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Saving energy – it's everybody's business

Before and after: the Arts Tower blackout saved 32% more energy than the 2013 weekend switch off

Cutting down our carbon emissions is everybody's business – and a new initiative is pitting building against building to see who can come out on top in the energy saving battle.

The Energy League will be launched on Thursday 1 August as part of the University's Energy Strategy to monitor energy usage on a building by building basis for the following year. Monitoring the energy usage has been done for several years, but the difference this time is that we'll be running a competition to see which building's electricity consumption shows the most significant decrease over a 12-month period.

So you can see what's happening in your building, we'll soon be launching an energy dashboard on the BeCause web pages where you can check what progress you and your colleagues are making. And at the end of the year, the winning building in each of three categories – large, medium and small – will receive funds to spend either on student scholarships or, in professional services departments, on team activities with an environmental twist.

More about the Energy League

More University news in Overview, the staff newsletter.

Looking for funding for international research collaboration?

Rachael ElderThis year the University’s partnership with Santander Universities has supported 20 staff and research students to travel abroad or fund inward visits. Dr Rachael Elder, pictured, has been working with a university in Mexico on clean energy and Emily Griffiths has been breaking new ground in Brazil researching malaria and dengue fever.

A new round of funding will open in September.

The University Santander year book will show you more, and includes the other strands of the partnership – student scholarships, employability, enterprise and industry collaborations.

Take a peek at this short film to hear from staff and students about the partnership.

Celebrate with our 2013 graduates

GraduationA new chapter is beginning for the students who graduated last week. We can all be proud of supporting them to achieve what they have.

Sheffield graduates often say that the best years of their lives were in Sheffield and a lot of that is down to the people who teach, mentor, guide and support them.

Here's a short film to give you a taste of what being at Sheffield was like for the class of 2013.

If you know anyone thinking about coming to Sheffield, don’t forget that Saturday 14 September is the final open day of the summer. They might also enjoy watching video blogger Laurbubble.

Meet the team

The staff web pages are maintained by the Internal Communications team:

Lindsey WilsonLindsey Wilson

Head of Digital Engagement
l.m.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
0114 222 5338


SomerSomer Finlay     

Projects and Communications Officer
s.finlay@sheffield.ac.uk
0114 222 9850

Internal Communications web pages