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At-Bristol Science Centre

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Visitor attraction

Educational charity

Community engagement

Science teacher CPD

Venue hire

Exhibition design and manufacture

246,000 visitors & 57,000 school children annually

11 acre city centre location – 2 buildings, 2 public squares, 1 car park, 1 Big Screen

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Working to be an exemplar sustainable organisation Environmental Energy Water Waste Travel Procurement Nature

Social Access, Inclusion & Diversity Community Engagement Fair Trade

Culture change across the whole organisation led by the Sustainability Action Group

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Awards and accreditations Gold Green Tourism Business Scheme Award

South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2011-2012: Silver – Sustainable Tourism

Bristol Tourism and Hospitality Awards 2012: Winner – Sustainable Tourism

VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013: Highly Commended – Sustainable Tourism

West of England Carbon Challenge Carbon Champion Award Winners 2011, 2012 and 2013

Catering accreditations in partnership with Elior: Gold Soil Association Food for Life Award, Silver Fairtrade Business Award, Compassion in World Farming Good Egg & Chicken Awards, One Star Sustainable Restaurant Association

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How to turn a derelict listed building into a test bed for sustainable technologies

(when you have lots of money)

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A millennium project regeneration of the historic harbourside

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Renovation of a Grade II Listed Building

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1903 French Hennebique style railway goods shed

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2000 science centre with the latest technologies

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Innovative sustainable building systems

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14 years on, how to continue reducing energy usage

(when you have less money)

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21% energy reduction (and three carbon champion awards)

over three years

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Energy types

Electricity97%

Diesel & Petrol1% Flights

2%Gas0%

Electricity grid supply is green

contract with Eon

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Energy Reduction Group Chris Dunford Chair Annette Hawker Venue Hire Ed Williams IT Ellie Savage / Simon Ridge Estates John Whittaker Security Joie Ledger SLC Kevin Collett Elior Mari Knapp Exhibitions & Workshop Tim Robertson Almeda

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Sustainability Action Group Chris Dunford Chair Annette Hawker Venue Hire Ed Williams IT Ellie Savage / Simon Ridge Estates John Whittaker Security Joie Ledger SLC Kevin Collett Elior Mari Knapp Exhibitions & Workshop

Heather Smith Marketing Kat Adams HR & Volunteers Lucy Pope Fundraising / SMT Lucy Whigham VS / Bookings / Retail Mike Peacock Learning incl. LST Sheila Kearns Finance Simon Cooper Board of Trustees Tim Robertson Almeda

Behaviour Vs

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• Security trained to turn off as much of the building as possible as early in the evening as possible

• Cleaning team trained to turn off lights as they move about the building out of hours

• For out of hours events building systems only operate during the live event, not during the set-up or break-down times

• Signage to encourage staff to turn off lights and devices and to use

stairs instead of lifts • Staff trained how to use office heating, cooling and ventilation more

effectively and conservatively

Five examples of culture change

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• Modernisation of IT server equipment and virtualisation • High-tech lighting solutions: motion sensors, automated timed

control, LED’s Low-tech lighting solutions: pull-cords, lag switches, re-positioning switches to increase usage by staff

• Bin store extractor fan changed to run only during opening hours

• Ensuring that all exhibits are controlled by a single ‘exhibit switch’ and allowing different floors to be turned on and off separately

• Fine-tuning and introducing new programming into the control software of our building’s advanced environmental systems……

Five examples of ‘small’ technology projects

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3 large technology projects........

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Energy Monitoring System

138 sensors throughout the building Constantly recording energy usage of every electrical appliance 24 hours a day All data processing done in-house An invaluable tool for reducing consumption

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Typical daily usage

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The effect of cold weather

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The impact of an out of hours event

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Focusing in on exhibition consumption

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Base load when closed

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Photovoltaic array

50 kilowatt peak system 208 panels Large enough to power 11 UK households Providing 3.2% of our annual electricity use Meeting 20% of the building’s needs at peak performance Saving 25 tonnes of CO2 per year Currently performing 7.5% above predictions Funding grant from EDF Links to our educational programme Sustainabilityƒ

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LED car park lighting

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Stairwells: Compact fluorescents replaced with LED’s on lux level and motion control Decks: CDMTs replaced with bespoke LED’s designed to fit into existing fittings More consistent, brighter and cleaner lighting throughout (intensity = 196 lux, colour temperature = 4000K) Energy reduction of approximately 65% across the whole car park Saving 330 tonnes for carbon dioxide per year

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Energy reduction plans for the future

Lighting improvements in event spaces LED lighting roll out BMS optimisation Water reduction drive Replacing air source heat pumps, and whole system analysis

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Business benefits...

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Attracting more business and funding For example, green venue hire.........

Mission benefits...

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Sustainability Engagement

Incorporating sustainability into our mission to,

‘Make science accessible to all’

Using ƒ’s own sustainability journey as a case study to explore the larger issues

Developing innovative ways to engage traditional and new audiences with sustainability science

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Formal Learning

Workshops for school groups covering all stages of the curriculum

Key Stage 2 'Green Schools Revolution LIVE' funded by The Co-operative

Key Stage 2 'The Water Cycle' funded by Allianz Insurance PLC

Key Stage 3 'Climate Science Outreach Project' funded by Shell and Siemens

Key Stage 3 'Understanding Our World' funded by The Science & Technology Facilities Council

Key Stage 3 ‘Create Sport’ funded by The Institution of Civil Engineers

Key Stage 4 ‘Engineering Solutions for Sustainability' funded by Institution of Engineering & Technology

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Engineering Solutions for Sustainability

The Earth as a closed system, limited resource Thinking about international energy demand

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Options for energy on a national scale Engineering solutions for wind power

- Experimental design - Social and financial dimensions

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Engineering Solutions for Sustainability

At-Bristol as a case study of a sustainable organisation

Tours of our building technologies

Higher Education

Sustainability Internship Programme

MSc Science Communication Sustainability Placement

MSc Environmental Engineering Projects

Building used as a resource for trainee teachers and environmental chemistry postgraduates

Science teacher CPD (local, national and international with British Council)

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Informal Learning Events, activities and outreach for the public

Sustainability experiments at Festival of Nature & Electric Sunday

Sciencewise adult event debating renewable energy and the feed-in tariff and informing government policy

Tours and talks (Schumacher Institute, University of Bristol, Government Chief Scientific Advisor, Forum for the Future)

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Informal Learning Green After Hours event – Bristopia!

(part of Bristol’s Big Green Week 2013)

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Behind-the-scenes sustainable building tours Staff and volunteers – as training

School groups

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General public

Bristol’s Big Green Week

Bristol Doors Open Day

University students

British Interactive Group

Trainee teachers

Industry professionals

Local sustainability groups

Science Communication Master Class

Journalists & media

Venue Hire clients

Film crew for primary school sustainability club

Visiting delegation of Indian science teachers

Film crew from Czech television science show Sustainabilityƒ

Promoting our sustainability

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Bristol Green Capital “A low carbon city with a high quality

of life for all”

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European Green Capital 2015

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Chris Dunford

Sustainability Engagement Manager

01179157184 / 07967334184

chris.dunford@at-bristol.org.uk

Questions or comments?

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