Carbon Footprints for Organisations

Organisation footprint: 1,744.0 tonnes

Marwell Wildlife — Private organisation

Measured using the Carbon Trust carbon calculator.

Measures taken in the last 12 months to reduce footprint
“Marwell have been working on energy efficiency measures through 2009 and increasing awareness of consumption in different areas of the park. Switch off policies and better thermostat control are already making a measurable difference”

Measures to be taken in the next 12 months to reduce footprint
“In the short term we are working hard to identify more efficiency savings. We are rolling out domestic energy monitors from Current Cost to monitor individual buildings and encouraging staff to use these at home for thier own monitoring. We are assessing renewable energy technologies now to see which would be suitable for use in the park to achieve significant savings”

Any other comments
“Our carbon footprint is for Jan - Dec 2008 and includes energy embodied in water supplies, sewage treatment, waste management and staff commuting so we are looking at all these areas for futher reductions. ”

Organisation footprint: 1.3 tonnes

Cabre Limited — Private organisation

Measured using the Carbon Trust carbon calculator.

Measures taken in the last 12 months to reduce footprint
“Monitoring of Home Office electicity consumption to raise awareness of instant kwh. Turning off all unnecessary drives, PCs and printers Continuing to operate without a business or personal car Cycling 500 miles on business Printing only as a last resort”

Measures to be taken in the next 12 months to reduce footprint
“Changing energy supplier to renewable sources. Insulating building”

Organisation footprint: 4,206.5 tonnes

The University of Winchester — Public organisation

Measured using the Carbon Trust carbon calculator.

Measures taken in the last 12 months to reduce footprint
“Centralised evening and weekend room bookings into fewer, more efficient buildings. Re-tendered waste contract to drastically increase recycling rates (up to 35 % currently since january) through co-mingled (mixed) recycling. Optimised heating levels and decreased heating periods. Developed software package to turn off teaching room pc's remotely. Purchase of an electric vehicle to collect recycling on campus. Purchase of an Energy Monitoring and Targeting software to effectively manage energy and water consumption. ”

Measures to be taken in the next 12 months to reduce footprint
“Installation of 4 PowerPerfector units in sub-stations (estimated to reduce total electricity consumption by 10% through voltage reduction). Investment in smart meters and sub-metering to assist with energy management. Complete Building Management System (BMS) rollout to all buildings to allow automated control of buildings heating and ventilation systems. Installation of LED lighting systems and upgrading lighting controls and occupation sensors. Installation of draught-proofing systems to crittall and sash windowed buildings. Insulation upgrades across campuses. Look at alternative fuels for fleet replacements. Divert 60% of all waste from landfill. Undertake and update green travel plan and survey. Take part in Student Switch-off a national campaign to reduce energy usage in student halls (www.studentswitchoff.org.uk). Centralised printing. Implementation of water saving measures across campuses.”

Any other comments
“In order to reduce its carbon footrpint the University of Winchester has joined the Carbon Trust's Higher Education Carbon Managment programme. This footprint is based upon the 2006/7 Academic Year (01.08.2006 to 31.07.2007) and is the baseline year for the University Carbon Management Plan. Currently we do not include commuting to the university by staff and students due to a lack of accurate data (once an update to travel survey is complete this will be added to the baseline). The 4206.5 tonnes of CO2 emissions are split into the following areas; Building energy consumption - 3560 tonnes. Water usage - 26.3 tonnes. Waste - 437 tonnes. Fleet vehicle fuel - 38.5 tonnes. Business travel using staff cars - 51.5 tonnes. Air Travel - 87.4 tonnes. Rail travel - 5.8 tonnes. The University has an aim of reducing its carbon footprint by 30% by 2015. An updated CO2 footprint will be available at Chrristmas 2009.”

Organisation footprint: 1.8 tonnes

ideostone — Private organisation

Measured using the Carbon Trust carbon calculator.

Measures taken in the last 12 months to reduce footprint
“idestone is a micro business, with a small number of employees and has only been trading effectively since the beginning of 2009. Accordingly, all activities taken so far have added to the carbon footprint of the business. However, further actions that can be taken to minimise the environmental impact of the business that can be taken are considered. Use of electricity is kept to a minimum, heating is used only when absolutely necessary and other resource use is kept as low as possible. The biggest contributor to the carbon footprint is travel. We use public transport whenever possible, which reduces the impact and when car use is required (due to difficulties in reaching meeting points by public transport) we plan the route effectively and meetings are scheduled to avoid rush hour traffic (stop/start driving) if convenient to the other party. ”

Measures to be taken in the next 12 months to reduce footprint
“Potential changes that will take place in the next year include: - Changing energy supplier to a fully renewable provider; - More effective travel planning, including aggregating journeys wherever possible to reduce travel emissions; - Carefully considering each business purchase to ensure the embedded carbon and the running costs are as low as possible - do we really need this; can the business function without it? ”

Any other comments
“Although based on only 6 months trading, we have multiplied up the carbon footprint calculation to equate to a full year. The calculation includes employee commute but does not (at this stage) include the embedded carbon in the water supply and the supply of goods and materials to the business. We will amend the calculation as better information becomes available over the coming months. A small but growing business is likely to see an increase in carbon emissions but we will do our best to keep these to a minimum.”