Edinburgh tops emissions and energy use table for fourth year

Scottish institution uses more energy and emits more carbon than any other UK university

The University of Edinburgh has again been named as the UK university that uses the most energy annually and produces the most carbon emissions.

Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, published on 11 July, show that the Scottish university used more than 280 million kilowatt hours’ worth of energy in 2022-23 and produced more than 62 million kilograms of scope 1 and scope 2 carbon emissions.