Pledge to cut your carbon footprint in 2017
News – Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
Pledge to reduce your carbon footprint in 2017 and raise your profile as a sustainable business/organisation.
Climate Change has been much debated in 2016. Science is behind the evidence that our climate is changing due to the way we are using the planet’s resources. The Paris agreement gives...
Stand out from the crowd – join our carbon footprint report – deadline 30 Dec.
News – Friday, December 9th, 2016
Reporting your energy data got easier. Don’t miss this opportunity to join hundreds of businesses in the borough showing their commitment to reduce their carbon emissions. By reporting your data you will be contributing to our annual report. Follow the link to see last year’s report.
So if...
Waste Breakfast Seminar – Event highlights
News – Monday, December 5th, 2016
On Wednesday 30th November 2016 ISEP and CCCA led a breakfast event about managing and reducing waste for businesses. A number of high profile businesses such as Veolia, Regent’s Place and Bennetts Associates attend the event. The event was held at Alara Wholefoods, the first food manufacturer...
CCCA Awards
Events – Thursday, December 1st, 2016
The CCCA business awards is coming this spring. It will be an opportunity to recognise the effort members are making to reduce their carbon footprint while delivering sustainable products and services and tackling climate change.
To apply you will need to be a member of the alliance and have
Have your say and help us improve the Alliance
News – Sunday, November 13th, 2016
Let’s make the alliance work for all. Tell us what we are doing well and could do better. It only takes five minutes. We will use your comments to make improvements to the way we deliver our services.
Have your say: CCCA improvement survey 2016. Be in with a chance to win tickets for alliance...
Action on the Paris Agreement is being discussed in Marrakech COP 22 this week
News – Friday, November 11th, 2016MEMBERS SUCCESSES: Troup Bywaters + Anders case study
Case studies and blog posts, News – Thursday, October 13th, 2016Camden’s sustainability initiatives deliver carbon and cost savings
News – Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
The Borough of Camden is reducing carbon emissions and cutting costs demonstrating that an organisation can deliver sustainability projects resulting in efficiencies. With a commitment to reducing Borough-wide carbon emissions by 27% by 2017 and 40% by 2020 Camden is leading by example through its...
Invest in your community: Rhyl School seeks help
News – Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
Alliance member Rhyl Primary School in Chalk Farm are on a mission to build an innovative and eco-friendly community teaching kitchen and are looking for support. They hold an Eco Schools Green Flag award and were voted the Greenest School in Camden in July.
The building will be a resource for...
Re-use scheme savings at UCLH
News – Thursday, August 18th, 2016
This year Alliance Member University College London Hospital (UCLH) have set up a Re-Use scheme for the organisation.
Office and reception chairs, desks, whiteboards, pedestals, bookcases and filing cabinets are among a large stash of second-hand equipment and furniture that is available for...
Member launches fundraising drive for UK’s first community energy project
News – Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
Alliance member SOAS has launched a fundraising drive for the first community energy project in the UK.
Solar SOAS, based at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London is the first University community energy project of its kind in the UK. The project aims to get solar panels...
Member Annual Reporting: Submissions Open
News – Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
The CCCA are now collating members’ annual energy data for our Annual Report.
All you need to do is complete our Energy reporting pro forma_2015 2016 which tells us your annual electricity, gas, and potentially other fuel consumption (if your organisation owns and runs vehicles).
If you are...
Brief Guide to Display Energy Certificates
News – Thursday, August 4th, 2016
Last month marked the one year anniversary of the Display Energy Certificate (DEC) requirement for buildings of floor size greater than 250m2. Read on for a brief reminder of what a DEC provides.
CCCA Background Paper_Display Energy Certificates Aug 2016
Legal obligations
The Energy...
The world of carbon footprinting – event highlights
Events – Thursday, July 21st, 2016
The world of carbon footprinting – event report
14 July saw businesses attend our Advanced Carbon Footprinting Workshop kindly hosted by CCCA member the Welcome Trust. Carbon footprinting expert Chris Havers, Principal Carbon Consultant at the Alliance, facilitated the workshop covering the...
UCLH savings with BMS recommissioning
News – Thursday, July 21st, 2016
University of College London Hospitals have been an Alliance member since 2010 and are making savings by changing their Building Management System at their Macmillan Cancer Centre (MCC) on Huntley Street.
Following MCCs opening in April 2012 there have been changes to its usage and occupancy...
CCCA Member wins Social Responsibility award
News – Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
Alliance member Troup Bywaters & Anders have been crowned winners of the Social Responsibility (up to 249 employees) category at the annual Investors in People Awards 2016, the leading industry event recognising high performance in people management.
The Awards, which received over 300 entries...
5th Carbon Budget approved by UK Government
News – Thursday, June 30th, 2016
The UK Government has approved the 5th carbon budget endorsing the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) proposal to limit emissions to 57% lower than 1990 levels between 2028 and 2032 at 1,725MtCO2e.
Under the Climate Change Act 2008 (CC Act) it is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that...
CCCA member achieves Carbon Trust certification
News – Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
CCCA member University College London Hospitals (UCLH) have scored top marks for successfully reducing its carbon footprint by more than 18 per cent in the past two years: an achievement that means they are first in the healthcare sector league table in the Carbon Trust awards. They were also...
London Metropolitan number one in carbon reduction with LED project
News – Thursday, May 26th, 2016
According to edie, London Metropolitan University has been named as England’s number one university for carbon reduction, after using a new LED light installation as part of a wider scheme that has seen carbon emissions slashed by 47%.
The lighting upgrade at the Holloway Road campus in Islington...
Sustainable Procurement Workshop Round-up
Events, News – Thursday, May 12th, 2016
On the morning of the 12 May we welcomed 30 businesses from around the borough to discuss the topic of Sustainable Procurement. Or as Paul Grey (one of our wonderfully engaging speakers) coined it… Pandorra’s box.
We opened the event with an introduction from Victoria Howse (ISEP) and Chris...
Is the existing energy supply market delivering for us?
News – Friday, April 1st, 2016
Written by Chris Havers
What do we consider when procuring energy?
After the proposed changes on energy efficiency taxes and reporting, (Please see previous blog) there is greater pressure than ever to not only reduce energy demand by measuring, managing and reducing our energy consumption, but...
An inspired new beginning. But why?
News – Thursday, February 25th, 2016
Thank you for visiting your brand new CCCA website, I hope that you can take time to have a good look around. If we haven’t met before, my name is Chris and my role over the last 10 months has been to implement the business plan for what we can call the CCCA’s Self-Sufficiency Strategy. Our...