- 137 public sector bodies
- 763,442 tonnes of carbon
- £66,160,119 in savings
- 1 partner
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These 33 pioneering universities have completed the Higher Education Carbon Management Programme
- Aberystwyth University
- Cardiff University
- Coventry University
- Edge Hill University
- King’s College London
- Leeds Metropolitan University
- London Metropolitan University
- London School of Economics & Political Science
- Loughborough University
- King’s College London
- London Metropolitan University
- Queen Mary, University of London
- The Open University
- The University of Exeter
- University of Bath
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bradford
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- University of Central Lancashire
- University of Hertfordshire
- University of Leeds
- University of Leicester
- The University of Exeter
- University of Hertfordshire
- University of Leicester
- University of Northumbria
- University of Southampton
- University of Strathclyde
- University of Sunderland
- University of Surrey
- University of Sussex
- University of Teesside
- University of the West of England
- University of Wales, Newport
- University of Warwick
- University of Worcester
- University of York
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Higher Education Carbon Management Programme University of Warwick
With an annual energy bill of more than £4m and annual carbon emissions of more than 38,000 tonnes, the University of Warwick decided to look at ways to improve its energy efficiency. By working with the Carbon Trust, through its Higher Education Carbon Management (HECM) Programme, the university has now identified ways to reduce carbon emissions by 10 per cent and save up to £1m in energy costs over five years (based on 2004-5 levels). To reach these targets, the Carbon Trust helped the University of Warwick identify a number of key actions that it needed to undertake to address its energy use and spend.
So far, the university has made considerable progress. An Environment Officer and a Waste Consultant have been appointed to oversee the University‘s involvement with the Programme, and the university is integrating the implementation plan with its overall business plan. During this financial year, the University of Warwick is set to cut its carbon emissions by more than 4,000 tonnes.
Nick Hillard, Environment Officer at the University of Warwick, commented: "Through working in close partnership with the Carbon Trust, we now have a strategy and a set of practical actions that are helping us to be more energy efficient. The changes that are being made will save us considerable amounts of money and will also mean that we are doing our bit to cut carbon emissions."
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Higher Education Carbon Management Programme Aberystwyth University
With an annual energy bill of more than £1.2m and annual carbon emissions of more than 12,000 tonnes, Aberystwyth University decided to look at ways to improve its energy efficiency. By working with the Carbon Trust, through its Higher Education Carbon Management (HECM) Programme, the university has now identified ways to reduce its carbon emissions by ten per cent per student in academic buildings, and five per cent per student in student residential buildings, by 2009-2010. Achieving these goals is set to result in annual cost savings of more than £100,000.
Nigel Owen, Estate Services Manager at the Aberystwyth, commented: "Through working in close partnership with the Carbon Trust, we now have a strategy and a set of practical actions that are helping us to be more energy efficient. The changes that are being made will save us considerable amounts of money and will also mean that we are doing our bit to cut carbon emissions. We’re particularly delighted with the progress we’ve made in raising the profile of carbon awareness amongst our 8,500 students and 1,300 staff and with being able to show how each individual can contribute to reducing emissions. As well as starting a Programme of technical improvements to buildings, the university’s new travel scheme with Arriva will reduce vehicle miles and traffic congestion, saving more than 30 tonnes of carbon every year."
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These 94 pioneering local authorities have completed the Local Authority Carbon Management Programme
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Belfast City Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- Bristol City Council
- Buckinghamshire County Council
- Caerphilly County Borough Council
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Cardiff County Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Chester City Council
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- Chichester District Council
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- City of Lincoln Council
- City of Westminster Council
- Cornwall County Council
- Derby City Council
- Derbyshire County Council
- Devon County Council
- Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
- Dorset County Council
- Durham County Council
- East Ayrshire Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- East Sussex County Council
- Eastleigh Borough Council
- Essex County Council
- Fife Council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- Hampshire County Council
- Herefordshire Council
- High Peak Borough Council
- Isle of Wight Council
- Kent County Council
- Kirklees Council
- Leeds City Council
- Leicester City Council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- London Borough of Brent
- London Borough of Croydon
- London Borough of Islington
- London Borough of Lambeth
- London Borough of Lewisham
- London Borough of Redbridge
- London Borough of Southwark
- Manchester City Council
- Medway Council
- Middlesbrough Council
- Milton Keynes Council
- Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
- Newcastle City Council
- North Ayrshire Council
- North Yorkshire County Council
- Northamptonshire County Council
- Nottingham City Council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- Perth & Kinross Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Renfrewshire Council
- Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Sefton Council
- Sheffield City Council
- Slough Borough Council
- South Gloucestershire Council
- South Lanarkshire Council
- South Tyneside Council
- Southampton City Council
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Staffordshire County Council
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Suffolk County Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Teignbridge District Council
- The Highland Council
- Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
- Warwickshire County Council
- Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
- Wiltshire County Council
- Winchester City Council
- Worcestershire County Council
- Wycombe District Council
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Local Authorities Carbon Management Programme Bristol City Council
According to latest figures Bristol City Council emits 55,612 tonnes of carbon from its premises and services – enough to fill over 300,000 double-decker buses – at an annual energy cost of over £6 million. Since 1991 the Council had achieved savings of over £4 million by tendering energy supplies and through energy efficiency measures but was keen to do more to cut its energy use and spend.
In 2003 the Council was selected as one of 16 local authorities to pilot the Carbon Trust‘s Local Authorities Carbon Management Programme. The primary focus of the Programme is to reduce carbon emissions under the direct control of the local authority - it can also save councils thousands of pounds in energy costs by targeting council buildings, vehicles and plant equipment, street-lighting and landfill sites.
Following the pilot’s success the Carbon Trust worked with Bristol City Council to produce a longer-term Carbon Management Action Plan – a list of energy-saving recommendations designed to save Bristol City Council more than £400,000 in the next five years and to reduce its level of carbon emissions. This formed part of Bristol’s Climate Protection and Sustainable Energy Strategy which was adopted in September 2004.
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Local Authority Carbon Management Programme North Yorkshire County Council
North Yorkshire County Council joined phase three of the Carbon Trust‘s LACM Programme. Working in collaboration with the Carbon Trust, it was able to identify priority actions that would have a dramatic impact on its carbon footprint, bringing annual carbon emissions down from 85,000 tonnes, by 10 per cent by 2010. This would equate to a £5.6m per year gross cost saving.
Work is already underway on these actions, representing an investment of £2.8m. Savings will start to accrue straight away and will amount to £1.4m by 2010 with break-even occurring in the first quarter of 2012.
Richard Rugg, Programme Manager at the Carbon Trust, commented: "Cutting carbon emissions as part of the fight against climate change should be a key priority for local authorities – it‘s all about leading by example. Our Local Authorities Carbon Management Programme is designed to equip councils like North Yorkshire County Council with the tools they need to save money on energy and put it to good use in other areas, whilst making a positive contribution to the environment by lowering their carbon emissions. We‘re proud to be working with one fifth of the UK‘s local authorities and encourage others to get onboard and find out how much they could save."
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These 10 pioneering organisations have completed the NHS Carbon Management Programme
- Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust
- Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust
- Guy’s & St.Thomas’; NHS Foundation Trust
- Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust
- NHS Grampian
- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
- Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
- University College London Hospitals
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust
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NHS Carbon Management Programme
Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust employs over 7,000 staff, mainly based on three sites at Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital. The Trust, one of the largest in England, spends approximately £3.7 million each year on energy, and emits more than 26,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The Trust is subject to NHS Estates mandatory national targets for reductions in primary energy use and is committed to reducing carbon emissions. As a result, the Facilities Directorate is actively pursuing a strategy of incorporating energy efficiency technologies into its buildings, and has looked to the Carbon Trust to provide advice and support in doing so, through its Carbon Trust NHS Carbon Management Programme.
The Carbon Trust NHS Carbon Management Programme provided technical and change management support to the Trust. The Programme was fundamental in raising awareness of sustainability issues to the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust board. In addition, the Health Trust in collaboration with the Carbon Trust identified 23 strategic carbon management opportunities.
The Trust‘s strategic objective is to achieve the integration of carbon management principles across its many services, where delivery of carbon reductions is considered fundamental to all processes within the Trust’s overall management structure. Achieving this objective is the key to reducing the Trust’s 2005/06 base year carbon dioxide emissions by 15 per cent over a five year period for energy and transport, a reduction of nearly 4,000 tonnes carbon dioxide per annum.
Scilla Smith, Chairman at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, comments: "Developing the Carbon Management Programme has focused our attention on what we can achieve at the Trust. It marks the beginning of a long journey to becoming a ‘sustainable’ organisation and with expert guidance from organisations, such as the Carbon Trust’s NHS Carbon Management Programme we aim to become an exemplar in environmental performance."
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NHS Carbon Management Programme Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Guy‘s and St Thomas‘ NHS Foundation Trust is one hospital trust that has already benefited from working with the Carbon Trust. With an annual energy bill of approximately £10 million and annual emissions of more than 67,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, the Carbon Trust, along with a team of independent energy and environmental consultants, helped Guy‘s and St Thomas‘ to identify measures which would reduce emissions by as much as a fifth. The measures could help save the hospital £2.95 million per year in energy costs and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 16,000 tonnes.
Steve McGuire, Director of Capital, Estates and Facilities at Guy‘s and St Thomas‘ NHS Foundation Trust, commented:
"We‘ve always tried to keep a close eye on the environmental impact of our operations but our campaign, assisted by the Carbon Trust NHS Carbon Management Programme, has really helped us to draw lots of smaller initiatives together under one strategic umbrella to present a plan to the Board. The advice we‘ve received has been a useful combination of simple steps we can implement now as well as long term measures which together will help us to achieve tangible cost and carbon savings. Hopefully the work we have done will help others as good practice is shared via the Carbon Trust."
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