are committed to reducing their carbon footprint.

As for any other business or institution change comes at a cost and a lack of funding can mean the difference between a carbon reduction project happening and it remaining a well-intentioned idea in a strategic plan. It was a desire to help remove this barrier that led the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to introduce its University Carbon Reduction Fund.

Launched in 2017, the fund has two strands; one that supports large-scale programmes from £500,000 to £5 million and one that supports smaller-scale energy efficiency projects. In the first year of the funding scheme 15 applications were funded to a tune of just over £16 million.

Amongst the larger projects was funding towards the University of Strathclyde’s £20 million Combined Heat and Power (CHP) District Heating system, itself part of a long-term, £650 million investment in the university’s infrastructure which is set to reduce its carbon-dioxide emissions by 4,500 tonnes and save £2 million a year.

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