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factors and is accredited to the Carbon Trust Standard and has been audited by PwC. We use utility bill data to calculate and monitor our estate energy carbon emissions, but have begun to move over to real time monitoring of our offices The largest proportion of our 2007 footprint and the biggest opportunity for carbon saving has been through improving the energy performance of our estate. We have closed and moved from inefficient offices to more sustainable locations and also encouraged our staff to realise the work-life balance benefits of flexible working and touchdown centres rather than commuting to a Natural England office on a daily basis. We have established a system that quantifies the emissions of working at home to ensure that we are not passing on the carbon burden to our staff when working in a flexible way and we are supporting staff in improving the energy efficiency of their homes by providing advice on insulation, behavioural change and grants.
A&Y: Are you on target so far? PH: We have already made considerable progress with a 48% reduction (as of the beginning of December 2010) and plans to ensure we meet the target by mid- January 2011. Our office energy efficiency programme and rationalisation of inefficient estate has reduced our working office carbon footprint by just under 44% as of November 2010 with an estimated annual utilities cost saving of £380,000 (against our 2007 baseline). During the first year of
implementation (2009-10) the Natural England travel carbon footprint fell by just under 23%. Our thanks to Paul Hinds and if you are interested in taking part in our series of Sustainability Industry Leader Interviews please email communications@allen-
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ECODRIVER USED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
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n the 14th May 2010, the Prime- Minister David
Cameron made a commitment to make the coalition the ‘greenest government’ ever. His commitment included, cutting carbon emissions by 10% across central government, in the first 12 months and a promise to publish on-line real time emissions data from 18 headquarter buildings.
THE CHALLENGE IS SET
The PM’s commitment began the process and Whitehall departments readily took up the challenge. Since 1st August 2010, 18 government headquarter buildings have been reporting real time energy consumption online. Five of the major departments chose to implement eco|Driver™, the Microsoft award winning web-based, managed service solution, to capture half-hourly data and report energy performance online.
A COMPETITIVE EDGE
The introduction of eco|Driver™ has produced significant results and each of the departments have been able to successfully reduce their energy consumption at their headquarters. In October 2010 an energy efficiency competition was run, pitting Whitehall departments against each other in a bid to reduce energy usage. The competition was a major success and four of the departments using eco|Driver™ were able to reduce their energy consumption, compared with the previous months usage.
PROGRESS Following the competition, each department has striven to reduce their energy consumption to meet the PM’s original challenge. Using eco|Driver™’s
real time display, ministries have been able to clearly identify areas where energy efficiency savings can be made. Comprehensive targets have been set, to give consumption statistics a sense of context and this has made improving sustainability performance even simpler and more transparent.
IMPRESSIVE SAVINGS
Ministries have been able to reduce their energy bills and substantially cut carbon dioxide emissions. On the 14th of February the Home Office released figures highlighting savings of over £11,000 and over 120 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. On the same day, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Justice also released figures showing that they had been able to achieve savings of a very significant nature, with a reduction in cost of over £140,000.
NEXT STEPS
The key to continued energy efficiency success is vigilance and continuous improvement which is the main objective of the new eco|Driver™ Energy Efficiency Programme (EEP), currently being piloted by several organisations including one very prominent central government ministry.
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