UNSW 100% Renewables - Week 11 Entry 2


Not many students around the world can proudly say that their institutes are helping to save the planet. UNSW has reached an agreement with Maoneng Australia and Origin Energy to have 100% of their energy needs supplied by photovoltaic solar energy. This energy agreement will allow UNSW to go fully      energy carbon neutral by 2020.
This initiative coupled with UNSW’s prominent standing as a world leading university not only allows the university to benefit the environment but most importantly sets an example for universities and institutions world wide to strive for a more sustainable future. This creates opportunities for other institutes to have a case study as the university progress forward with the initiative. Other practices and institutes other than universities can also start thinking of different beneficial initiatives that could benefit sustainability as a whole.
Environmental sustainability is a collective effort and not only requires brilliant initiatives such as this to progress forward but requires the assistance from individuals to institutes and organisations, to governments and an international cooperation. I hope UNSW’s efforts will be recognized by other institutes and hopefully be a starting point for the other institutes to consider initiatives that best suit them to help contribute to a sustainable world.

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