E.ON’s involvement also brings on board round the world yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur who will be the campaign champion. Ellen is already working with E.ON to help raise awareness of how their business customers and the wider community can become more energy efficient, through making simple changes – a message emphasised in the 100 Days Campaign.
Run by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), the 100 Days Campaign aims to help participants realise the carbon saving potential of their workplace, encouraging staff behavioural changes and managerial initiatives to reduce carbon emissions from their buildings. With the support of E.ON, and Ellen MacArthur, CIBSE hopes this campaign will build on the success of the 2006 initiative and lead to bigger and better carbon savings.
CIBSE President John Armstrong said: “It is excellent news that E.ON is sponsoring the 100 days campaign. CIBSE and E.ON share common values of promoting and encouraging sustainability, helping organisations to work towards an energy efficient future.”
E.ON has already reduced its carbon intensity by 20% since 1990 and is committed to reducing it by another 10% by 2012. The company is also aiming to spend £1bn on renewable generation in the next five years.
In commenting on E.ON’s involvement in the 100 Days Challenge, Peter Haigh, Director of B2B at E.ON UK said: “Businesses in the UK must take more responsibility to reduce their impact on the environment. By working with CIBSE on this campaign we hope to encourage our customers as well as the wider business community to take greater steps towards energy savings.
“We are also committed to reducing our impact on the environment, both from our electricity generation and our business operations in the UK. To help our customers do the same, we have set up a new business area - Sustainable Energy Solutions, which is focused on helping businesses reduce their impact through low carbon technologies.”
Ellen MacArthur said: “The 100 Days Carbon Off Campaign is an initiative I am very excited to be involved with. I see it as a significant step towards encouraging businesses to start taking action to improve their energy efficiency.
“I am passionate about learning all I can about how we can live and work having a lesser impact on our Planet. Working with E.ON is a major facilitator in the learning process, and gives more scope to really make a difference. In our business OC Group, we are making changes to be more energy efficient and I hope I can encourage many more businesses to take up the same challenge during this 100 Days Campaign.”
As part of the 2007 initiative a pre-campaign pilot study has been carried out - helping 20 participants from various sectors to take practical and cost effective measures to deliver real energy savings. The results from this pilot study will then be used to provide new and improved guidance for the second 100 Days of Carbon Clean up Campaign, running from 12th September to 20th December.
The 100 days run from 12th September to 20th December
Information on signing up to the 100 Days of Carbon Clean up Campaign is available at www.100days.co.uk or by ringing 020 8675 5211
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Notes to editors
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is the prime source of expertise for sustainable buildings, harnessing its members’ skills and knowledge to raise competence across the industry.
CIBSE carries out a variety of learned society activities, including: producing technical guides, codes and other publications; organising regional, national and international seminars and conferences; and holding networking activities based on regional and special interest groups. CIBSE is a Licensed Institution of EC (UK) and has over 18,000 members. More details are available at www.cibse.org
E.ON
• E.ON is the UK’s largest integrated energy company – generating and distributing electricity, and retailing electricity and gas – and is part of the E.ON group, the world’s largest private sector energy services company. We employ over 16,000 people in the UK;
• Our retail business, branded Powergen, is a leading energy supplier in the UK, with around six million electricity and gas customers, both residential and small business. Powergen also offers a range of additional home energy services, including boiler and central heating installation, maintenance and insurance. In addition, we have around 13,000 industrial and commercial customers branded E.ON Energy.
• We are a market leader in combined heat and power, providing our customers with around 600MW of electricity and more than 1,000MW of heat at 13 sites across the country;
• In addition, E.ON is one of the leading green generators in the UK, with 20 wind farms located from Cornwall to Northern Ireland. We also burn biomass material mixed with coal in three of our power stations and own the largest hydro power station in England and Wales. Combined, our renewable portfolio generates enough green energy to power the homes in a city the size of Manchester;
Dame Ellen McArthur
• Ellen MacArthur completed her record breaking solo round the world voyage on 7 February 2005 in 71 days, 14 hours and 18 minutes;
• Ellen MacArthur’s business, OC Group, employs 50 people and is based on the Isle of Wight;
• Ellen MacArthur’s international sailing team will be competing in the IMOCA Ocean Racing World Championship circuit 2007 – 09;
• To find out more and follow Ellen on her journey to learn more about sustainability, visit www.eonenergy.com/ellen to view Ellen’s personal blog.
Issued by:
Rachel Cafferty
Press Officer
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
222 Balham High Road
London
SW12 9BS
Tel: 020 8772 3615
Fax: 020 8673 3302
Email: rcafferty@cibse.org
www.cibse.org
E.ON Contact:
Victoria Blake
02476 181 304
Victoria.blake@powergen.co.uk
