Editing University of Liverpool (section)

===Sustainability===
In 2008, the University of Liverpool was voted joint seventeenth greenest university in Britain by [[WWF (conservation organization)|WWF]] supported company Green League.<ref>[http://peopleandplanet.org/gogreen/greenleague2008 People & Planet – The Green League 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728035656/http://peopleandplanet.org/gogreen/greenleague2008 |date=28 July 2015 }}. Peopleandplanet.org. Retrieved on 14 September 2011.</ref> This represents an improvement after finishing 55th in the league table the previous year.<ref>[http://peopleandplanet.org/gogreen/greenleague2007/table People & Planet – People & Planet Green League 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710135819/http://peopleandplanet.org/gogreen/greenleague2007/table |date=10 July 2007 }}. Peopleandplanet.org. Retrieved on 14 September 2011.</ref>

The position of the university is determined by point allocation in departments such as Transport, Waste management, [[sustainable procurement]] and Emissions among other categories; these are then transpired into various awards.<ref>[http://peopleandplanet.org/gogreen/greenleague2008/methodology People & Planet – The Green League 2008: Methodology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012082038/http://peopleandplanet.org/gogreen/greenleague2008/methodology |date=12 October 2008 }}. Peopleandplanet.org. Retrieved on 14 September 2011.</ref> Liverpool was awarded the highest achievement possible in Environmental policy, Environmental staff, Environmental audit, Fair trade status, Ethical investment policy and Waste recycled while also scoring points in Carbon emissions, Water recycle and Energy source.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}

Liverpool was the first among UK universities to develop their desktop computer power management solution, which has been widely adopted by other institutions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/powerdown/ |title=PowerDown |date=23 October 2008 |access-date=23 October 2008}}</ref> The university has subsequently piloted other advanced software approaches further increasing savings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.datasynergy.co.uk/casestudies.aspx |title=University of Liverpool save estimated £70 per PC |date=23 October 2008 |access-date=23 October 2008}}</ref> The university has also been at the forefront of using the Condor HTC computing platform in a power saving environment. This software, which makes use of unused computer time for computationally intensive tasks usually results in computers being left turned on.<ref>[http://www.liv.ac.uk/csd/escience/condor/ University of Liverpool Condor Project]. Liverpool University. Retrieved on 14 September 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210042905/http://www.liv.ac.uk/csd/escience/condor/ |date=10 February 2010 }}</ref> The university has demonstrated an effective solution for this problem using a mixture of Wake-on-LAN and commercial power management software.<ref>[http://www.datasynergy.co.uk/CaseStudies/LiverpoolCondor.aspx University of Liverpool case study with Data Synergy PowerMAN software]. Datasynergy.co.uk. Retrieved on 14 September 2011.</ref>

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainability Research (ICSR) was established in 2024 to tackle the [[Sustainable Development Goals|United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liverpool |first1=University of |title=Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainability Research (ICSR) |url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/interdisciplinary-centre-for-sustainability-research/ |website=News Liverpool |publisher=University of Liverpool |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref>