The Hanover Centre is an old and inefficient building. Trying to manage it in an environmentally responsible manner is a major challenge. We have made small but significant improvements to it in recent years, but now we have to face up to the problems and try to radically improve its performance.
Luckily, we don’t have to go it alone – Hanover 10:10, as part of Hanover Action for Sustainable Living (HASL) has agreed to be our partner in a joint project – the Hanover Centre Carbon Reduction Awareness and Community Engagement (RACE). They bring enthusiasm and expertise, and we bring an ailing building and a commitment to sharing everything we learn with the Hanover community.
Our first step has been to update our Environmental Policy to set out some guidelines, and now we are gathering as much data as we can about the usage of the building and the way that gas, electricity and water consumption has changed over time. From this we will begin setting out our priorities for action.
For further information see related pages on Carbon RACE, Student Projects, Student Team, and the University. For other work on insulation, then see Wall Insulation and the recent collaboration with Brighton & Hove 10:10
