Glossary and definitions

Abbreviation Definition

AMR Automated Meter Readings

BCP Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

BGB Bournemouth Gateway Building (BU building on Lansdowne Campus)

BMS Building Management System

Biomass boiler A heating system that generates heat from biomass e.g. woodchip

BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method; a standard for sustainable construction

BU Bournemouth University

Carbon Factors Factors that convert activity data into estimated greenhouse gas emissions data. The DEFRA carbon factors to be used for each reporting year are within the latest version published before the reporting year. The carbon factors used for the 2021/22 are the DEFRA GHG conversion factors published 2nd June 2021.

CECAP Bournemouth University’s Climate & Ecological Crisis Action Plan, to reach net zero emissions and embed environmental action across the university by 2030/31

Abbreviation

GIA

Definition

Gross Internal Area; the total footprint area of all BU’s buildings minus the widths of the walls

GHG Greenhouse gases

GSHP Ground Source Heat Pump kWh and MWh Kilowatt Hour and Megawatt hour

LED Light-emitting diode; a low energy lightbulb

LCP Local Climate Partnership (for Dorset and BCP area)

NbS Nature-based solutions; solutions to climate and ecological challenges that provide benefits to both nature and humans

Net zero emissions

Reducing gross emissions and then offsetting any residual emissions until the amount released is equal to the amount removed from the atmosphere

PGB Poole Gateway Building (BU building on Talbot Campus)

Solar PV Solar photovoltaic panels

SBT Science-based targets

(t) CO2e

(kg) CO2e (tonnes of or kilograms of) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) equivalent; the concentration of CO2 that would cause the same level of warming as a given type and concentration of greenhouse gas

DEFRA UK Government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DH Dorset House (BU building on Talbot Campus)

EAUC Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges

EEMS Environmental and Energy Management System, BU is certified to both ISO14001 and ISO50001

ESD Education for Sustainable Development

Scope 1 emissions

Emissions from activities under an organisations direct control such as those from gas boilers, fleet vehicles and on-site refrigerant leakage

Scope 2 emissions

Scope 3 emissions

Emissions from energy purchased for an organisation’s operations

Emissions from activities not directly controlled by an organisation such as those from the products we buy, commuting and waste disposal

SOV Single-occupancy vehicles, used typically to describe driving in a car alone

SUBU Students’ Union of Bournemouth University

UN SDGs United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Bournemouth University’s (BU) Climate and Ecological Crisis Action Plan (CECAP) is our response to mitigate our contribution to the negative environmental, social, and economic impacts that encompass the climate and ecological crisis and adapt to its impacts. This report is our annual progress update for the 2021/22 academic year. It is structured against our eight objectives and identifies both areas of progress and of improvement.

We report our actual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) for 2021/22 against our targets for all scopes. This reporting year, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have an effect through increased ventilation in our buildings while travel emissions are increasing due to reduced