Helping the public sector to cut energy costs and carbon emissions.
Public sector bodies have a significant carbon footprint, sizeable associated energy bills which are getting bigger every year and most importantly the ability to extend their influence beyond their own estate and operations throughout whole communities. This influence extends across a range of carbon sensitive themes including procurement, planning, local business engagement and education.
For over 14 years the Carbon Trust has been working closely with the public sector and across regions both in the UK and overseas to help public bodies to reduce energy use without impacting on services, helping them to cut unnecessary spending and become more efficient, while also tackling the urgent need to cut emissions to reduce the risk of damaging climate change.
Join over 200 public sector colleagues to discuss ideas, share best practice and learn how different public sector organisations are reducing their carbon, water and waste emissions and leading the response to climate change.
Since 2001, our technical and strategic support has helped more than 3,000 public sector organisations both in the UK and overseas to cut their energy bills by over £700million, while reducing their carbon emissions by more than 17.5 million tonnes. Pipeline savings that we’re helping the public sector to achieve total over £2.5bn.
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We have developed tailored services to support a range of public sector organisations. Download our brochure of Sustainability Advisory Services for the Public Sector (PDF) or read more below.
The Carbon Trust helped us develop a plan we could present to the Board. The advice we received has been a useful combination of simple steps and long-term measures which, together, will achieve tangible cost and carbon savings.
Alexandra Hammond, Sustainability Manager, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Assistance with carbon reduction and energy efficiency projects from independent and experienced Carbon Trust engineers. We can help you with feasibility studies, building energy surveys, renewables surveys, lighting surveys as well as advice on low carbon and low cost building refurbishment and new builds. We can also help you to calculate a carbon baseline and to quantify and prioritise carbon reduction projects.
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Our Energy Management Service helps organisations to reduce their energy bills and CO2 emissions and comply with environmental legislation. Find out how you can benefit.
Find out more about our Energy Management Service
Tailored support to facilitate the internal engagement of employees, as well as the external engagement of partners, suppliers and customers in building and communicating the business case for carbon reduction.
Find out more about organisational engagement support
We have developed dedicated software and tools to support your organisation:
The Carbon Trust provides independent verification and certification services that can identify resource inefficiencies to reduce costs as well as enhancing organisational reputations and communicating sustainability achievements with stakeholders, the business community and the general public.
The Carbon Trust Standard is the world’s leading independent certification of an organisation’s impact in respect of the three primary constituents of environmental sustainability:
Find out more about certification
Decentralised energy projects can generate lasting cost and carbon savings, and protect against future energy price rises. They can also deliver broader social objectives such as ensuring security of supply and addressing fuel poverty.
The Carbon Trust’s support is primarily focused on developing heat based projects, such as a CHP plant serving a commercial building; a waste-to-energy system using household refuse or industrial waste as a source of fuel; or a gasification plant burning sustainable biomass. This service helps public bodies to determine the best technical solutions, project governance and finance options for district heating networks and decentralised energy schemes, and also assists with intelligent procurement and market engagement.
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We can work with you at all stages of your low carbon new build or retrofit housing project. Our aim is to identify cost effective methods for reducing energy use and carbon emissions from housing, and to create homes which are healthy, comfortable and affordable places to live.
We are experienced in working with public and private sector clients. We work with local authorities and social landlords to upgrade their housing stock and tackle fuel poverty. We can support property developers, contractors and suppliers in their delivery of resource efficient housing and communities.
Carbon Trust has provided structured assistance on carbon management to the state governments of Jalisco and Tabasco, as part of the pilot Low Carbon States Mexico programme.
The University of Reading designed and implemented a Carbon Management Programme with the assistance of the Carbon Trust, setting a challenging emissions reduction target of 45% by July 2020.
The Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership has introduced a range of programmes to reduce carbon emissions, with the ambition for the region to be recognised as a global leader in taking action on climate change.
Buy For Good – a Community Interest Company, awarding locality based contracts and frameworks, (Purchasing Agreements), for use by the public, Third Sector and private sector organisations. The framework aims to deliver continuously improving social, economic, and environmental benefits to the community and the buyer. Purchasing Agreements are awarded in full compliance with the EU Procurement Directive and negate the need for public sector buyers to run their own EU compliant procurement exercise.
Essentia Strategic Energy Advisory Framework – This framework is open to any public sector body in the UK, and covers the provision of M&V services, energy audits, and strategic advice on energy reduction and ESCO measures in large public bodies.
If you're interested in any of the services above then get in touch - email us on publicsector@carbontrust.com, fill in our contact form or give us a call on +44 (0)20 7832 4803.
