How dock10 is helping to reduce the Carbon Footprint of Production By Paul Houghton Head of Risk Management at dock10
In the end credits of television programmes, you might have noticed the little albert footprint logo that indicates that the show has been albert certified. But who is albert? Why is albert so important? And how is dock10 helping albert? dock10’s Head of Risk Management, Paul Houghton, explains how the television climate change organisation albert is helping to reduce the carbon footprint of productions. Albert is an environmental organisation that is encouraging the television and film industry to reduce waste and minimise its carbon footprint - from national broadcasters to small indies. Every time a programme is made, the production team use albert’s carbon calculator to work out the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted as a direct result of making that programme and therefore how big an impact the show has had on the environment. This is done by answering a series of questions about production activities, such as the show’s studio usage and time spent in edit suites. The results are displayed by albert as a series of charts showing the total CO2 emitted during the course of production, the amount of CO2 emitted per
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£100k of budget and, arguably most significantly, the CO2 per production hour. The aim is to highlight television’s impact on the environment and to help production companies cut the amount of CO2 they produce when making programmes. Albert asks each production to have a carbon action plan that looks at a whole range of different areas from power to recycling. In many of these areas, the production relies heavily on the facility where the programme is being made. dock10 has always taken sustainability very seriously and has a number of measures that contribute to a more positive albert assessment.
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