BU is delighted to announce we have retained our first degree classification in the .
The league is the only comprehensive and independent league table of UK universities ranked by environmental performance and only 30 out of 154 universities from across the United Kingdom were given a 鈥榝irst class鈥� award.
BU achieved full marks in the 鈥榚nergy sources鈥� category thanks to our new solar photovoltaic聽units on Poole House and using combined heat and power energy. We also scored highly for 鈥榳aste and recycling鈥� which commends our low waste production and high recycling rate. This is a testament to the combined efforts of our students and staff taking care to consume responsibly -聽find out more聽about how you can help us to achieve our recycling target by July 2020.听
Sustainability Manager Dr Neil Smith said: 鈥淲e are delighted to have retained our first class degree since the League started in 2007, despite the changes in criteria and methodology.听The League is yet another way to highlight the work we are doing to embed sustainability across BU.鈥�听听
