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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
outcomes:
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
opportunities
with
approximate
costs
4. Initial
assessment of
opportunities
for local
carbon
offsetting
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
of 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
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
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