More UK universities are looking to go green in order to reduce their carbon emissions and according to one newspaper this is becoming an increasingly pressing issue for such establishments.
The Guardian notes that the Higher Education Funding Council for England recently stipulated that higher education institutions should have reduced their carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2020 against 1990 levels.
And by 2050 it is expected that universities should have cut such emissions by 100 per cent.
In light of this, more such establishments are contacting environmental experts to offer advice on where
energy efficiency and sustainability could be more of a focus.
As well as reducing emissions, such action could help universities
achieve cheaper gas and electricity bills.
"On campus, that means a growing need to hire graduates with a specialist awareness of the technicalities, costs and benefits of green initiatives. The university recruitment circuit is buzzing with environmental appointments," the Guardian states.
And it is not only universities that are focussed on going green, with the Yorkshire Evening Post recently reporting that Bankside Primary School in Harehills is set to undergo £9.1 million of construction work to make it more energy efficient.
