7 An Introduction to the Green Audit 20 th May 2020 George - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

6 7

An Introduction to the Green Audit

George Beechener and James Fulford Eunomia Research and Consulting

20th May 2020

Agenda

• 1. What is the Green Audit?
• 2. What are the benefits of the Green

Audit?

• 3. What falls within scope of the Green

Audit?

• 4. Where are we now?
• 5. What might the outcomes be?

• 1. What is the Green Audit?

The Green Audit is seeking to deliver 4 key

• utcomes:
• 1. Baseline

Carbon Footprint for the Redbridge Estate and Operations

• 2. Spreadsheet

for calculating emissions in future years

• 3. High-level

assessment of emission reduction

• pportunities

with approximate costs

• 4. Initial

assessment of

• pportunities

for local carbon

• ffsetting

• 2. What are the benefits of the Green

Audit?

✓Understanding of the emission hot-spots in the Council ✓Evidence base to communicate to residents and stakeholders ✓Ability to monitor emissions in future years ✓Direction setting for emission reduction strategy

• 3. What falls within scope of the Green

Audit?

SCOPE 1 SCOPE 2 SCOPE 3 Social housing On-site fuel (corporate and Vision estate) Fleet vehicles Space cooling Electricity Business travel Waste Water Commuting Road maintenance Street lighting Cleaning Investments Some may fall out Office Supplies IT equipment Bulk mail

• 3. What falls within scope of the Green

Audit?

Direct Control Indirect Control Influence

• 4. Where are we now? The baseline

footprint

• 1. For each element
• f the footprint

boundary….

• 2. …Source ‘activity’

data…. Possible formats:

• Physical purchase

records

• Procurement spend
• Informed estimations
• 3. …Identify Carbon

Factors and multiply with activity data. Possible formats:

• Government GHG

factors for company reporting

• 3rd party specialist

factors

• Supplier information
• Financial spend factors

e.g. If a vehicle consumes 500 litres of petrol a year, the footprint calculation is: 500litres x 2.59411KgCO2e per litre = 1.3 tonnes CO2e

• 5. What might the outcomes be?
• Example actions identified for other public

bodies (council estate/operations):

• Retrofit housing stock, e.g. draft stripping,

insulation, energy management systems

• Green electricity – green tariff or installing

generation capacity

• Low carbon heating, e.g. electrifying heating
• Electrification of fleet
• Incentivise active travel for employees
• Reviewing waste management processes
• Enhancing procurement practices to include

sustainability indicators and requirements

Examples

Nottingham City Council: Electric Vehicle Roll Out

• Goal of converting 22% of

fleet to Ultra Low Emission Vehicles by 2022

• Have achieved 50 ULEVs,

including electric street sweepers, cars and vans South Cambridgeshire District Council: Building Upgrade Measures

• £1.9 million pledged to

greening offices

• Measures include solar

carport, ground-source heat pump, office LED lighting, renewing building energy management system

www.eunomia.co.uk @Eunomia_RandC mail@eunomia.co.uk

Overview of Call For Ideas

• Proposals across various themes
• Encouraging resident participation

Feedback on Set Redbridge’s Carbon Footprint

• How did you find the tool?
• Any proposals or themes missing?
• Sufficient points to spend?
• Promotion

Alternatives to Local Forums



• 