Carbon

  • Redeveloping sustainably: supporting the community at Castle Leazes

    As works progress on redeveloping the University’s vast Castle Leazes student accommodation, sustainability is being considered at every step. Examples of this work include plans for Biodiversity Net Gain on the site and the decision to deconstruct the Halls rather than demolishing them to reuse and recycle as many of the buildings’ materials as possible.…

  • Combining energy and sustainability: upgrading Newcastle University’s Merz Court Energy Centre

    Heating and powering our campus is one of the University’s largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions and so work to improve the efficiency of these systems is very effective at reducing our institution’s impact on the environment. To this end, a major project the University is currently undertaking is the installation of a Combined Heat…