Tools, guides & reports

Help employees play a part in achieving energy and carbon savings for your organisation with our interactive employee engagement tool

Calculate how much your organisation can save with Empower by using our savings calculator

The Carbon Trust SME Network is an online community for SMEs to share knowledge and best practice for reducing carbon emissions and saving money.

Join a network of like-minded people to share knowledge and approaches to reducing carbon emissions and saving money in public sector organisations.

Find the most cost effective size and integration approach for a biomass heating system

Assess where you are on the energy management journey with our energy management matrix and assessment workbook.

Help teachers, staff and pupils play a part in achieving energy and carbon savings for your school with our interactive online tool

Help your business prepare for mandatory carbon reporting. Find out if your business is affected and what you have to report.

Want to calculate the carbon footprint of your organisation, or products and services? Our guide sets out the specific steps you need to take to calculate your footprint(s), and some of the key things to consider if you do.

Improve energy efficiency in your office with our free energy-saving guides, and download employee engagement materials, posters and stickers

Energy efficient lighting advice for your organisation, including guidance on energy-saving LED and T5 fluorescent lighting.

Improve energy efficiency of your organisation's heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), hot water and boilers with our energy-saving guides

Learn how improving building fabric, upgrading insulation and installing appropriate controls can save you money and help cut carbon emissions.

Low carbon building advice for building owners and occupiers - how to ensure your new or refurbished building is energy efficient and uses renewables effectively.

Grow your business by improving its environmental credentials with our practical guide to succeeding in the green economy.

Find out about renewable energy technologies and download guidance on renewable energy generation, combined heat and power (CHP), and ground- and air-source heat pumps.

Guidance, tools and template documentation to help your organisation develop and install a biomass boiler and biomass heating system.

Low carbon entrepreneurs in the UK: the size, growth and strategic importance of the low carbon economy, and the pivotal role played by small and medium size enterprises (SMEs).

In-depth reports on innovation to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions in domestic and non-domestic buildings and the industrial sector.

How UK companies can participate in Brazil's low carbon development, and where the biggest commercial opportunities lie.

Carbon Trust has been working with the marine energy industry since 2003, delivering £50 million of innovation in wave and tidal stream energy technology.

This paper examines how more businesses can unlock the full opportunity of energy efficiency using as examples the work of a number of leading companies.

How UK breakthroughs in polymer fuel cells could make fuel cell cars cost competitive with combustion engine cars

The future role of energy storage in the UK - analysing the potential of electricity storage to reduce the costs of electricity generation in our future energy system

How to help consumers make informed choices - exploring the concept of Personal Carbon Allowances

This report reviews targets being set by companies in the FTSE 100 and highlights best practice by identifying exemplars.

Our research into International Carbon Flows reveals the magnitude and impact of the movement of embodied carbon around the world.

Read our report on the importance of encouraging innovation in low-carbon technologies and how the UK can take advantage of this growing market.

This report describes a radical new way for businesses to cut carbon emissions across their supply chain, make cost savings and deliver low carbon products and services to the consumer.

The potential for cost reduction in wave and tidal stream energy – insights from the Carbon Trust Marine Energy Accelerator

Experience from over 20 leading companies that have tested the product carbon footprinting method PAS 2050.

This report looks at the nature and scale of the carbon leakage problem, presents potential solutions, and applies solutions to sectors and regions.

The world’s first major study of brand value and climate change - and the risk to a company's value from climate change