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Environmental information
This section covers information the College holds relating to environmental issues.
Legislation:
Types of international treaties, conventions or agreements and community, national, regional or local legislation on the environment or relating to it.
There are no international treaties, conventions or agreements and community, national, regional or local legislation on the environment or relating to it.
Policy Relating to the Environment:
Policies, plans and programs held by the College and relating to the environment.
Environmental Policies
As a publicly funded institution and the provider of a public service, the College has a duty to ensure that all accommodation is provided and run in the most environmentally friendly way. In addition to seeking to address an accommodation need, the College will strive to ensure that buildings are designed to achieve optimum environmental benefits. It will also seek to ensure that the strategy is undertaken to achieve environmental advantage and that services are provided in the most energy-efficient way. Specifically, therefore, the College will ensure that all improvements to the estate have regard for the need to maximise the student-learning experience.
The College will adopt an environmental approach considering the following for sustainable architecture:
Design and Construction
The College is aware that, in November 2006, the Scottish Executive set targets for the level of recycled material specified in public projects, in line with the Executive’s commitment to sustainable development, sustainable procurement and recycling. It is understood that in construction applications, at least 10% of the total value of materials used on projects over £1m should derive from recycled or re-used content.
Reducing energy needs through good design, the employment of natural means of lighting and ventilation, the use of the “stack effect” to avoid air conditioning, the use of craft-based labour, as against machine production, at the building site, good packaging to avoid waste at the construction site, design for ease of dismantling and component reuse, are all considerations.
Building Use
The employment of energy management systems, high levels of insulation, janitorial training to save energy and waste, good maintenance programmes to preserve components and improve durability, measures to limit damage by vandals are all part of the impact judgment.
Demolition
The recycling or re-use of materials and components, the letting of demolition contracts subject to recycling clauses, the health risks in dust from demolition, the careful design of how to re-use rather than demolish existing buildings on site.
Progress Reports:
Progress reports on the implementation of the legislation and policies referred to in the above two rows when prepared or held by the Colleges in electronic form.
There are currently no progress reports on the implementation of the legislation and policies held by College.
Reports on the Status of the Environment:
Reports held by the College on the state of the environment.
There are currently no reports held by the College on the state of the environment.
Monitoring of activities effecting the Environment:
Data or summaries of data derived from the monitoring of activities that effect or are likely to affect the Environment.
There is currently no data or summaries of data derived from the monitoring of activities that effect or are likely to affect the Environment held by College.
Authorisations:
Authorisations with a significant impact on the environment and environmental agreements or a reference to the place where such information can be requested or found.
There are currently no authorisations with a significant impact on the environment and environmental agreements.
Environmental Impact Studies:
Environmental impact studies and risk assessments concerning the air and atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape and natural site including wetland, coastal and marine areas, biological diversity and its components, genetically modified organisms and the interaction among those elements affecting the college.
There are currently no environmental impact studies and risk assessments concerning the air and atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape and natural site held by the College.
However, environmental impact assessments are being undertaken in support of the new campus proposals.
Information of Facts Used in Framing Environmental Policies:
Facts and analysis of facts which the college considers relevant and important in framing major environmental policy proposals.
There are currently no facts and analysis of facts held by College which the college considers relevant and important in framing major environmental policy proposals.
