Sustainable construction and transport
Construction and refurbishment
Over the past 10 years, we’ve invested over £350 million across all our campuses. We’ve revamped historic buildings and built state-of-the-art facilities. We’re proud to be one of the most sustainable universities in the world. Our Design brief for Sustainable Development (PDF 274KB) means that all new major developments achieve BREEAM Excellent and an Energy Performance Certificate rated ‘A’. This policy has helped us to create sustainable buildings across our sites.
Travel and transport
Our Workplace Travel Plan (PDF 1.33MB) encourages sustainable transport.
In 2020/21 Scope 3 carbon emissions associated with staff and student commuting accounted for 603 tCO2e. Our target is to reduce Scope 3 carbon emissions associated with staff and student commuting by 54% no later than 2040, from a 2018/19 baseline.
Detailed baseline and reduction targets for all scope 3 emissions can be found in version 12 of our Carbon Management Plan (PDF 4MB).
Read our Sustainable Travel Guidance (PDF 87 KB), part of the Staff Travel Policy that is available on our staff intranet.
Cycling to our Colleges
On top of having access to London's world class public transport network, we have great facilities for staff and students to make cycling to work easier, including:
- over 600 secure parking spaces
- showering facilities available across several Colleges
- funding to buy a bike as part of the government's Cycle to Work initiative.
View our Workplace Travel Plan (PDF 1.33MB) for more information.