GROUNDWORK CASE STUDY
WFEL
Achieve environmental business pledge Award SUMMARY
OVER £60,000 WORTH OF COST SAVINGS IDENTIFIED 319 TONNES OF CO2 SAVINGS IDENTIFIED WATER SAVINGS OF 5,000 M3 A YEAR IDENTIFIED
WFEL are currently working towards the Gold award for the Stockport Environmental Business Pledge (EBP) and are also considering implementing energy and water savings identified from a Groundwork Resource Efficiency Review. THE PROCESS WFEL, which employs approximately 220 people at its site in Heaton Chapel, is a world leader in the manufacture, repair and distribution of tactical military and disaster relief bridges for over 39 countries including the UK’s Ministry of Defence. Despite already being accredited with the internationally recognised IS0 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS), WFEL recognised the EBP as a useful scheme to aid their continual improvement as part of their EMS. They also believe the pledge and the support on offer from the delivery partners; Groundwork MSSTT, as a useful way to reduce their energy, water and material usage and the associated cost.
ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS SERVICES
Groundwork MSSTT Timber Wharf 42 - 50 Worsley Street Castlefield Manchester M15 4LD Telephone 0161 220 1000 www.groundwork.org.uk/msstt
GROUNDWORK CASE STUDY THE RESULTS £60,000 worth of cost savings identified Following a review by a Groundwork MSSTT advisor, amounting to 316 Tonnes of CO2 savings Significant savings identified per annum on lighting costs This cost saving would be a result of WFEL changing the current lighting stock and replacing them with low energy LED’s Approximately 5,000m3 of water savings a year identified By utilizing the large roof space through harvesting rainwater. They also received saving calculations based on installing tap aerators and cistern damns.
FUTURE PROSPECTS After working through the Bronze and Silver requirements, WFEL have identified that they are now better equipped to manage their waste more efficiently. They have also installed energy and water efficient technologies, such as low wattage fluorescent lighting, high speed roller doors and water saving push taps. This shows that even for a large company such as WFEL, who already have an international recognised EMS in place, the EBP scheme helps to further improve efficiencies. Groundwork MSSTT are continuing to work with WFEL to achieve the identified savings and to complete the final EBP stage.
“The EBP has given us
“The EBP given at WFEL the has opportunity to identify areasthe of us at WFEL environmental aspects for opportunity to identify further improvement as well areas of environmental as helping us to fine tune those aspects for further already working well to a high standard we striveas to attain. improvement well Without the help, advice as helping us to fineand drive to achieve the awards of tune those already the EBP, WFEL wouldn’t have working well toitahas high made the progress in such a shortwe period of time.” standard strive to attain. Without the help, advice and drive to achieve the awards of the EBP, WFEL wouldn’t have made the progress it has in such a short period of time.” Wayne Schofield HSE Manager WFEL Limited
PARTNERS For more information contact: Jonathan Crabtree Business Services Manager Environmental Business Services 0161 220 1020 jonathan.crabtree@groundwork.org.uk