REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

Your organisations' carbon footprint. 

A carbon footprint is a measure of the total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by a person, event, product or organisation. This includes all six of the Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases: Carbon dioxide (CO2), Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), Methane (CH4), Nitrous oxide (N2O) and Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).

A carbon footprint is measured using tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). The carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) allows all six of these different greenhouse gases to be compared on a like-for-like basis compared to one unit of CO2. CO2e is calculated by multiplying the emissions of each of the six greenhouse gases by its 100 year global warming potential (GWP).

There are two types of carbon footprint which are relevant to businesses: an organisational carbon footprint and a product carbon footprint. The footprint of an organisation comprises the emissions from all the activities across the organisation, including company vehicles, buildings’ energy use and industrial processes. The footprint of a product is the emissions over the whole life of a product or service, from the extraction of raw materials and manufacturing through to its use with the consumer and final reuse, recycling or disposal.

All businesses and organisations are having to consider the business case for lowering their carbon footprints.  However, the first step to managing your organisational carbon footprint is to measure it. You cannot evaluate the success of improvements if you do not know where you started from. Our BLE Energy Consultants can help you measure your current carbon footprint and put together a plan, including your energy-efficient lighting scheme, to help you reduce your carbon footprint in future.

Speak to a BLE Energy Consultant today about your FREE energy reduction consultation your carbon footprint.

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