Congratulations to all Green Impact teams!

We celebrated Green Impact in style at the BeCause Showcase and Green Impact Awards. With speeches and presentations from Professor Sir Keith Burnett, Professor Rebecca Hughes, Keith Lilley and Professor Tony Ryan, it was an exciting and informative afternoon.

In 2013, Green Impact teams at the University completed a total of 2,013 greening actions. Of these, 1,230 were as a result of Green Impact.

Estimated savings made this year from our greening actions have been calculated. An estimated 1,976 people have been reached by teams campaigning for staff to switch lights off when leaving the room, potentially saving 217,024 kg CO2 and £33,908.

An estimated 1,844 people have been reached by teams raising awareness to print and photocopy double-sided, potentially saving 99,576 kg CO2 and £36,880 on resource costs.

Peter Madden, Chief Executive of forum for the future, explains the importance of Green Impact. Click here to watch his video.

Award winners at the event were presented with a certificate and an award made from a reclaimed slate. Best In Faculty award-winners will have the opportunity to plant a tree in the name of their department on University premises. Special award winners won a copy of Professor Tony Ryan's new book Project Sunshine. And the student Green Impact Project Assistant (GIPA) of the Year won a bike, kindly donated by Tony Ryan, and a day at the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) annual conference 2013.

Green Impact winners:

Working towards Bronze Accreditation

ACS Accommodation Office; Civil and Structural Engineering; Physics and Astronomy; Psychology Alfred Denny.

Bronze

Academic and Learning Services (LeTS and SCA); Admissions Service; Barber House & Annexe; School of Education; ELTC; Department of Human Metabolism; Humanities Research Institute; International Relations Office and International Office; Jessop West also Best In Faculty (Arts and Humanities); School of Law also Best In Faculty (Social Sciences); Mechanical Engineering; Taught Programmes Office and Student Support & Guidance.

Silver

Biomedical Sciences; Human Resources; Molecular Biology & Biotechnology; Outreach and UK/EU Recruitment; Psychology; Recruitment Support; SSiD; USE.

With Labs Bronze: Chemical and Biological Engineering; Chemistry also Best In Faculty (Science).
With Labs Silver: Oncology
With Labs Gold: Animal & Plant Sciences; Cardiovascular Science; Infection & Immunity.

Gold

Academic Clinical Psychiatry; Accommodation and Commercial Services; Corporate Information and Computing Services (CiCS) also Best In Faculty (Professional Services); Corporate Affairs; Estates & Facilities Management; Kroto Research Institute also Best In Faculty (Engineering).

With Labs Gold: SITraN also Best In Faculty (Medicine, Dentistry and Health).
Gold Excellence: Finance, Planning & Governance Services and Research & Innovation Services: Small Steps.

Special Awards:

Office Depot Innovation Award

Winner: Corporate Affairs with Ice Age Challenge.
Highly Commended: Chemistry for their work with solvent recycling, CiCS with their virtualisation work, the Medical Teams with their medical garden and SITraN with their Olympic Sunflower Growing Competition.

Best Energy-Saving Idea Award

Winner: Chemistry for their work with fume cupboards.
Highly Commended: CiCS with their 'My Sustainable Print project, The School of Education with their revolving poster theme.

The Ecologist Environmental Hero Award

Winner: Sophie Allen, University of Sheffield Enterprise (USE).

Best Newcomer

Winner: Human Metabolism with 472 points.
Runners up: Infection & Immunity (429 points), Oncology (428 points), Cardiovascular Science (402 points), Human Resources (378 points.)

Most Improved Team
Winner: SITraN with 564 more points than last year.
Runners up: CiCS (358 more points), APS (331 more points), EFM (234 more points), Academic Clinical Psychiatry (230 more points).

GIPA of the Year

Suzanne Cobourne.
Highly Commended: Lucy Graham, Alistair Wardrope, Chris Osborne, Stefan McKenzie, Emma Holgate.