Twenty-five organisations gain new EEAS awards; thirty-seven achieve re-accreditation
A total of 25 organisations (listed below) gained a new award for their achievements in energy efficiency at the annual Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme awards luncheon held in Birmingham on 14 December 2004. A further 37 gained re-accreditation under the Scheme, as proof that they had maintained the highest standards of energy efficiency for a further three years.
Martin Fry, Director of the Scheme, congratulated those collecting awards. "The UK Government has recently launched a consultation process on how it can meet its target of a 20% improvement in energy efficiency by 2010," he noted. "The Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme is important in encouraging industry, commerce and the public sector in playing their part, by providing a clear target for organisations to aspire to. Looking further ahead, although the energy debate tends to focus on the supply side - such as imports, nuclear and renewables - it is energy efficiency that will provide half the necessary savings in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050."
"It is sometime hard to encourage a debate about the demand side," Martin Fry continued. "Many of the firms working to cut energy use are quite small, and some of the savings will come from lifestyle changes - including persuading people to switch off unnecessary lights and screens. Of course, technology also has a role, and by 2006 many screens will use under 1W of energy in their standby mode. But it is people that will make the difference, and it is people at the heart of the accreditation scheme."
"Our message for those still at square one, thinking about how they might become accredited, is to use the scheme as a target. In three years, it is possible to take a plant or building that has been built with little consideration of energy efficiency and to make steady improvements, through a mix of investments in technology and people. New organisations can learn from those already accredited, and we are pleased that there are some sectors, including water, where accreditation is already becoming the norm."
EEAS and the Carbon Trust
Martin Fry then introduced Garry Felgate of the Carbon Trust who said "I am delighted to announce that, as of today, the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme is now part of the Carbon Trust family of offerings."
He continued "We see the Scheme as an essential part of promoting energy management within the UK. Over the past decade, the Scheme has become a beacon, something that organisations strive for, and a key part of its success is its independence, underpinned by the roles of the National Energy Foundation and the Energy Institute. This will not change, and the Foundation will still manage the Scheme on behalf of the Carbon Trust, with the Institute moderating the award."
Garry Felgate concluded by stating "Without energy efficiency, carbon emissions targets will not be met. It is of utmost importance to the Carbon Trust, to the UK, and to the climate of the planet that we cut these emissions. You, the energy managers represented here today, are the people who can start making the difference."
The ceremony in Birmingham also saw the third E.ON Energy Award for an organisation making an exceptional achievement in gaining Energy Efficiency Accreditation or Re-accreditation. Four organisations were shortlisted:
Epson (UK) Ltd
Mersey Care NHS Trust
Moores Furniture Group Ltd
QinetiQ & Amey, Farnborough
In announcing the award, Peter Haigh from its sponsor, E.ON, congratulated all those on the shortlist for continuing to recognise the importance of energy efficiency at a time of volatile energy markets.
Naming the winner for 2004 as Epson (UK) Ltd, Richard Tinson of the National Energy Foundation explained "Epson employ only 280 employees in the UK, and not all establishments of this size pay much attention to energy. Fortunately, in Epson they have that rare combination of committed senior management and a skilled and enthusiastic manager with responsibility for energy as part of her wider facilities management role."
Please follow the link for a summary of the achievements of all four finalists.
ACCREDITATIONS
Aberdeen City Council
Astrazeneca, Macclesfield
BAE Systems (Samlesbury)
Chester & District Housing Trust
Coors Brewers Ltd
Delphi
Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd
Guildford Borough Council
King's College London
Knauf Insulation Ltd
Manchester City Council
Mersey Care NHS Trust
Moores Furniture Group Ltd
North Lanarkshire Council
Northumbrian Water Ltd
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
QinetiQ in partnership with Amey (Farnborough)
Ricoh UK Products
Rushcliffe Borough Council
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Swindon Borough Council
The University of Manchester
The University of Sheffield
Whitbread Plc Scottish Accreditees at the 2004 EEAS Awards
RE-ACCREDITATIONS
Allied Bakeries Ltd
Argos Ltd
Asda Stores Ltd
British Nuclear Group, Sellafield
Bombardier Transportation (UK) Ltd
Burnley Borough Council
Calderstones NHS Trust
Carmarthenshire County Council
Dorset County Council
e2v technologies (uk) ltd
Epson (UK) Ltd
Freescale Semiconductor
Heathrow Airport Ltd
Larne Borough Council
Lloyd's
Lothian & Borders Police
Metropolitan Police Service
MFI UK Ltd (Manufacturing)
National Maritime Museum
NEC Group
Newcastle City Council
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (Cumberland Infirmary)
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
Prudential Property Investment Managers
RNAD Coulport
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
Salford City Council
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Schroders Plc
Smith & Nephew Medical Ltd
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
South West Water Ltd
Stockton on Tees Borough Council
Thames Water Utilities Ltd
The North British Distillery Co Ltd
The University Of Glasgow
The University Of Warwick
If your organisation has a commitment to and has made achievements in energy efficiency, and it would like to be on this prestigious list in 2005 then please send us an e-mail or visit the new EEAS pages on the Carbon Trust website.
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Martin Fry then introduced Garry Felgate of the Carbon Trust who said "I am delighted to announce that, as of today, the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme is now part of the Carbon Trust family of offerings."
