Businesses work to reduce UKs carbon footprint

Monday, January 11, 2010

Facilities management measures may help reduce UK carbon footprint

A number of businesses are working to develop technologies that aim to reduce the carbon footprint of the UK, it has been announced.

It is hoped that the Thames Gateway Institute for Sustainability scheme will encourage the UK to become more environmentally-friendly.

Businesses looking to go green may want to consider making improvements to their facilities management, which could help the environment, meet government targets and reduce costs.

Thomas Lingard, deputy director of the Green Alliance said: "What we really need is a hard commitment from [the] government to bring in policies which will make these kinds of retrofits more attractive and desirable to people around the country."

He added the likelihood of the carbon footprint being brought down "depends very much on the nature of the measures and how widely adopted it is".

The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan has already delivered a 21 per cent reduction in the UK, which is equivalent to cutting emissions entirely from four cities the size of London.

Source: ask-re The Property People LLP