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Environmental Sustainability
Many environmental sustainability initiatives have been implemented by GOTAFE over recent years. Our environmental performance has been enhanced through our participation in a ResourceSmart Tertiary Education program with Sustainability Victoria in 2010 and the development of Environmental Management Plans, and further, through benchmarking with other TAFEs and university members of the Sustainable Campus Group.
Key performance outcomes of the 2011 Environmental Management Plan are summarised in the following table:
|
Environmental Impacts |
Environmental Management Plan Target |
Performance |
|
Electricity (kWh) |
Reduce by 5% on 2009 level by the end of 2011 Purchase 25% of electricity from renewable sources for 2011 |
Reduction of 7% Purchase 27.8% |
|
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CO2-e) |
Reduce by 5% on 2010 level |
Reduction by 6.8% |
|
Waste generation (tonnes) |
Reduce by 10% on 2009 level by the end of 2011 |
Reduction by 2% |
|
Water (kL) |
Reduce by 15% on 2009 level by the end of 2011 |
Reduction of 26% (Note 2) |
|
Automotive Travel (Km) |
Reduce travel by 10% on 2009 level by the end of 2011
Increase to 70% proportion (of Institute vehicles) |
Increase of 18.8%
87% |
Notes
1. Data is for all campus sites, except shared sites at Western District and Beechworth and Dhurringile prisons
2. Data is for the four major campus sites (Benalla, Seymour, Shepparton, Wangaratta)
3. Data is percentage of LPG and diesel fuel to total fuel purchase
Last modified by Tillmann Sauer 17-Aug-2012
