Energy Consumption

'Energy' shown in our environmental performance data includes electricity, natural gas and fuels (such as diesel and gasoline).

	ELECTRICITY Includes electricity from the grid, as well as solar energy produced onsite. Western Sydney University commenced switching to 100% GreenPower electricity in July 2021.
	NATURAL GAS Used for heating, hot water and education activities.
	FUEL (petrol diesel, etc) Includes diesel, unleaded petrol, ethanol, greases and lubricants used in stationary consumption (e.g. groundskeeping, farm operations and diesel generators) and transportation vehicles.

207,268 Gigajoules (GJ) of energy¹ (in scopes 1 and 2) was consumed² across all campuses, comprising:

152,906 GJ (75%) from renewable sources including 150,348 GJ GreenPower electricity and 2,558 GJ from solar production
46,855 GJ (22%) from natural gas, 2,442 GJ (1%) from non-renewable electricity and 5,065 GJ (2%) from fuel (petrol, diesel etc).