Check out Federation University Australia's TAKE2 Pledge

Federation University Australia

Higher Education

http://federation.edu.au/

Welcome to our TAKE2 profile page.

We’re committed to tackling climate change. That’s why we’ve made the TAKE2 pledge. Check out the work we’ve been doing to reduce our emissions and our plans for the future.

Make the TAKE2 pledge and join us in helping keep the temperature rise under two degrees.

Our pledge

Federation University Australia is a regional institute in Victoria with 7 campuses from Gippsland in East, Ballarat and Horsham in the west. Every 2 years the University sets principals and goals in the Sustainability Strategy. The current strategy can be found at:

http://federation.edu.au/about-us/our-university/sustainability/publications/sustainability-strategy

Our commitments

Our TAKE2 actions

Categories	Actions	Status	By When
Community
	Tell other higher education institutions about your work to reduce carbon emissions	Doing	N/A
	Tell other partners and networks about your work to reduce carbon emissions	Doing	N/A
Curriculum
Curriculum	Develop curriculum content that showcases opportunities for sustainability, including climate change	Doing	N/A
Culture
	Set up an environment team to find ways reduce emissions	Done	N/A
	Give staff and students training and information to reduce emissions on campus and at home	Will Do	N/A
Campus
	Conduct energy and material assessments to understand energy and material use at your campus	Done	N/A
	Develop and implement an environmental management plan	Doing	N/A
	Set an energy efficiency target for electricity use	Done	N/A
	Set an energy efficiency target for gas use	Done	N/A
	Buy renewable energy	Doing	N/A
	Do regular progress reports against energy efficiency and renewable energy targets	Doing	N/A
	Make lighting, heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems more efficient	Done	N/A
	Maintain equipment for optimum performance	Doing	N/A
	Monitor your energy use by tracking consumption data	Doing	N/A
	Install sub metering to monitor energy use	Done	N/A
	Install solar photovoltaic panels	Done	N/A
	Develop and implement a transport plan for fleet, public transport and active travel options	Will Do	N/A
	Develop and implement a sustainable procurement policy and action plan	Doing	N/A
	Plant trees or revegetate to absorb carbon emissions	Doing	N/A

Federation University Australia

Higher Education

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