Midsummer is a large community based university currently hosting around 12 000 students on various courses, with 3000 of them in university residency. Students are drawn from over 30 countries,
water and electrical usage are relatively high and wastage is increasing due the increase demand by the population for
higher education,
the chemistry department accounts for 30% of the university’s annual water bill,
the student accommodation has the largest bill for electricity consumption,
the budget for implementation of new sustainable practices across the whole institution is d0.5 million.