Energy Management

Wherever possible we aim to reduce energy consumption caused by our business activities. In Sheffield, we do this through encouraging our staff to switch off lights and computer equipment that is not in use and to monitor and reduce direct energy consumption. We are investigating buying green energy from our electricity supplier for our Sheffield office to assist in achieving carbon neutrality at this location.

The building we occupy in London has motion detectors in every room that control the lighting. Following a period of inactivity the lights are automatically turned off ensuring minimum energy usage. The air conditioning system includes dehumidifiers that remove unnecessary moisture from the incoming air to the building, reducing the amount of energy required to cool the air. All new plant and equipment is now purchased with energy efficiency in mind, ensuring that over time all our building services are provided in an increasingly energy efficient manner. We regularly enquire of the landlord how they purchase gas and electricity for this building to give us peace of mind that energy is procured in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

The Carbon Trust and Better Climate for Camden have assessed our premises in both London and Sheffield and with those organisations we have developed two action plans to further improve our environmental performance