The Short List

Massive congratulations to those projects and institutions that have been short listed for stage 2 of the 2009 Green Gown Awards. The standard of entries was high and as always the judging was tough!

Stage Two Shortlist

Carbon Reduction

• University of Cambridge

High Visibility Building Energy Management Systems on the Web

• University of Central Lancashire

UCLan’s Commitment to Become a Model International University for Sustainability

• Leicester College

Counting the Carbs

• Swansea Metropolitan University

Swansea Metropolitan University Meets its Carbon Commitments

• University of Ulster

University of Ulster Coleraine Campus Wind Turbine Generator

• University of Warwick

Strategic carbon management reaps financial and environmental benefits, engaging staff, students and other stakeholder groups in a collective desire to improve performance.

Green ICT

• University of Bradford

Second life – staff and students join forces in the real world to recover and refurbish ICT equipment

• Cardiff University

ARCCA Datacentre – A Green Supercomputer Facility at Cardiff University

• City and Islington College

Greener ICT Service

• Imperial College London

Sustainable Electronic Procurement – Greening the Supply Chain using ICT

• University of Plymouth

PlymDESK5: Enhancing the University’s Green Credentials With a Full Life-Cycle Desktop Service

• Queen Margaret University

Queen Margaret University, Scotland – RE:LOCATE Thin-Client Project

Continuous Improvement - Specific Area

• University of Gloucestershire

Greener by Degrees: Supporting the development of sustainability in the curriculum

• University of Hertfordshire

Improving Resource Efficiency at the University of Hertfordshire

• University of Leeds

University of Leeds Transport Plan

• University of Lincoln

Closed Loop Office Paper Recycling System – yoyo

• Oxford Brookes University

The long and winding route of sustainable travel planning

• University of Warwick

Warwick’s Enhancements to its CHP – From good to great.

Continuous Improvement - Institutional Change

• University of Bradford

Ecoversity: Beyond Greening

• University of Dundee

Raising the Green

• University of Wales Newport

Continual Environmental Improvement at the University of Wales Newport

• Oxford Brookes University

From Environmental Management to Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility

• Pembrokeshire College

Embracing the sustainable challenge on all fronts

• University of Plymouth

A model for Institutional Change and Transformation

Courses

• University of Bradford

From Archaeology to Zoology : Education for Sustainable Development for all

• University of Central Lancashire

Cross institution curricula development to educate students for global citizenship by integrating Sustainable Development into curricula across the University.

• University of St Andrews

The University of St Andrews Sustainable Development Undergraduate Programme

• University of Sheffield

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Enhancing Sustainable Development Teaching in the Higher Education Built Environment Curriculum

• University of Strathclyde

Sustainable Development Education at the Faculty of Education

• University of Worcester

Masters in Sustainable Development Advocacy: integrating the Brundtland, Stern and Leitch agendas

Research

• University of Birmingham

Hydrogen cars drive sustainability on campus

• Edinburgh Napier University

Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heater (ICS-SWH)

• University of Gloucestershire

Improving investment and impact of education on sustainable development

• Somerset College

Outside the green box - embedding Education for Sustainable Development through the use of co-operative inquiry

• University of Sussex

Informing the global deal on low carbon technologies to tackle climate change

Sustainable Construction & Refurbishment

• University of Bedfordshire

Butterfield Park Campus

• London School of Economics and Political Science

New Academic Building (NAB) – BREEAM Excellent refurbishment project

• University of Manchester Students’ Union

Manchester Academy Refurbishment

• Nottingham Trent University

Newton and Arkwright Transformation

• Pembrokeshire College

First BREEAM excellence in the UK for Pembrokeshire College

• Plumpton College

A sustainable building providing classroom and office facilities for teaching vocational courses at one of the College out-centres

• Queen Margaret University

Queen Margaret University, Scotland – RE:LOCATE

Residences

• University of Bath

"Excellent" sustainable building deserves recognition

• University of Glamorgan

Carbon Reduction Projects at University of Glamorgan Residences

• Kingston University

End of Term Halls Donation Scheme

• Lancaster University

Eco-Residences

• London School of Economics and Political Science

Moving Towards Zero Waste: Implementing Reuse Schemes for Halls of Residence

• London School of Economics and Political Science

Sustainability Champions in Halls of Residence

Student Initiatives

• Birmingham University

Vale Festival

• University of Bradford

Kapow! – students as agents of change

• University of Brighton Students Union & University of Brighton

Sustainable Champions

• Lancaster University Students Union and Lancaster University

GreenLancaster— a student led partnership initiative

• Leeds University Union

Water shouldn’t cost the earth & Leave Leeds Tidy : Green Streets

• Stevenson College Edinburgh

Wikis to wormeries – a giant wiggle for sustainability

Social Responsibility

• University of Brighton

University of Brighton’s Community University Partnership Programme (CUPP)

• University of Chester

Community Carbon Reduction

• Keele University

Science for Sustainability: Sustainable Approaches for Sustainable Communities

• Pembrokeshire College

PET Project (Community-Based Learning) Social Accounts

• University of Plymouth

Shattering Glass Walls to Deliver Sustainable Community Enterprise

• Queen Mary, University of London

Clean living: the return to in-house cleaning at Queen Mary, University of London

Colleges & Smaller Institutions

• Ayr College

Ayr College Eco Warriors

• Bedford College

Embedding Sustainability

• Harper Adams University College

What makes students switch off? Understanding and influencing attitudes, behaviour and practice in campus energy use

• Leeds City College

Moving mountains, one pebble at a time

• New College Stamford

New College Stamford – A small college with large aspirations

• Warwickshire College

Sustainability at the core: Warwickshire College’s journey towards sustainability

If you have been short listed for stage 2, you will also be notified of your success by email. The deadline for completing and sending back your stage two applications by email is 12:00 noon on Monday 18 May 2009. No late entries will be accepted. Attached are all the documents you need. New for this year is the marketing information, please ensure this form is completed and sent back with your stage 2 application form.

Only those institutions short listed can apply for stage 2.

If you wish to announce the shortlist at a conference or event you are having, please use the PowerPoint presentation we have prepared.