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• How team 10:10 are cutting their emissions
• How individual 10:10ers are cutting their emissions
  
  

1. London Underground is cutting the carbon emissions of ten stations including Hyde Park Corner, Liverpool Street and Victoria. These stations are using fewer escalators during off-peak hours and switching off excess lighting.

2. The Cadwyn Housing Association in Cardiff is encouraging its staff to cycle to work by buying a fleet of bikes.

3. The BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? is the first TV show to go 10:10. Production staff are cutting back on their flights for international episodes, using hybrid cars wherever possible, and sourcing local staff near their filming locations, rather than ferrying them from London.

4. DIY superstore chain B&Q is rolling out a fleet of double-decker delivery trucks, saving the company around 4,800 miles a day.

5. O2 is improving the energy efficiency of its transmitters, which currently account for 80% of the company’s energy use.

6. London-based extras casting agency The Casting Collective is now producing half the number of artist catalogues it once did, replacing them with an online version and using a carbon-neutral courier service.

7. Tzedek, a Jewish international development charity, has reduced its total organisational footprint by 15%. They’re now using one of the most environmentally responsible printers in the world and have moved to vegetarian catering at their events.

8. Suffolk-based brewery Adnams is powering its vehicles with hop waste from the brewing process through a very clever system called anaerobic digestion. They are also washing their fleet of trucks with waste water.

9. Web-based supermarket Ocado’s team of 40 eco volunteers is making sure the entire business is as sustainable as possible. The company no longer uses disposable cups and cutlery in its canteens, saving around 100,000 plastic cups from landfill each year.

The Johnson Arms in Nottingham, is enjoying slashed heating bills after replacing its 35-year-old boiler.

 

10. The Johnson Arms, Nottingham, is enjoying slashed heating bills after replacing its 35-year-old boiler. Not only is it saving on CO2 emissions, but it’s cheaper to run and better at keeping the regulars toasty!

11. Environmental regeneration charity Groundwork London is giving a retired milk float a second lease of life as their first electric vehicle.

12. Kirklees Active Leisure is replacing the lighting in its fitness suite with LED lights. This will reduce not just the energy use of the lights but also that of the air conditioning system as it will no longer have to battle the heat produced by the old bulbs.

13. As part of a long list of initiatives, Microsoft staff in Reading are only able to print documents when they’re standing next to a printer.

14. At The National Magazine Company staff put food scraps, fruit peelings and coffee grounds into kitchen caddies and the contents are turned into compost for their roof garden.

15. The New Local Government Network is promoting ‘Printer Awareness Fridays’ among staff.

16. First Direct's employee engagement plan has led to 500 employees joining 10:10. The online bank has installed solar panels at its Leeds HQ and uses a special programme to switch of unused PCs at night.

17. Oxford University has developed a 10:10 toolkit providing practical energy-saving tips to staff and students in order to help their 184 departments meet the 10% target.

18. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is advertising 10:10 on its pitchside hoardings and giving 10:10 tips to Spurs supporters in its match programmes.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is giving 10:10 tips to supporters in its matchday programmes

 

19. The University of Edinburgh is refitting its buildings with double glazing, sensor-activated lighting and insulated cladding. It is also challenging its 25,000 students to make 10% cuts in their energy use, flights and driving.

20. University College London Hospitals is pioneering a low-carbon menu in its catering outlets. These are promoting locally sourced food prepared in an energy-efficient way. And they have a massive 10:10 window sticker on display at one of London’s busiest junctions!

21. The Little Dragon steam train, owned by the Shearman family of Orkney, is now running on compressed sawdust and waste wood rather than coal, slashing its CO2 emissions – not bad for a 150-year-old chugger!

22. Sony has a live display showing current energy usage on the staff intranet. The canteen in its Basingstoke offices is sourcing local food wherever possible and using cold-pressed rapeseed oil from a local farm rather than vegetable oil.

23. City University in London has pledged a 15% cut in emissions and want to save 1,000 tonnes of carbon a year with a new combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) plant.

24. Woking Borough Council is rewarding users of hybrid cars with discounted parking schemes.

25. Street band The Peace Artistes from Ilkley, West Yorkshire, are wearing thicker jumpers so they can turn their heating down!

The Little Dragon steam train is now running on compressed sawdust and waste wood rather than coal

 

26. Honeybuns bakery in Dorset has worked reducing its emissions into its business plan for the next five years. Its employees are invited to come forward with ‘BeeGreen’ ideas to use within the company, with a cash prize is given for the best one each month.

27. Scarily talented pupils at Barking Abbey School in east London have made a fantastic 10:10 music video called Cut It. The rap is a must-see. Watch it here.

28. Argyle Primary School in Camden has appointed students as ‘Power Rangers’ to make sure lights and equipment is switched off when it’s not being used.

29. Green service provider Eaga is renewing its fleet of 1,700 vans to take advantage of the more efficient euroV engine technology.

30. Dartpoint Ltd in Lydd has installed solar-powered hot water for hand washing in its factory.

31. Eric Parry Architects in east London is switching changing electricity and courier providers to companies “who care about and monitor their carbon output”.

Eaga is renewing its fleet of 1,700 vans to take advantage of the more efficient euroV engine technology.

 

32. Southwark Playhouse is now lighting its productions with LED lighting where possible.

33. The Green Light Trust in Lawshallis cutting down the numbers of hours that its wood chip boiler is used to heat the building.

34. The Phoenix Centre in Sandwich has installed air source heatpumps and waterless urinals saving on both gas and water.

35. The Monk's Haven café in North Yorkshire is reducing energy consumption by turning appliances on later in the day and off earlier, according to demand.

36. Energy management system provider ADAM in Stockport is having its converted church office building fitted with state-of-the-art insulation.

37. Berkshire Labels is pioneering ‘The Green Mile’. Staff are being paid an extra pound for every day they leave their car at home and walk, cycle or use public transport.

39. Daily Bread, a sandwich and snack producer in Luton, has fitted all its computers with timer switches to reduce energy use.

40. Andrew Mulroy Architects Ltd in north London has installed photovoltaic panels to generate electricity on site.

41. John Masefield High School in Ledbury is displaying its electricity and gas usage on its intranet to encourage savings among staff.

Manchester taxi firm Mr Blackcab is having a competition amongst drivers to see who can drive most efficiently.

 

42. In Manchester, taxi firm Mr Blackcab is having a competition amongst drivers to see who can drive most efficiently.

43. Kyocera, printer manufacturer and 10:10 leader, has been focusing on cutting paper consumption so its own Kyocera printers have been printing less, reducing printer consumption by 29% so far this year.

44. Newquay Zoo is using thermal imaging technology to highlight energy use in its animal enclosures and has begun to generate its own energy through renewable technologies like solar power.