RSC: Proposed Actions by Hall, 26 Oct 2009
Focus Proposed Actions Prioritise (score out of 3)
Area
HALL Energy, Q1. Is it Q2. Is it a
Waste & a quick / big win
Lifestyle easy (economic,
win? social &
environmental
return on
investment)?
Bankside Energy motion sensors attached to the lights in the 2 3
basement and in corridors
Bankside Energy replace light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs 2 2
Bankside Energy cap h20 temperature 3 3
Bankside Lifestyle engage the local community 3 3
Bankside Lifestyle reduce red meat consumption within cafeteria 1 3
Bankside Lifestyle wall magazine notice board--with an environmental 3 1
and sustainablitiy concept
Bankside Lifestyle stock kitchens with cookware 3 2
Bankside Waste compost for cafeteria 3 3
Bankside Waste compost for kitchens 3 2
Bankside Waste compost facilities in rubish rooms 3 2
Bankside Waste plastic cups in the canteen (replacement thereof 3 3
with re-usable ones)
Bankside Waste drying racks
Butlers Wharf Lifestyle 2nd Flats competition 2wks later for 2wks End of 3
1st wk - reenergize, get into details, offer all tips
imaginable on a CHECKLIST (fridge energy
consumption when door open, curtains to keep
heat in at night)
Butlers Wharf Energy Put stickers, pictures and posters at strategic
places: on lifts – comparing the energy needed by
the lift and the calories you could burn using the
stairs
Butlers Wharf Energy Put stickers, pictures and posters at strategic
places: in kitchens – tips like putting a lid or boiling
just enough water in the kettle, cooking for several
at the same time: sharing meals saves time,
Butlers Wharf Energy energy and you must and posters atfun
Put stickers, pictures admit is more strategic
places: in showers – showing the number of litres
you use on average each minute in the shower and
how many people die each year because of a lack
of drinkable water .. etc.
Butlers Wharf Energy Reduce heating time: further limit the number of 3 0
hours heaters are working – if possible put a
boundary on maximal temperatures (never be in T-
shirt, always wear a sweatshirt!)
Butlers Wharf Energy Dryers: if there is a way to reduce dryers time and 1 2
power: clothes are always really hot and dry way
before the end – or think about it when buying new
ones
Butlers Wharf Energy One week Flats competition on minimising energy 3 0
consumption + offer an awesome winning prize to
elicit even more drastic actions at the next
competition
Butlers Wharf Lifestyle Catchy e mail introducing our vision and goals. 2 0
Followed by many e mails and articles
(newsletters) each week to take root in the
residence culture, identity
Butlers Wharf Lifestyle Show it's something big, important & supported by 0 1
LSE - Green day 10/10 (Sat or Sun): Get people
come to Common Room, explain 10:10, chat, build
a community. Sign people up to 10/10 (+use
Butlers Wharf Lifestyle food/drinks to attract students) want, what they
Make surveys on what residents 0 2
think could be improved + some prize for the best
suggestions (better understand students, have
them reflect a bit on environmental issues)
Butlers Wharf Lifestyle Publish every improvement and results in 2 0
newsletters: “We listened to your suggestions in
surveys and did it!” Screen movies to inspire and
incite actions
Butlers Wharf Lifestyle Free fun event (using the money saved) for top ~4 1 0
flats Students talk about their measures & thoughts
Attractive project - “cool” & break “taboo subject” &
“automatic reluctance” people have around
Butlers Wharf Lifestyle environmental discussions
More Green Plants in kitchens and on balconies 1 2
Butlers Wharf Lifestyle Develop a directory of bio/environmentally-friendly 2 1
stores and markets around Butlers Wharf
Butlers Wharf Waste Bags Banks: incite residents to reuse their plastic 3 0
bags for their own bins – collect extras, offer them
to students going shopping and collect them back
afterwards
Butlers Wharf Waste Introduce recycling boxes: for ink cartridges, 3 0
batteries, scratch paper etc.
Butlers Wharf Waste 2nd hand books exchanges: create a website for 2 0
students to find buyers/sellers of academic
textbooks or more personal books
Butlers Wharf Waste Invest in a water tank on the roof to collect rain 0 3
water – to be used for toilets and green plants
College Hall Energy Dimmed lights in corridors / Motion sensor lights. 2 3
College Hall Energy Post energy consumption divided per room and 1 3
give back money saved. Or invest in something for
the hall.
College Hall Energy Double glazing windows. 1 3
College Hall Lifestyle Going door to door and talking to all residents 1 3
College Hall Lifestyle Getting Mailing Lists, regular updates, etc. running 2 2
College Hall Waste Food Composting and management (Will require 2 3
knowledge of the result of LSE’s tender)
College Hall Waste Placing more recycling bins and encouraging 2 3
residents to recycle
Grosvenor Energy Room equipment (lid, plug, manual, kettle, dryer
rack, etc.)
Grosvenor Energy Sensor in common room, computer room, laundry
room and common toilet, existing lightbulbs?
Grosvenor Energy 1-year bicycle rent programme
Grosvenor Lifestyle Signs (recycling, checklist in rooms, etc.) and
monthly newsletter, switch-off campaign,
encourage people to use stairs, sustainability
directory?,
Grosvenor Waste Separate bins in rooms – recycling and
composting?
Grosvenor Waste Plastic bag collector, battery and cartridge drop
Grosvenor Waste Bag for life
Grosvenor Waste reusable smart mugs & water bottles
Grosvenor Waste detailed information of room equipment
Grosvenor Waste environmental friendly products in LSE (LSE store)
Rosebery Energy Clothes drying racks 2 3
Rosebery Lifestyle Posters advertising how much it is if you used bus 3 3
to LSE each day for a wk, & what that's worth in
realistic terms (money could be spent on this top
from Topshop (picture) or M&S dine in for 2).
Rosebery Lifestyle Translates that money into an incentive for walking.
Directory on local produce, posters advertising the 3 3
price of food at the market
Rosebery Waste Advertise the food bin more so (I didn't know it was 3 2
a food bin until i opened it!)
Rosebery Waste Re use your plastic bag point. A bin in recpetion 3 3
where plastic bags can go, and people can grab
some before they go to Budgeons
Rosebery Waste Survey to gage how much people actually recycle, 3 2
ask whether introducing another bin into the rooms
(i.e. a bin for recyclables) would encourage them
Install motion activated lighting in hallways and
common areas of the residence ~ More difficult
project; degree of difficulty depends on the cost
and labor associated with the change. Requires
Lilian Knowles Energy
coordination with Sanctuary Management to obtain
their approval and buy-in. Professional workers
needed to complete project. Potential savings
could counterbalance difficulty of implementing
Install trash cans in front of the residence
entrance ~ Easy to implement; requires
Lilian Knowles Waste
coordination with Sanctuary Management to
purchase, install, and empty trash cans
Educate students about environmentally
friendly cleaning products (e.g. detergent that
Lilian Knowles Lifestyle does not pollute the water) ~ Easy; requires
RSCs to create and post flyers with pertinent
information in common areas of the residence like
the laundry room
Educate student about their energy
consumption by providing each flat with a
monthly read out of their utility usage.
Encourage students to reduce their
consumption. Award the top 3 flats with the
greatest consumption reduction with half of the
Lilian Knowles Energy
resulting energy savings ~ More difficult project;
requires the ability to produce this information as
well as Sanctuary Management's approval of the
end of year award scheme. RSCs to promote
initative and assist in the distribution and tracking
of student utility usage
Adopt the plastic bag collection initiative ~
Easy; set up a bin in Lilian Knowles reception
Lilian Knowles Waste
where students can drop off and pick up plastic
bags for shopping
Carr-Saunders
High Holborn
Northumberland
House
Passfield Hall
Sidney Webb Waste Institute a Plastic Bag Cycle at Reception 3 2
House (immediate)
Sidney Webb Waste Toilet paper bulk buy & resell for hall to residents 2 1
House at cost – organize through the hall committee. Self-
funding
Sidney Webb Waste Institute composting system at hall (or at least 1 3
House research alternative methods of dealing with food
waste) - - Begin researching possibilities of
composting / alternatives for food waste
Sidney Webb Energy Promote the Switch-Off Campaign: (immediate) 2 3
House o Major focus of this term: educating residents
about and promoting the campaign
o Around Christmastime, major information
campaign to remind students to turn all heaters
and electronics off over the break, and also to
consider offsetting the carbon generated by their
vacation travels. - Goals for energy reduction in
hall (Rob’s incentive scheme):
o Reduce energy usage by 10,000 kwh per month
as compared to last year
o Reward: £100 to carbon offset fund & £100 for
hall party
Sidney Webb Lifestyles Promote use of local markets, especially 3 2
House Borough Market – including organizing a hall trip
one Saturday.
o Organize a hall trip one Saturday to the market
o Educate students about the quality of the food at
the market and the financial savings
o Educate students about the social and
environmental costs of supporting chains like
Tesco (while recognizing that it’s inevitable to use
them for some things). Possibly bring a fruit &
veg vendors to Sidney Webb House on Sundays
- Work with local volunteering agencies & council
to organize a mass volunteer day
o Sandesh will be the point-person for organizing
this. Also, Gena has spoken with Jen at LSE’s
Volunteer Centre about keeping us updated on
possible upcoming opportunities
Sidney Webb Lifestyles Organize a mass volunteering day 1 2
House
Sidney Webb ALL Short term
House o Introduce ourselves to hall (at Halloween Party
this Saturday and through mass emails); provide a
reliable way that residents can send us information
or ask us questions about sustainability initiatives
o Establish and maintain communication with hall
committee (Sandesh), SU, Sidney Webb Hall
management, and other RSCs
Sidney Webb ALL Longer term
House o Create a monthly sustainability update that can
go out with the hall newsletter. This may include:
conjunction with Switch Off campaign)
area to research on our free time so that we can
put some of these facts up in the halls and here in
the emails
Sidney Webb Lifestyle Just for fun: Completing this table 2 1
House
Anson & Carson
Commonwealth
(Garden)
Connaught Hall
Hughes Parry
(Garden)
International Hall
Nutford House
Canterbury
(Garden)
LSE Estates Energy FOR ALL HALLS: assessing cost-effective
potential for low-energy lights, lighting control
(for common areas & corridors) & shower water
restrictors
LSE Estates Energy FOR ALL HALLS: completing Display Energy
Certificates
LSE Estates Energy ROSEBERY: Double glazing windows.
LSE Estates Waste In terms of recycling - the Waste Tender is near
completion and will work towards Zero Waste
management on campus and in halls therefore
until this is finalised RSC should focus on student's
rethink and reducing purchasing and reuse ideas
for their halls
LSE Estates Waste Rosebery hall food composting program diverted
21 tonnes
LSE Catering & Waste Thanks to the determination of Sustainable Future,
SU Smart Mugs are now available on campus
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/environment/OurInit
iatives/Procurement/SmartMugs.htm
LSE Catering & Lifestyle Green Facilities - Bike parking, water fountains &
SU shower facilities on campus - could do something
similar for halls -
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/environment/default
.htm
Ideas Energy Carbon ration books - http://www.1010uk.org/
Ideas Lifestyle Green maps
Ideas Lifestyle Video - http://www.dothegreenthing.com/
Ideas Lifestyle Annual Fund by 6th nov -
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/supportingLSE/achievements/
LSEAnnualFund/LSEAnnualFundGrantApplication.a
spx
LSE Estates & Energy Student Switch Off campaign on facebook -
SU http://www.studentswitchoff.com/
LSE Estates Energy Carbon Trust switch off stickers -
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/publications/publicatio
ndetail.htm?productid=PFL313
LSE SU Lifestyle Ethical Living guide by Justus Rollins - LSE SU
Environment Officer 2008/09
(score out of 3)
Q3. Will TOTAL LSE Sustainability Team Comments
it inspire SCORE Lead
hearts, (max 9)
minds &
hands?
1 6 DW Hold - LSE Estates reviewing
2 6 DW Yes - LSE Estates installing 600
Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL)
using Hefce / Salix funding so could
support communication of this
1 7 DW Yes - But focus on raising
awareness of water consumption.
LSE Estates is reviewing this plus
water must be stored at 60C and
leave water outlet at 50C to avoid
Legionela
3 9 Yes - but prioritise actions that can
demonstrate an impact around
waste & energy first
2 6 Yes - but a slow burn project. Pilot
during events or get people to
pledge to eat veggie one day a week
etc.
1 5 Yes - find out who updates. Good to
share with other halls
2 7 Yes - in June. Requires inventory for
each kitchen / person / floor. Need
to understand the needs of students
& to speak to Hall Manager first
(chat to Butlers Wharf Hall Manager)
2 8 CB Yes - specific to London Borough of
Southwark. See case study from
Rosebery Hall
2 7 CB Yes - specific to London Borough of
Southwark. Focus more on
educational ideas such as food
storage, womeries, purchasing of
reuse items, what's zero-waste? etc.
2 7 CB Yes - specific to London Borough of
Southwark. Focus more on
educational ideas such as food
storage, womeries, purchasing of
reuse items, what's zero-waste? etc.
2 8 Yes - should be banned. supply
water jugs, encourage use of
personal water bottles
0 Yes - include washing instructions
3 6 DW Yes - focused on lasting behaviour
change
0 LF Yes - prep & check-in with LF, link in
with Student Switch-Off, hard & fun
facts -
http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/actonco
0 LF 2/home/what-you-can-do.html link in
Yes - prep & check-in with LF,
with Student Switch-Off, hard & fun
facts -
http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/actonco
0 LF 2/home/what-you-can-do.html hard
Yes - prep & check-in with LF,
& fun facts.
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/what_we_
do/statistics/default.asp
0 3 LF Yes - prep 1) awareness raising 2)
special cases. LF to contact Alan
Wade regarding BMS in halls
0 3 LF Yes - prep poster. DW says it's £1
for 50 mins and supppliers say could
poss. go to 40 mins. LF to speak to
suppliers & IS to find out how it is
and how we'd like it to be. Not easy
so changed response to Q1
3 6 LF Yes - link with
www.studentswitchoff.org students.
LF will talk to directly organisers.
Flat by flat competitions cannot be
based on energy consumption as,
for example, no. of people may vary;
flats who regularly eat out consume
less energy etc.
3 5 Yes - prep with VH & IS to sign-off
3 4 VH Yes - link in with EMRG
2 4 VH Yes - VH to prep
3 5 Yes - Easiest to contact
su.soc.film@lse.ac.uk. Harder to
distributor, get licence to screen
(different companies for licence),
pay fee (depending on no. of
people), check film website, book a
room, make poster, advertise
3 4 Yes
0 3 Speak to VH - care, maintenance &
expense
0 3 Yes - charities
0 3 Yes - promote reuse of sustainable
bags
0 3 CB Yes - awaiting waste tender in some
instances, use temporary boxes or
talk to hall manager about having a
specific collection & where to put it
0 2 Yes - what exists already eg/
promote freecycle.com, use of
shelves in common rooms. Unused
books to go to your Hall Manager
who will pass this onto Chantal
Beaudoin then to Better World Books
0 3 DW Review legislation with DW, IS &
MS, go slowly
2 7 Speak with hall management -
encourage to join
www.studentswitchoff.org - need
previous energy consumption data.
Meanwhile copy easy wins from
other halls such as energy saving
tips
3 7 Speak with hall management -
Meanwhile copy easy wins from
other halls such as energy saving
tips
3 7 Speak with hall management -
Meanwhile copy easy wins from
other halls such as energy saving
tips. Not sure how this will it inspire
hearts & minds…
3 7 Link into existing hall events & wider
communications to cut down on
workload. Be clear about objectives,
time constraints eg/ is this the most
appropriate way to inspire / create a
sense of community?
2 6 LF looking into listerves for ALL halls
2 7 Speak with hall management - LSE
tender does not cover collegiate
halls.
3 8 Speak with hall management -
promote zero-waste
0 http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/
withouthotair/c15/page_88.shtml
0 DW Hold - LSE Estates reviewing.
Meanwhile do best practice & link to
student switch off
0 FC Yes - but easy win would be to
promote sustainable communting
eg/ students personal stories of
when they first learnt to ride, the
best dressed bike, cycle tours etc.
0 Yes
0 CB Demonstrate to students how they
can individually do this with a
cardboard box
0 Yes - share with other halls
0 Yes - promote, share with other halls
0 Yes -
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/envir
onment/OurInitiatives/Procurement/S
martMugs.htm
0 LF Talk with IS
0 Yes
1 6 Yes - where to purchase from, what
are the instructions & benefits. Using
environmentally friendlier
detergents. Share with other halls
2 8 Yes - or better still ethical /
sustainable options like Oxfam tops
& organic food
3 9 Yes
2 7 Yes - renew signage URGENT from
Estates side. Meanwhile students
can undertake continuous
awareness raising & ongoing spot
checks
2 8 Yes
1 6 Yes - waste audit & photos - decide
what the results will be used for.
Spot checks - top of bins only eg/
notice lots of polystrene
cups…where did they come from?
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 7
1 4
3 7
3 8
3 8
3 6
0 3 thanks for feedback guys :)
Alternative easy to implement
solutions welcome
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
possibly looking at Central Heat &
Power as well