Harper Adams University has pledged to be Net Zero by 2030 for emissions, predominantly related to gas consumption, electricity usage and fuel for university managed vehicles.

In order to understand the low/zero carbon technologies and the building fabric improvements required, the University have appointed Max Fordham and Collective Architecture's sustainability division, Collective Energy, to develop a strategy which will focus on:

• Making the existing campus buildings and halls of residences more energy efficient, lower carbon and more comfortable through the retrofit of insulation and energy efficient systems
• Defining the energy performance standard for new campus buildings
• Developing a strategy to electrify the campus heating systems and reduce the use of the fossil gas across the campus
• Identifying additional renewable energy and energy storage systems to meet a larger proportion of the university’s energy needs