The average students’ union spends £35,000 per year on utility costs.
The typical cost breakdown is: 50% on electricity; 10% on water; 18% on gas / heating oil (or heating charges to the institution); 22% on waste disposal.
Businesses waste 30% of their energy!
Action Energy, the Government-funded programme offering advice to businesses on saving energy, estimates that most businesses waste 30% of their energy.
If this is true, wasted electricity is costing each students' union around £5,250.
If it applies to all utilities, students’ unions may be wasting over £10,000 per year through inefficiency. In some instances, these will be conservative estimates.
Waste minimisation solutions
Our useful document identifies waste minimisation solutions to common problems identified in Students’ Unions. The majority of the recommendations cost nothing to implement.
Those that do require capital investment will generally pay for themselves within three-years. The less money your organisation has, the more justification there is for investing in waste minimisation.
Download our Waste Minimisation Tips Document
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