Presentations – Carbon Saving Case Studies, Horsham

Delegates met for a Sustainable Business Breakfast in Holbrook, Horsham, to hear from topic experts and local case study speakers.

Stuart Davies and James Dorrell from Bloom explored carbon footprinting and environmental reporting within businesses. They explained how reporting needs to be relevant to the people you are trying to engage. For example benchmarking the carbon emissions of a college on a per person basis, helped demonstrate to students how their actions at an in individual level could collectively make a difference.

Dean Shackel, Facilities Manager at Sony DADC shared how monitoring energy usage through their building management system highlighted areas for energy efficiency improvements at their CD and DVD manufacturing plant near Horsham. The company have since saved thousands through implementing initiatives such as LED lighting and efficient heating and cooling systems.

Green Champion Diane Stenning from the Old Tollgate Hotel and Restaurant in Steyning talked about how energy saving initiatives including hot water and heating controls, electric car charging points and energy efficient light bulbs have secured a Green Tourism Gold Award for the hotel, and attracted corporate clients to use their meeting space and dining facilities.

After the presentations delegates introduced themselves, their businesses and shared their interest in the morning’s topic. Joost Taylor from Timba Tree, shared how the company were looking to calculate the carbon footprint of their new wooden Christmas trees. Michelle Fraser from renewable energy training course provider Steve Willis Training, said their company was keen to practice what it preaches, and so she attended to find out other ways they could reduce their environmental impact.

Download their presentations.

The breakfast was run by the Sustainable Business Network working in partnership with the Green Growth Platform, a 5 year programme led by the University of Brighton offering a range of free and subsidised services to both businesses in the environmental sector and those looking to improve their environmental performance.

The next breakfast events are in Hastings on the 18th November looking at commercial solar PV and Brighton on the 27th November focussing on sustainable buildings.