Thousands of public and private sector organisations have to monitor carbon efficiency under the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme that came in to force in April.
Likely participants will include supermarkets, water companies, banks, local authorities (including state-funded schools) and all central government departments.
CRC is a mandatory scheme to improve energy efficiency and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted in the UK.
LS Control, LifeSize’s video software solution can capture and report data needed for carbon calculations for their own bottom line contributions or for the CRC scheme.
Using easy to understand graphical management reports, organisations will have comprehensive information about the locations, the duration and the frequency of video-meetings held by their employees on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
This gives a base point for calculating carbon efficiency.
Video conferencing is a carbon efficient business solution because the system cuts travel for key workers to reduce an organisation’s carbon output.
The government estimates about 20,000 public and private sector organisations will have to participate in CRC – and 5,000 will be required to participate fully.
Participating organisations will have to monitor their emissions and purchase allowances for each tonne of CO2 they emit.
The more CO2 an organisation emits, the more allowances it has to purchase, so implementing video conferencing to cut emissions directly reduces spending on CO2 allowances.
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) is the UK’s mandatory climate change and energy saving scheme, due to start in April 2010.
It is central to the UK’s strategy for improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008. It has been designed to raise awareness in large organisations, especially at senior level, and encourage changes in behaviour and infrastructure.
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