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Welcome to the South East Business Carbon Hub Webinar 4
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• Type your name and business in the CHAT box on right hand side
• We shall begin shortly
• If you are experiencing problems, please email [email protected] and we will try resolve any issues
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Welcome to you all!• Inchoak Office Interiors
• Windmill Contractors Ltd • Neglian Consulting Ltd
• P H Beck Ltd
• Hourihan & Hourihan Property Consultants
• Kinder Cultured Ltd
• Camillin Denny Architects Limited
• Directline Structures
• Tasteful Plants Ltd
• Vcentral Limited
• Aqua Analyse Ltd
• DMA Mechanical & Air Conditioning
• CMC Aust Marketing and Training
• Secure Engineering
• T J Hunt (Contracting)
Jennie Colville – Project Manager
Viv Walker – Carbon Hub Advisor
Carl Ruffell – Sustainable Travel Advisor
Making carbon management simple
Cut costs, cut carbon, win business
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Welcome
A. What is the SEBCH?
B. What is a carbon footprint?
C. Why measure your carbon footprint?
D. 10 steps to measuring and reducing your carbon footprint on the hub
– Worked example: Go-Green-Go
E. Summary
F. Q and A session
G. What’s next?
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A: What is the SEBCH?
• Network of businesses receiving sustainable business advice in order to:– Cut costs, cut carbon, win business!
• Funded by KCC and ERDF Competiveness Programme 2007-2013: FREE services to SMEs
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Building a strong community…
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SEBCH services
https://southeastbusiness.carbon-hub.com/
Carbon foot printing and management
Sustainable Business Advisors
Events
STEM (EMS) Scheme
Sustainable Travel Service
Environmental Review
E-newsletter
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If we all turned off…
If all SME employees in South East turned off their PCs every weekend, we could save 668,200 tonnes of CO2 eq. which is 1.04% of SE carbon footprint (approximately £160,000)
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B: What is a carbon footprint?
A business carbon footprint measures the direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions arising from all of a business’s activities including energy use, industrial processes and company vehicles.
A carbon footprint is measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e).
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B: Why measure your carbon footprint
• Reduce operational costs
• Generate new business
• Meet the information demands of your customers
• Do your bit
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Steps Activity Tab
Step 1 Identify which parts of your business you need to include
Step 2 Identify which activities in your business release greenhouse gas emissions
Step 3 Collect the data
Step 4 Log on to the South East Business Carbon Hub Login
Step 5 Check your company profile and set the data period Manage
Step 6 Enter and view the dataWorked examples:
- Electricity• Meter reading• Electricity bill
- Business Travel• MOT • Fuel Bill
Measure
Step 7 Identify ways to reduce your emissions Reduce
Step 8 Continue to monitor your emissions Measure
Step 9 Report your emissions View/Reduce
Step 10 Networking Hub
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Worked example: Go-Green-Go
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Step 1: Identify which parts of your business
you need to include
• 100% ownership of business• Operational control approach
• Include those activities which you have control over or can influence e.g. the amount of waste you produce, turning on/off your lights
• Exclude those activities you can not control e.g. your toilet cistern size (although can influence landlord)
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Step 2: Identify which activities release GHGs
Direct emissions• Gas use for heating• Owned Toyota Prius
taxis
Indirect emissions• Electricity use for
lighting, PCs, kettle• Waste disposal• Water use• Business travel to
meetings• Staff commuting
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Step 3: Collect the data
Emission-releasing activity Source of information
Electricity Total kilowatt hours from electricity bills OR meter readings
Natural gas Total kilowatt hours from gas bills OR meter readings
Water Total water in cubic meters (m3) from water bill
Business travel Litres of fuel purchased from invoices and receipts OR vehicle mileage from vehicle log books/odometers
Commuter travel Staff travel survey
Waste/recycling Amount of bags/skips/tonnes of waste or recycling collected from waste collection provider
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Useful further reading
• Meter reading guide– http://www.edfenergy.com/products-services/for-your-home/my-
account/how-to-read-your-electricity-meter.shtml
• Guide to measuring business travel
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Electricity data
Nov 06: 32,897
Feb 07: 33,427
46,043 + 32,436 = 78,479 metric units
44,928 metric units
Period: 4 Sep 2006 to 3 Dec 2006
Consumption: 797 kWh
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Business travel data
Total mileage for 08/09:
107,529 – 103,725
= 3,804 miles
2008
2009
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Business travel data
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If you are a home-based businesses
Electricity, Gas, Water
Rule of thumb, 20% of electricity, gas and water bills can be allocated to business.
OR if you know your floor space, apportion it accordingly.
Business Travel
General figure would be 25% of your mileage if using personal car.
OR make a note of all business journeys…do you do this for tax?
Waste
Measure and weigh your office bin, estimate how frequently you empty it.
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Data for Go-Green-Go
Carbon source Data
2010
Electricity Bill for period 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec: 10,000 kWh
Taxi 1 Mileage: 12,000miles in Toyota Prius
2011
Electricity Bill for period 1 Jan 2011 to 21 Feb: 2,000
Taxi 1 Mileage: 1,234miles in Toyota Prius
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Steps Activity Tab
Step 1 Identify which parts of your business you need to include
Step 2 Identify which activities in your business release greenhouse gas emissions
Step 3 Collect the data
Step 4 Log on to the South East Business Carbon Hub Login
Step 5 Check your company profile and set the data period Manage
Step 6 Enter the dataWorked examples:
- Electricity• Electricity bill
- Business Travel• MOT
Measure
Step 7 Identify ways to reduce your emissions Reduce
Step 8 Continue to monitor your emissions Measure
Step 9 Networking Hub
Step 10 Report your emissions View/Reduce
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Who has already collected data?
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Step 4: Log on to SEBCH
https://southeastbusiness.carbon-hub.com/
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Carbon Footprint Report We can write you a
Carbon Footprint Report based on your data.
1. Enter your carbon footprint onto the hub
2. Select some REDUCE actions
3. Fill in the attached ‘Pre-report’ document.
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Summary
• Created an annual carbon footprint
• Set a reduction action
• Set a target to reduce carbon
• Viewed progress against our target
• Networked with other businesses
• Carbon Footprint Report
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What’s next?• Low Carbon Essentials
08457 22 66 55http://www.businesslowcarbon.co.uk/– UTILISE – 9th March, Ashford
– Utility Management Workshops: provide practical actions to help you improve your organisation's environmental performance and cut your utility costs
– E. Sussex Environmental Review Service– Renewables Feasibility Audits: thinking of renewables for your
business – apply for audit
• Carbon footprint workshop: 3rd March 8:30 – 1pm, Innovation Centre Medway, Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME5 9FD
• Next webinar: 30th March – STEM Level BLUE
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Q and A session?
