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27 Sep 2016: Over the last month we have been busily reviewing all the projects carried out over the last year. The learning from each of these projects will be sent to Estate Management to inform, where possible, building and operational plans.

22 Aug 2016: We’ve got a lot on the cards for 2016/17. Ten academic projects are already underway. Potential future projects, identified by Estate Management staff, will be appearing on the Living Lab webpages shortly. This will help create more project

25 Oct 2016: 5 October was Vegware’s Green Day in the Hauser Forum’s West Café. Vegware staff were on site to speak to staff and students about the compostable Vegware containers, cups and packaging that are used in the café.

29 Mar 2016: On the 22 March it was 'World Water Day', which got us thinking. How much water does the University use and what are we doing to reduce it? Across the University estate in 2014-2015 we used 366,109m3 of water. That’s enough to fill King’s

27 Jun 2016: The University of Cambridge is proud to be one of the first organisations in the UK to receive ‘Go Ultra Low Company’ status. This newly launched initiative recognises organisations that are embracing electric vehicles (EVs) as part of a new

27 Sep 2016: Last month we ran a waste & recycling quiz as part of Spotlight on Waste month.

19 Dec 2016: Last month was Spotlight on Energy month and we challenged you to test your knowledge of all things energy at the University with our online quiz. Congratulations to Kayleigh Paske from the Department of Psychology who won our prize. Below we give

25 Nov 2016: Estates Facilities have taken a number of steps in recent years to make the University fleet sustainable. These steps include; reducing fleet size, tracking vehicle use, driver training, the development of the Sustainable Fleet Management Policy and

4 Jan 2016: The results are in! We asked commuters about their journeys to work from Saturday 10 October to Friday 16 October 2015. Over 2,500 University staff responded, providing information on over 13,000 journeys made to work each week.

22 Feb 2016: In this month’s lowdown, we bring you an update from one of the Living Lab-supported projects and fill you in on some exciting student opportunities!