Local Authorities
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council
Driven by environmental legislation and the prospect of attractive cost savings, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea enlisted the Carbon Trust to create a carbon management plan.
Coventry City Council
A year into its work with the Carbon Trust, Coventry City Council is already implementing 34 separate energy saving projects and has set a target to reduce its annual CO2 emissions.
Aberdeen City Council
The Carbon Trust began working with Aberdeen City Council in June 2003 to implement and test the pilot Local Authority Carbon Management Programme.
Bristol City Council
According to latest figures Bristol City Council emits 48,395 tonnes of carbon from its premises and services – enough to fill more than 1.16m double-decker buses.
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council serves an area with a population of 300,000 people and has responsibility for about 200 buildings with an annual energy spend of more than £2m.
Durham County Hall
Durham County Hall had an annual energy bill of almost £180,000, and wanted independent advice to help it develop its energy efficiency measures policies.
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Higher Education Institutions
Cambridge University
Collaboration with the Carbon Trust has helped Cambridge University to reduce its annual energy bills by £476,000, through a joined up approach to efficiency.
Loughborough University
Loughborough University's staff engagement programme, part of its Carbon Management Plan, has achieved stellar results, gaining a 5% reduction on site energy consumption in its first year.
Sheffield Hallam University
Virtualization software for its IT services has enabled Sheffield Hallam University to save £43,000 a year and 270 tonnes of CO2.
Cranfield University
Cranfield University set out to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50% over the next five years from a 2005/2006 baseline of 16,000 tonnes.
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Colleges
Woodhouse College
A sixth-form college in Finchley with 1000 pupils, Woodhouse College has an annual energy bill of £50,000. The Carbon Trust has recommended simple low cost changes to the lighting and insulation and an awareness programme that has helped cut its energy consumption by six per cent in a year at a time of growth for the school.
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Schools
St Edward’s College
St Edward’s College, a voluntary aided school in Liverpool, has 1,150 pupils from 11 to 18 years old. With restricted budgets and annual energy costs of £55,600, St Edwards College was eager to reduce its energy consumption, particularly when any savings could be used for extra college materials.
Friends School
The Friends’ School in Essex wanted to reduce the yearly cost (£8,500) of heating its swimming pool. A pool cover purchased with a loan from the Carbon Trust has enabled the school to save over £2,000 per year in energy bills.
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NHS Trusts and healthcare
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
After three year’s work with the Carbon Trust, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has realised a 20% year on year carbon emissions’ reduction and cut its energy bills by over £1.7 million a year.
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Installation of combined heat and power (CHP) at Medway Maritime Hospital aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 15% over three years and gain annual savings of £390,000 by 2011.
Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
The Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust in Surrey has a utility bill of more than £1.5m a year. Carbon Trust surveys at each of its four sites estimated that significant annual savings could be made through upgrading lighting and heating control, by replacing boilers, and with a new CHP system.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals
Through the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Management service, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 30% by 2015. From biomass boilers to improved staff awareness, the Trust is putting energy efficiency at the heart of its management policy.
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Central government
Her Majesty’s Prison Service
With an annual energy bill of £45 million – the second highest in the public sector – Her Majesty’s Prison Service had a strong business case for saving energy.
Department of Energy and Climate Change
When Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) moved into its new headquarters it set about improving its carbon management, with help from Carbon Trust.
RAF Kinloss
From August to December 2005, the Carbon Trust worked with the MOD Defence Estates (DE), the RAF and AMEC Turner, the MOD’s Regional Prime Contractor for Scotland on a project to reduce its carbon emissions.
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