Sustainability at TAFE NSW TAFE NSW incorporates sustainability into its core business practices and this focus on resource savings was illustrated recently at the Great Lakes Campus. Margrethe Ingemann In Mid-November, the portal SUMS alerted Campus Infrastructure Officers of high water usage onsite. Water was flowing at 68 litres per hour overnight, showing significant out-of-hours consumption. The high overnight flow was investigated over the coming days and cleaners discovered a faulty tap leaking continuously. The tap was replaced resulting in a slight drop in usage figures – to 40 litres per hour overnight. The investigation continued and revealed a much larger issue. A lawn mowing contractor found a very lush and wet patch of grass in a remote part of the Campus grounds and a plumbe

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