The Department of Chemical Engineering’s Sustainability Committee has been formed to put into practice its commitment to achieving Net Zero goals by analysing and reducing the carbon footprint of the department. Once it has identified key areas for improvement, it will work with teams across the department and the college to introduce and support more sustainable practices. To learn more about Imperial’s wider Sustainability Strategy please visit the Sustainable Imperial website. 

Their key focal points will be:

  • Carbon footprint boundaries and scoping
  • Quantifying annual carbon emissions
  • Informing a carbon mitigation plan 

The committee has been working closely with the Estates team, Finance, and the Department’s Services and Safety Manager to gather data on energy usage and departmental travel. Our initial carbon footprint findings have been published as a paper. 

The data falls into three scopes:

Scope 1: Emissions that happen on the premises
Scope 2: Emissions associated with electricity consumption and heat consumption for heating the building
Scope 3: All other emissions, for example those generated by commuting and business travel

Following the completion of their study they will outline key recommendations to reduce the carbon emissions generated by the Committee.

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