UK universities’ energy use falls by 7 per cent in one year

Drop in energy use coincides with start of the Covid-19 pandemic

Universities’ energy consumption fell by 7 per cent as the Covid-19 pandemic hit campuses, data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency have shown.

Data on universities’ estates published on 19 August show that institutions used 6.6 terawatt hours of energy in the 2019-20 academic year, down 7 per cent on the previous year.