Envirowise Gregor Pennie

What is Envirowise ?  A programme funded by government  Free help for all businesses  Promotes better environmental practices that reduce business costs

Environment & Energy Helpline  Gateway to Envirowise & Carbon Trust  Freephone  Any environmental or energy efficiency question  2 hours free specialist advice  Signposting to other sources of information  Requests for publications

Company Visits  Counselling & Fast Track Visits- how to get started for SME’s  For larger companies – health check and targeted visits  Whole day allocation  Walk around site  Find the data  Analysing process and prioritising  Follow up research  Bullet point Action plan

Publications & Tools  Good Practice Guides (how to do it)  Case Studies  Videos & software

Where Do I Begin?  Packaging  Paper  Glass  Consumables  Energy  Water

Benchmark 1  Paper - 7 reams of paper/person/year  Waste kg waste paper/person/year  Recycling % recycling rate for paper, card, glass, toner, cans  Water litres (7.7 m3) /person/year

Benchmark 2  Electricity - 33kWh/m2 small office  54kWh/m2 naturally ventilated open plan  128kWh/m2 air conditioned open plan  234 kWh/m2 headquarters  Typical practice 2/3 higher electricity use

Think Packaging…..?  Can packaging be reduced or eliminated?  Can the packaging received from suppliers be re-used?  Can you use waste from other parts of the business, e.g. shredded paper from office waste, for infill to packaging?  Draw a diagram of the packaging cycle and identify areas for re-usable packaging  Discuss with your suppliers whether incoming packaging can be returned

Environmentally Friendly Packaging Should Be:-  Adequate to protect the goods and materials supplied, whilst avoiding over packaging  Crates, pallets and, if feasible, boxes and cartons should be reused  Cushioning and other forms of packaging which are not reusable should be recycled

Paper  For every tonne of paper recycled - savings =  17 trees spared  2000 litres of water saved  4200 KWh less electricity (six months for house)  9 kg of carbon dioxide The total consumption of paper and board in the U.K. in 2000 was 12.9 million tonnes, of which 7.7 million tonnes were imported. 38% of this, around 4.9 million tonnes were subsequently recycled.

Glass  It takes around 3000 to 4000 bottles and jars to make 1 tonne of glass  After transport and processing 315 kg of CO2 is saved per tonne of glass melted Recycling two bottles saves enough energy to boil five cups of tea

Water Keep Alert – Look for …  Leaks  Inappropriate use  Water savings  Tariff

Water Saving Devices & Practices  Cistern volume adjusters  Cistern dam  Dual flush  Waterless toilets/urinals

Water Saving Devices & Practices  Flush control in toilets

Water Saving Devices & Practices  Automatic taps  Spray taps

University  This Case Study describes how the University of Glasgow has saved nearly £500,000 in the ten years since beginning a long-term water minimisation campaign.  Cumulative water/effluent savings of over 329,700 m 3 have been achieved through right sizing meters to reduce fixed charges and reducing water use by domestic applications, science departments and building services.

Organise An Amnesty Day  Why - to raise environmental awareness  Reduces the volumes of unwanted items throughout the facility  At the Scottish Office Victoria Quay the following was collected 775 ring binders 2.4 tonnes waste paper 16 dictaphones 7 telephones 1 Epson printer 4 boxes envelopes 2 boxes acetates 96 desk trays 4 calculators 8 boxes filing pockets 10 toner cartridges 1 monitor and keyboard 6 boxes computer paper 4 reams coloured paper 110 boxes of leaflets / brochures / paper Various stationery items such as staples, elastic bands, etc These items were then all disposed of correctly – they probably would have been landfilled otherwise

Green Officiency Toolkit - 1

'Take up the Green Officiency Challenge' to improve the efficiency of your office and profitability of the business Green Officiency Toolkit - 2

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