The University of Sheffield
Accommodation

Your environment

We´re committed to looking after the environment and will be doing everything we can to save energy in the residences… and there are loads of things that you can do too!

Don´t over fill your kettle – only boil the amount you need.

If everyone only boiled the amount of water they needed instead of filling the kettle every time, we could save enough energy to run all the street lights in the UK!

Switch your lights off when you´re out of the room.

If you switched off lights that you don´t need for only an hour a day, you could save enough energy to power your TV every evening!

Don´t leave appliances on standby!

If we all turned off our gadgets at the plug, we could save 4 million tonnes of excess Carbon Dioxide every year!

Recycle all recyclable goods!*

Every tonne of paper that is recycled saves 17 trees, 34,500 litres of water and over a tonne and a half of Co2.

* There are recycling bins in most properties and bring sites in each location, so it couldn´t be easier for you to do your bit.

Take a five minute shower!

By cutting a minute off your shower time, you could save about 3,300 litres of water a year, saving 200kWh of energy - or enough to heat water for 6000 cups of coffee.