Environmental Monitoring Report 2009-2010

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Environmental Monitoring Report 2009-­2010

A review of our environmental policies and our impact on the environment.

Louise Wilson May 2010

Environmental Report 2009-2010

Contents Executive Summary

3

Introduction

4

Carbon Footprint

5

Analysis of Impact

6

Reduction Plan

7

Targets

8

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Environmental Report 2009-2010

Executive  Summary  Background to the Charity Splitz has been providing a range of support services to individuals and families in Wiltshire since it was established in 1989. Recent developments have seen our area of operation increase to include the Borough of Swindon and we are continuing to look further afield for new opportunities.

We have a main office in Trowbridge and in the past 18 months have established satellite offices in Salisbury and Swindon. Outreach workers have a patch that normally represents one or two district areas.

Summary The carbon footprint for Splitz is low. We are not able to measure the fuel use at our satellite offices as these charges are all inclusive in the rent. As both offices are single rooms we have identified the impact to be minimal.

Our greatest impact is from petrol and diesel use for travel. Last year we covered nearly 80,000 miles.

Next Steps We will continue to collect monitoring data and improve the way we record and review the data throughout the year. We aim to involve the team in monitoring our environmental impact by having an employee representative as our champion.

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Environmental Report 2009-2010

Introduction  Calculations Calculations of our CO2 emissions are made using the process on the Carbon Trust web site.

Benchmarking data was collected for the year 2007-08 and is shown for comparison purposes.

Average Number of Staff Usage per person is calculated using the average number of staff during the year (as shown in the Annual Review).

Staff

2008-09 21

2009-10 25

Change +19%

Vehicles This year, to determine our impact from driving we know the engine size and fuel type for all staff vehicles and the miles travelled in each class.

Petrol Number of vehicles Miles travelled

< 1.4l 5 6137

1.4-2.0l 28 54404

> 2.0l 6 9132

Diesel Number of vehicles Miles travelled

< 1.7l 0

1.7-2.0l 2 9988

> 2.0l 2 1236

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Carbon  Footprint  Our carbon footprint includes the fuel used for travelling and the electricity and gas use at our main office in Trowbridge. We are unable to identify electricity or gas use at our offices in Swindon or Salisbury as we do not pay directly for these services.

Tonnes CO2 Average staff Tonnes/person

2008-09 31.72 21 1.50

Target 35.00 1.20

Total Emissions % by source

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2009-10 34.96 25 1.40

Change +10% +19% -7%

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Analysis of Impact Petrol & Diesel All staff & volunteers

miles Tonnes CO2 Tonnes/person 1

2008-09 72,425 24.93 1.2

Target 75,000 25.00 1.0

2009-10 78,586 28.4 1.14

Change +9% +14% 1 -5%

CO2 calculation more accurately reflects vehicle types used

Gas Trowbridge

kWh Tonnes CO2 Tonnes/person

2008-09 11,709 2.17 0.1

Target 12,000 2.20 0.1

2009-10 8,066 1.49 0.06

Change -31% -31% -40%

2008-09 8,606 4.62 0.22

Target 9,000 5.00 0.20

2009-10 9,446 5.07 0.20

Change -10% -10% -9%

2008-09 27,000 4.9

Target 24,000 4.5

2009-10 28,000 4.3

Change +4% -12%

2008-09 52 2.5

Target 52 2.1

2009-10 52 2.1

Change 0 -16%

Electricity Trowbridge

kWh Tonnes CO2 Tonnes/person

Water Trowbridge

Litres Litres/person/day

Waste Trowbridge

Bags* Bags/person

* a bag is defined as a full 60 litre bin liner

Recycling We continue to recycle a variety of items. The item that is recycled most is paper. The next most recycled item is cardboard. Only small quantities of the other items are generated. Storing the other items for recycling is proving easier. As only small quantities are generated these are disposed of monthly. Toner cartridges are returned to the supplier or given to a local recycling venture.

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Reduction Plan A major environmental impact is from our use of energy. The main energy used is electricity, gas and fuel for vehicles. We have identified the main reasons for energy use and devised a plan to reduce our energy consumption.

Electricity A major consumer of electricity is our ICT, especially the server and other systems that remain online 24/7, but also includes our desktop computers, which are used daily for a few hours.

Monitors left on standby overnight can continue to draw power. Seasonal use includes additional cooling fans in the summer and additional heaters in winter. Lighting is also a high energy user as the office has little natural light.

To reduce our electricity use we: • • • • •

Do not have monitors attached to servers.

Encourage staff to turn monitors off when not in use (give costs of monitors on standby).

Encourage staff to turn off lights when not in use (eg inner office, Merrick room, main office).

Unplug phone chargers and other unused equipment when not in use.

Use additional electrical items sparingly.

Gas Gas is used for heating and hot water. We replaced our gas boiler in 2010 and added a water softener and new timer control. At the same time we had individual thermostat valves added to the radiators. Heating is controlled by setting the boiler temperature, setting the timer to provide heating at certain times, and by setting the room thermostat. Hot water is supplied on demand.

To reduce our gas use we: •

• •

Prevent staff adjusting the boiler temperature, timer controls and room thermostat (turning the thermostat up does not increase the temp of the heating water, it only keeps the boiler running longer as it trys to heat the room the the new higher temp).

Encourage staff to keep doors closed to minimise heat loss.

Service our boiler annually.

Petrol/diesel Travel on duty is biggest use of energy. It is not possible to reduce this greatlyasour services are mainly community based.

Staff Involvement To encourage staff involvement in promoting the reduction of energy we have set up a set up an Environment Team that meets twice a year (Spring, Autumn).This team consists of a manager, coordinator, support worker, volunteer, service user(?), and trustee(?). Its main aims are to monitor our energy use, set targets, investigate best practice, educate others and produce this annual report.

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Environmental Report 2009-2010

Targets  Unit Overall CO2 Petrol

Gas

Electricity

Water

Waste

Recycling

2009-2010

2010-2011

Tonnes/person

1.40

1.3

miles

78,586

80,000

Tonnes/person

1.14

1.0

kWh

8,066

8,000

Tonnes/person

0.06

0.05

kWh

9,446

9,000

Tonnes/person

0.20

0.20

Litres

28,000

26,000

Litres/person/day

3.0

3.0

Bags

52

48

Bags/person

2.1

1.9

Items

9

10+

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