Sustainability Audit service description

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What is a Sustainability Audit ?
A sustainability audit will evaluate your organisation’s current
environmental impact, and give you practical recommendations on how to
reduce it. The Sustainable Engineering Collective specialise in doing this for
your working environment, ie the building you occupy.
We can identify how water and electricity usage can be reduced, where
your building would benefit from insulation, and how improved ventilation
can make the summer months more bearable. Whether you own the building
or rent, our recommendations will reduce your overheads and boost your
sustainability credentials.

2. Who’s Doing It ?
Along with individuals and government , businesses are making
active decisions to reduce their environmental impact .
How We Can Help .
We understand this involves a lot of work and may sound
overwhelming . To make it simple , we have separated
the audit into two phases : Red and Green .

3. A difficult process made easy
Step 1: Red Phase Step 2: Green Phase
We begin with the Red Phase, which is a detailed The Green Phase then takes you where you want to be.
energy, carbon and water audit of your building. We make bespoke sustainability recommendations and
This assesses where you currently are. We also evaluate their financial and environmental benefits in
conduct an online employee survey about indoor our Green Report. Our solutions are workable as we
environmental conditions. We present these develop them with you. We will guide you through the
findings to you in our Red Report. entire greening process.
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Green Because you will want to tell everybody about what
you are doing, our Sustainability Audit includes green
Marketing marketing materials for your organisation. These will
mark you out as a green leader to your clients and staff.

4. What is the Red Phase?
The Red Phase is We begin with an in-depth survey of your premises.
the first step. This is We collect information about your water fittings,
about understanding heating system and the appliances you use, from
how much energy and kettles to computers. This typically takes a day,
water you consume. followed by a two-week monitoring period.
Our online employee survey helps us gauge comfort
levels in the building – are certain areas under
or overheated in winter? Does the air get stale in
summer? We also look at attitudes towards reducing
consumption, to understand how willing staff are to
change behaviour.
At the end of the Red Phase you The Red Phase is the first step in the process, but
are provided with a report and does stand on its own. It is a necessary starting point
marketing materials. This tells to reducing your environmental impact.
everybody that you’ve made a
serious commitment to improve
your environmental impact.

5. Tell me more about the Red Report
The Red Report describes the current environmental The report is written in plain, non-technical language. Your
impact of your building. It details your energy and water energy and water use, utility costs, and carbon emissions
consumption, and tells you how much carbon your are displayed visually. We benchmark your performance
building is responsible for. against similar organisations.
We categorise your utility usage. For example, we The results of the online employee survey are shown.
divide your electricity consumption into categories such You can see how your staff feel about the current indoor
as lighting and computer use. environmental conditions and how receptive they may be to
changing their usage habits.
What are the marketing materials?
Awareness markers Declaration graphics Poster
These are small card Tell your clients and We graphically represent
reminders designed to raise customers about key results of our
awareness of your calculated your organisation’s report to demonstrate
energy and water use, and commitment to reducing your current carbon
incorporate your company your environmental emissions. The posters
branding. They are located impact. We provide direct employees to
near consumption points images and graphics your in-house green
such as light switches, for use on websites and champion.
thermostats and taps. emails.

6. What is the Green Phase?
The Green Phase takes you where Our Green Report gives you specific
you want to be. This is the important recommendations that will cut your carbon
stuff. Using the data we collected in consumption. We use leading industry software
the Red Phase, we look at the ways to determine the most effective strategies for you.
your organisation can improve how it This involves designing a computer model of your
operates in its building. building, which incorporates your electricity use.
For each recommendation, we tell you the
specific environmental and financial benefits,
and provide full up-to-date costings.
Recommendations can be big and small. Both
count. From reminding staff to turn computer
monitors off to installing solid wall insulation.
We work with you to implement these changes. Our Green Talks
with employees get them involved with the changes. We can help
you select suppliers to meet your goals. And work with builders to
ensure the recommendations are implemented within cost.
At this stage, the marketing materials really shout about your
green values. You will now be able to communicate your targeted
reductions and eventually, your achievements.

7. 5 Reasons to do a Sustainability Audit
1 Be a green leader
To demonstrate your sustainability achievements to your clients and staff, we
provide you with green marketing materials.
2 Reduce your bills
We provide cost-effective solutions tailored to your needs, which will help reduce
your energy and water consumption and save money on utility bills.
3 Improve wellbeing
Our employee survey examines comfort levels in the building. As a result, our
solutions are about improving wellbeing for both people and the environment.
4 Understand your building
Learn how to operate it efficiently, improving comfort and indoor conditions for
everybody.
5 Empower your employees
Our employee survey helps you understand staff motivations for improving the
working environment. And our engagement workshops, called Green Talks, promote
green education and motivation.

8. Get started
Email or call us for more information
info@secollective.co.uk
07519 276 837
sustainable engineering collective
The Hub Islington, Candid Arts Trust, 5 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NQ
www.secollective.co.uk
Sustainable Engineering Collective is a trading name of Eaton Sustainability Ltd
Company registration number: 7048547 (England and Wales)