Renewable energy use
Dear University of Portsmouth,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information. If any of the information is unavailable, exempt, or beyond time/cost limits, please disregard these and provide the rest of the information.
1. Are you on a green/renewable energy tariff for gas and electricity supplies? Please answer individually for both.
2. Do you have any renewable energy installations at your buildings? If yes, please list them and include their capacity. Options might include:
Solar panels
Solar thermal panels
Wind turbines
Air source heat pump
Ground source heat pump
Biomass systems
Hydroelectric systems
Other (please specify)
3. Do you have any fully electric vehicles in your fleet for staff use (excluding hybrids)? If yes, how many?
4. Do you currently employ a staff member whose main responsibility is overseeing the implementation of sustainability strategies, such as a “Sustainability Officer”?
5. In the 2022/23 academic year, did you offer your students workshops or lessons on sustainable practices? If yes, please provide details or examples of these initiatives.
6. What eco-friendly initiatives are implemented across your buildings, such as bike schemes, recycling programs, etc.? Please describe them.
7. What were the estimated annual savings on energy bills from using renewable energy sources for the 2022/23 academic year?
8. How much energy is sold back to the National Grid annually from your renewable installations?
Please let me know if you have any questions or require additional clarification.
Yours faithfully,
Jamie Dixon
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Dear Jamie,
I refer to your email of 14 May 2024 in which you submitted a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your request relates to
renewable energy usage.
As you may be aware, the University has 20 working days in which to
respond to your request. Therefore, I will respond more fully by 12 June
2024, although if it is possible to reply before then I will do so.
Should you have any queries before then, however, please feel free to
contact me again by replying to this email.
Yours sincerely
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Member of the [1]Neurodiverse Network, the [2]LGBTQ Staff
Network and [3]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [4][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [5]www.port.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth,
PO1 2EG
[6][IMG]
Please don’t take offence if I don’t reply to say ‘thank you’. If every UK
adult sent 1 less courtesy email a day, we’d save over 16,400 tonnes of
carbon a year – so, [7]think before you thank.
Dear Jamie,
Please find attached a response to your Freedom of Information Request,
with apologies for the delay.
I trust the information in the attached letter is helpful to you but if
you have any further queries, please feel free to contact me by replying
to this email.
Yours sincerely
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Member of the [1]Neurodiverse Network, the [2]LGBTQ Staff
Network and [3]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [4][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [5]www.port.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth,
PO1 2EG
[6][IMG]
Please don’t take offence if I don’t reply to say ‘thank you’. If every UK
adult sent 1 less courtesy email a day, we’d save over 16,400 tonnes of
carbon a year – so, [7]think before you thank.
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 15:40, C- ID <[8][email address]> wrote:
Dear Jamie,
I refer to your email of 14 May 2024 in which you submitted a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your request relates to
renewable energy usage.
As you may be aware, the University has 20 working days in which to
respond to your request. Therefore, I will respond more fully by 12
June 2024, although if it is possible to reply before then I will do
so. Should you have any queries before then, however, please feel free
to contact me again by replying to this email.
Yours sincerely
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Member of the [9]Neurodiverse Network, the [10]LGBTQ Staff
Network and [11]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [12][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [13]www.port.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace,
Portsmouth, PO1 2EG
[14][IMG]
Please don’t take offence if I don’t reply to say ‘thank you’. If every
UK adult sent 1 less courtesy email a day, we’d save over 16,400 tonnes
of carbon a year – so, [15]think before you thank.
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