of the planet . Less than one , and you ’ re actually making a positive contribution back to the planet . In Kambri , we ’ ve achieved a score of 0.7 . The challenge now is to apply those learnings progressively to the rest of the campus .” Grange muses that in a city already green , the drive must be to become more efficient , reduce the amount of energy consumed and give back to the wider city .
The new Campus master plan ’ s key goals for ANU ’ s Acton campus include an energy management strategy with five main objectives to become : a leading energy efficient campus ; a carbon positive community with 100 % renewable energy ; a technologically enabled infrastructure network ; capable of independently certified excellence and a platform for infrastructure innovation . The most important innovation for Middleton is the creation of a number of central energy plants . “ The traditional concept is to manage energy building by building , but when you ’ re operating a university campus you have enormous opportunities to get economies of scale by servicing multiple buildings or using the outputs from one building to serve another .
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