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Our case studies show it's often both easier and less expensive than you might think to bring about real change.
View how we helped businesses with carbon advice, Finance, Large Businesses etc. or enter key words into the case studies search below.

Ladbrokes
 

Case study: Ladbrokes

Our Carbon Strategy service helped Ladbrokes develop a strategy to deliver a 21% reduction in energy use by 2013 and lay the foundations for low carbon growth.

 
Hall & Woodhouse
 

Case study: Hall & Woodhouse

Carbon Trust advice enabled brewer Hall & Woodhouse to cut its energy usage by 13%, saving nearly £100,000 and 855 tonnes of CO2 annually.

 
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2009 Scottish low carbon building award finalists

This case study aims to explain the concept of a low carbon building and introduces research undertaken in early 2009 on three key low carbon buildings within Scotland.

 
 

A practical energy management programme at Rolls-Royce Plc, Glasgow

Rolls-Royce gives high priority to corporate responsibility with respect to the environmental impact of its products energy consumption and emissions. This case study considers how energy managem...

 
 
 

Aberdeen City Council - case study

The Carbon Trust began working with Aberdeen City Council in 2003 to devise and implement a Carbon Management strategy and priority action plan.

 
 

ABG Geosynthetics Ltd - case study

To help cut its £160,000 energy bill, ABG Ltd contacted the Carbon Trust for a loan to purchase energy efficient equipment.

 
 
 

Activity based monitoring and targeting at a semiconductor plant

This case study demonstrates the financial and practical merits of monitoring and targeting within a manufacturing plant. These installations produced rapid payback through reduced energy consumpti...

 
 

Agriculture case study - 0% per cent loans help to keep piglets warm efficiently

Automatic controls for pig creep heating on a 500 sow pig unit can reduce energy use by 55,000kWh per year – saving around £4,400.

 
 
 

Agriculture case study - Interest-free investment in crop store insulation cuts costs and increases income

A Carbon Trust interest-free loan can be used to finance the upgrading of insulation in a refrigerated potato store, reducing energy use by more than 50% and allowing the crop to be stored for longer.

 
 

Agriculture case study - Interest-free loans for heat recovery save dairy farmers 60% on energy

Heat recovered from milk cooling systems can be used to pre-heat washing water giving energy savings of 60%. And the energy savings could equate to £650 per year for a 150 cow dairy herd.

 
 
 

Agriculture case study - Interest-free loans for thermal screens provide 40% energy saving for greenhouse horticulture

Carbon Trust interest-free business loans can help cut greenhouse heat loss by 40%, reducing overall heating costs by an average of 18% when used to finance the installation of automatically controlled thermal screens.

 
 

An integrated approach to energy services at Woking Borough Council

Woking's success has shown how a local authority committed to delivering cheaper less polluting energy services can progress from relatively simple energy efficiency measures to capital-intensive ...

 
 
 

Applied research case study - Coventry University - Financial support makes an innovative approach to aluminium smelting a commercial reality

Using £150,000 from the Carbon Trust, Coventry University was able to build an experimental facility to test their new aluminium smelting technique, utilising facilities within the University of Warwick.

 
 

Astrum - case study

Astrum steel works used a Carbon Trust loan to invest in energy efficient technology, cutting its annual energy bill by £80,000.

 
 
 
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