News
12 November 2008
British Gas Business wins a prestigious Green Apple award for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction
British Gas Business and Centrica, in partnership with facilities company Carillion have shared a prestigious ‘Green Apple' award for Environmental Best Practice in the Commercial Utilities Sector, for cutting energy use by 10 per cent in their UK offices.
Managing Director of British Gas Business Badar Khan, who picked up the award at a ceremony at the House of Commons on Monday night said, "This is a fantastic achievement that everyone at British Gas Business has played a part in. Employees across the business have really embraced our energy-saving schemes and should feel rightly proud of this success."
Green Apple awards for environmental best practice and sustainable development are presented by The Green Organisation, an independent, non-political and non-profit environment group.
The award is for the Energy and Carbon Reduction Campaign, which began in April 2007, with the aim of reducing energy consumption by 10 per cent. Trials took place at British Gas Business offices in Oxford and Leicester.
The initiatives the company took included;
- Installing "vendmisers" which switch off vending machines when not in use
- A PC switch off campaign, encouraging workers to turn their PC's off at night
- E-cube devices to control refrigeration
- The British Food Fortnight, a carbon friendly, locally sourced organic menu
- Solar panels were installed to heat water
Following on from the success of these trials, energy saving plans have been rolled out across all of Centrica's 17 UK offices, again supported by facilities company Carillion.
Notes to Editors
The Green Organisation is funded by membership and sponsorship, with support from the Environment Agency, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, the Municipal Journal and several other professional bodies.
British Gas Business supplies energy and energy related products and services to around a million UK businesses and is the commercial arm of British Gas, a part of Centrica plc.
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