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The funding comes from the third round of allocations in the Higher Education Funding Council for England¡¯s Revolving Green Fund.

The latest projects, which will receive a total of ?21 million in funding over the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years, aim to save 20,000 tonnes in CO2 emissions.

The money is provided as recoverable grants, with separate strands for small-scale energy efficiency programmes and larger projects.

Initially 57 applications for funding were made but only 37 small-scale programmes and 10 large projects made the cut.

The 37 small-scale programmes will each receive between ?50,000 and ?500,000 while ten large projects will be given between ?0.5 million and ?1 million. The larger projects include a combined heat and power gas turbine replacement at the University of Birmingham and a biomass boiler at Cranfield University.

By aiming to reduce 20,000 tonnes of carbon emissions, the projects are expected to contribute to the higher education sector¡¯s 2020 carbon reduction target of reducing emissions by 43 per cent.