CARBON MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY TWICKENHAM STADIUM
at Twickenham Stadium. This goal is em- bedded in the RFU’s eight-year strategic plan – it’s a fundamental element of its business operations and part of a wider strategy in preparing the organisation for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. In 2009, the RFU worked to develop
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a carbon policy and reduction strategy and an Environmental Management Sys- tem (EMS) to support its membership of the Mayor of London’s Green 500 scheme. As a large energy user, the RFU also
participates in the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme. The management team has de- signed a CRC strategy to ensure it meets legislative requirements by delivering its CRC annual and footprint reports by July 2011. The aim is to ensure genuine reductions in carbon, year-on-year. Key successes include ensuring
improvements are made to the current transport service so the number of spectators travelling to the stadium via public transport increases. It has also achieved a reduction in utility usage through a review of alternative utility provisions and a waste recycling pro- gramme. This has diverted 100 per cent of event day waste from landfill and is currently at 90 per cent diversion for day to day waste. The RFU’s long-term aim is to achieve year-on-year improve- ments on their recycling ratio, which at present is more than 60 per cent.
he Rugby Football Union (RFU) has been working on an environmental plan to reduce its carbon footprint
The organisers of the 2012 Lon-
don Olympics have also gone to great lengths to ensure that these are to be the greenest and lowest possible carbon Games. Suppliers and contractors are being encouraged to source materials locally for both new and existing venue adaptation. Solar panels will play a big role with 5,000m planned, and biomass
boilers, using waste wood, will reduce the energy requirement from conven- tional sources. A 20 per cent renewables target had been proposed, but this now looks unlikely given the recent rejection by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) of plans to build a wind turbine. Legacy plays a major role, with em-
phasis on adapting existing buildings, finding uses for structures post 2012, and using temporary structures, which can be relocated. Hard lessons have been learnt from the legacies of previous games, such as Athens 2004 where, bar a few exceptions, the buildings have not been used and the developments have resulted in a poor outcome for local eco- systems and water conservation.
Left: The GelreDome generates 30,000kWh surplus from its photovoltaic cells
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Government push to reduce carbon Buildings currently account for 40 per cent of our carbon output in the UK and more than half of this comes from commercial and non-domestic proper- ties. The Carbon Trust believes that they can play a big role in reducing UK emis- sions by 80 per cent by 2050 – a target pledged by the government in 2008 – and that a combination of retro-fitting existing buildings and ensuring that new buildings are made from low carbon ma- terials and processes will help us achieve this ambitious goal. There have been two key incentives
introduced in the past year, aimed at driving organisations to reduce their carbon usage through energy. These are Feed in Tariffs (FiTs) and the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.
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