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fi a goes green with new scheme
T
he FIA has launched an Energy
Effi ciency Audit service, designed
to slash FIA members’ energy
bills by more than 25 per cent.
Developed to address members’
rocketing utility bills, the FIA’s service
will look into ways of cutting a facility’s
energy consumption in areas such as
heating, lighting, power, ventilation/air
conditioning and water.
Prior to this national launch, the
service was piloted with a number of
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multiple and single-site operators. The
FIA’s operations director, David Stalker,
says the results were “unbelievably
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revealing”, with one of the clubs cutting
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its lighting bill by 90 per cent – an annual
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saving of £12,000, equivalent to almost 27
years’ FIA membership fees. “This service
is designed to help clubs during the
recession by reviewing every cost to see
how much can be saved,” Stalker adds.
The service, which is an evolution of the
FIA’s Collective Purchasing proposition, The scheme will focus on areas such as ventilation and air conditioning
is a three-tier strategy comprising smart
procurement, increased energy effi ciency night, to more sophisticated solutions on technology, funding available and
and the identifi cation of private funding to such as adopting combined heat and relevant new service providers.
ensure the implementation of any changes power (CHP) devices. “That’s why we’ve launched our new
doesn’t cost a company money. “As an industry, we’re probably one of Energy Effi ciency service – because we
Measures clubs and centres could the highest consumers of energy outside know it will slash all our operators’
make to save money could range from the heavy industry sectors,” says Stalker. energy bills, irrespective of their size.”
little changes, such as switching to LED “While we’re great at operating clubs, For more details of the new service,
light bulbs and using pool covers at most of us can benefi t from updates please contact: sheldon@fi
a.org.uk
summit agenda new go box cash boost for
is revealed
programme moreactive4life
The keynote speakers at this The FIA is working in partnership with The government has allocated around
year’s FIA’s Summer Summit, to the Amateur Boxing Association of £200,000 to kickstart the FIA’s
run alongside the 2009 FLAME England (ABAE) to develop the go Box MoreActive4Life programme.
Conference in June, have been programme which will complement On receipt of the funding news,
offi cially announced. the already established go activity operations director David Stalker
Professor Alan Maryon Davis, programme for teenage girls. appointed campaign specialists KTB to
president of the Faculty of Public The scheme involves boxing-related promote the scheme.
Health, will lead the team alongside activities, delivered by a qualifi ed The news was also followed by calls
Professor Willem van Mechelen, ABAE instructor in partnership with from food and drink manufacturers,
chair of the European Health participating FIA members. retailers and marketing agencies who,
and Fitness Association Scientifi c FIA CEO Andrée Deane says: “Working realising the power of Change4Life,
Advisory Board. Other speakers with the ABAE is a great example of how were eager to be involved.
include Victoria French, Sunderland the disciplines of a classic sport, such as “Using Change4Life as a door-opener,
PCT’s wellness manager, and Mark boxing, can be evolved and turned into clubs and leisure centres are partnering
Jones, Liverpool City Council’s fun, engaging, energetic exercises for with major brands such as Tesco and
lifestyle manager. teenage girls who would probably never Asda, as well as local GPs and PCTs,” says
All will address the delivery of the dream of doing something like this.” Stalker. “FIA members can now position
government’s public health strategy. The go Box programme will be piloted themselves as partners to help tackle our
across the country from autumn 2009. national health problem at a local level.”
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