Staff in Bath & North East Somerset Council are
participating in a ground breaking, in-house energy efficiency
project.
The project aims to reduce the amount of energy that is used in
our offices, thereby reducing our carbon emissions, a key factor in
fighting climate change. Energy Champions, who have come forward
from all over the council, are working with staff to raise
awareness of energy efficiency in the workplace.
Staff are encouraged to do simple things, such as turn off lights
when they are not being used, print documents double sided, and
to turn off monitors and shut down computers when leaving
their desks to go to meetings or leaving the office. The
cumulative efforts of these small actions add up to definite
savings in electricity use. Consumption monitors have been
installed to the electricity supplies in our offices so that it is
possible to see where and when energy is being used.
To find out more about the project visit the website:
www.bigenergychallenge.org
And it is not just the Council who are taking these steps to
reduce carbon emissions in this way, all of our colleagues
in the
Local Strategic Partnership are taking part in this energy
saving initiative with us:
- Avon and Somerset Constabulary (Bath & North East Somerset
District)
- Bath & North East Somerset Council
- Bath & North East Somerset Council for Voluntary
Services
- Bath & North East Somerset Group of the Avon Local Councils
Association
- Bath & North East Somerset Primary Care Trust
- Bath & North East Somerset Racial Equality Council
- Bath Spa University
- City of Bath College
- Norton Radstock College
- Royal United Hospital Trust
- Somer Housing Trust
- University of Bath
The Centre for Sustainable Energy is supporting the
project.
