EMS Awareness

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Groundwork Cheshire
Business Support to Tackle Climate
Change Groundworks Resource Efficiency
Programme Gary Shawcross
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Groundworks e3 Business Service

• Environmental Excellence and Efficiency in
  Cheshire Warrington Businesses
• Green Business Parks/Business Improvement
  Districts
• Commercial Environmental, Health and Safety
  Services
• Grant Funded Resource Efficiency and Corporate
  Responsibility Programmes
• ENWORKS, NWDA, ERDF

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Groundworks e3 Business Service
Resource Efficiency and Corporate Responsibility
Services

• Funded by NWDA/ERDF
• Co-ordinated by ENWORKS (www.enworks.com)
• Established since 2001
• Part of a regional partnership (ENWORKS)

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Groundworks e3 Business Service
Regional Success

• Winner Economic Development Project of the Year
  Regeneration Renewal, 2007
• Highly Commended Environmentally Sustainable
  Regeneration Scheme of the Year RR, 2007
• Winner Energy Efficiency Ashden Award for
  Sustainable Energy, 2007
• Short-listed Energy Efficiency UK CEED
  National Awards, 2006
• Winner Climate Change and Environmental
  Efficiency Sustain-IT e-Well Being Award, 2006
• Winner Exceptional Contribution to
  Environmental Excellence Success North West
  Awards, 2005
• Exemplar Status Regeneration Good Practice
  RENEW, 2005
• Winner Merit Award for Sustainable Development
  European Social Fund, 2005
• Winner Outstanding Workforce Development
  Campaign Learning Northwest, 2002

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Groundworks e3 Business Service
Regional Success

• 5000 Businesses advised
• 5500 Jobs created and safeguarded
• 2800 Environmental policies action plans
  developed
• 280 EMSs initiated
• 1700 People trained receiving qualifications
• 27m Sales increased 54m Sales safeguarded
• 46m Annual cost savings through reductions in
  resource use and improvements in waste management

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Groundworks e3 Business Service
Cheshire Warrington Services

• Team of six Resource Efficiency Specialists and
  consultants
• Services
• Awareness raising
• Onsite audit and support
• Training
• On-line toolkit

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Groundworks e3 Business Service
Case Study - Tullis Russell

• Based in Bollington, Macclesfield - Engaged 2004
• Services delivered
• RE Audit
• Energy Audit
• Carbon footprint
• Training and seminars
• Structured action plan
• Formed Resource Efficiency Team

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Groundworks e3 Business Service
Case Study - Tullis Russell

• Range and number of projects have generated
  savings
• Improve wastage factor on raw material chemicals
• T12 T8 lighting to T5's
• Recycling of effluent water sent to sewer under a
  concent agreement with UU
• Variable speed drives to Vat stirrer motors
  pumps
• Variable speed drives to ventilation fans and
  blowers
• Recycling of filter cake Investigation
• Variable speed drives to water pumps motors
• Replacement Boiler
• Investigate return of chemical containers to
  suppliers
• Better use of water and recycling
• Waste paper recycling

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Groundworks e3 Business Service
Case Study - Tullis Russell

• So What?
• 247,000 of savings identified
• 130,000 savings achieved
• 2,000 tonnes annual CO2 savings
• 22,000 m3 of water
• 1000 tonnes of raw materials

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Groundworks e3 Business Service
Cheshire Warrington Success

• 35,000 tonnes annual CO2 savings
• 300,000m3 annual water saving
• Equivalent to 300million litre bottles of water
• 16,000tonnes annual raw material
• 8.3 million savings to date
• Target 15million by March 2010
• Return on investment 1 funding 10 savings

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Groundworks e3 Business Service
Further Information

• Gary Shawcross
• Groundwork Cheshire
• Yarwoods Arm
• Northwich
• CW8 1BE
• Tel [phone]
• E-mail gary.shawcross_at_groundwork.org.uk
• Web www.e-3.org.uk