Surveys
Technical advice and walk around surveys to help you identify cost effective carbon reduction projects.
Once you have requested a survey, an accredited consultant will visit your organisation and work with you to:
- review your energy usage
- identify energy-saving opportunities
- define practical ‘next steps’
Some recommendations will involve no capital outlay whatsoever. Where capital expenditure is necessary, our consultant will work with you to calculate the payback period.
Apply online. After we receive your application, we’ll give you a call to discuss our eligibility criteria and what we need from you.
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NHS Carbon Management
Participants of past and and current Public Sector Management (xls)
Why take part?
The NHS represents 3% of total UK carbon emissions with an annual energy bill of over £500m. This contributes to the largest capital spend programme in Europe.
Government will inevitably require significant energy savings.
The Department of Health and the NHS Sustainable Development Unit are working on carbon reduction policies and targets for just this purpose. By managing their emissions, NHS Trusts can prepare for regulation like the Carbon Reduction Commitment and the Energy Performance in Buildings directive.
What is involved?
The service aims to raise awareness and tackle the threat of climate change, and in doing so achieve significant reductions in energy costs.
Expert consultants provide analysis software and tools, and help you:
- builds a team
- measure your carbon footprint
- identify carbon saving projects
- facilitate training and workshops
Watch a video discussing the programme here.
The 10 month service takes the form of a 5-step process.
The 5 step process
It systematically guides Trusts, helping them to analyze their carbon footprint, calculate the value-at-stake and strategically identify opportunties to reduce carbon emissions. The outcome is a fully costed plan to make the business case for cutting carbon.
How is Carbon Management different?
Your organisation may already have reduced its carbon emissions. So why undertake carbon management? If this is the case, and you are not sure whether carbon management is for you, consider the following:
- Is consideration for carbon reduction embedded across your organisation?
- Has your organisation recorded its £ savings through energy reduction so far?
- Is there a list of future short, medium, and long term measures to save energy?
- Does your organisation know how much money these measures will save?
If the answer to any of the above is "no", you should seriously consider applying to be on the next round of the carbon management service.
How to apply
The NHS Carbon Management service begins in May. We require board-level support plus a minimum commitment of 2 days a week for 10-months. If you would like to be considered for the next phase, please email publicsector@carbontrust.co.uk and include in your email:
- title, forename and surname
- position and organisation
- telephone number annual energy bill (single monetary figure for all utility costs and fuel bills), and what this bill includes.
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Design advice
We offer 3 main types of free building design advice to support you in developing a low carbon solution:
Design advice - consultancy
We’re able to offer free or subsidised consultancy throughout a project - depending on its size and potential carbon savings.
Strategic design advice
We can offer help at the planning stages of major building and renovation projects to support:
- Detailed scope of works development
- Design team selection
- Feasibility studies
Buildings with vision: Low Carbon Building Design Advice (PDF)
Advice on how to procure an energy-efficient building (up to 2,500m2), including: choice of technologies, commissioning and maintenance. The guide also contains useful information for anyone procuring or adapting a building of any size.
Note – we are happy to work with you on projects covering more than one building with the same specification to ensure that best practice is built into the project from the start. Our consultant will help you to maximise opportunities for specifying energy efficient plant and fabric.
To apply for any form of design advice:
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