Digital Sustainability

Digital Strategy: sustainable technology

We are digitally transforming Heriot-Watt with projects and initiatives to support Strategy 2025 and beyond.

The Digital Strategy consists of four pillars with two digital foundations to deliver our digital-first vision.

• Outstanding student learning experience
• Leading Research and Innovation
• Operational Effectiveness, and
• Seamless Lifelong Learning

Underpinned by robost, secure and sustainable infrastructure, alongside digital skills and capabilities in development.

Digital carbon footprint and sustainable technology use at Heriot-Watt University.

The University use of digital technologies currently, and increasing into the future, makes the sustainable use of those digital technologies an absolute imperative. We may not be able to reduce our carbon footprint for digital, but we absolutely must limit it. We do need to recognise that the use of digital technologies drives environmental research within the University and also efficiencies elsewhere that may reduce our carbon impact.

In many instances it’s impossible to separate the digital from our physical estate so Information Services and Estates need to work hand in hand. Sustainable technology is only one strand of our work to become a net-zero institution.