CIBSE's 2018 Building Performance Champion: University of Oxford Carbon Reduction Programme

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10 December 2018
The University of Oxford not only tops the World University Rankings – it also heads its peers on building performance, after being named overall champion at last month’s CIBSE Building Performance Awards.

With 650,000m2 of floor space, the university understood that there were huge savings to be made from cutting energy use, so it started a carbon-reduction programme in 2011. This has been an unprecedented success. Over the past six years, it has saved an estimated 5,536 tonnes of carbon (tCO2) and £1.3m in annual energy costs – a feat that was recognised last month, when the university’s estates services team was crowned Facilities Management Team of the Year, and overall champion, at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards.

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