How we save water at LSBU
LSBU is committed to sustainability, and part of that means being aware and active in reducing our water consumptionDuring Water Saving Week in May 2020, the UK charity, Waterwise, tried to bring national attention to the “vital link between climate change and water efficiency”. At LSBU, we took stock of our water reduction efforts.
Being sustainable is something at the core of everything we do at LSBU, and going forward, we plan to improve year on year! Here, we understand how important it is to try to save water.
We now present here some data from the installation of waterless urinals around the campus. Firstly, it saves water! It also saves money that can be put back into the university and makes us more sustainable. We are doing our bit to bring down the water consumption per person on our campuses.
Across two of the most heavily used buildings on the Southwark campus, the K2 and Keyworth Buildings, we saved over £28,000 which could be repurposed to help us stay sustainable. If you thought that was a lot, look at the change in usage in the then Learning Resource Centre (LRC), shown below.
This is a baseline usage reduction of 40%. We now save 2.5 million litres of water every year in just one of our campus locations – that represents over 150 litres per LSBU student per year.
We made a start and we will keep it going.
Read more about Water Saving Week.