Green Achievements

“To minimise the impact of our activities on the environment and in naturally occurring systems”

At Eastbourne Leisure Trust, we understand the importance of reducing our carbon footprint and being ‘green’. Over the past few years, we have been working hard to improve our environmental performance, and have had some great successes.

Over both sites, during 2008 we produced 321 fewer tonnes of CO2 emissions in comparison with the previous year.

In addition to being environmentally responsible, our actions fall in line with the Eastbourne Strategic Partnerships 2026 vision.

Display Energy Certificates (DECs) are a measure of how energy efficient a building is, they range from ‘A’ which is excellent, to ‘G’ which is poor. The Sovereign Centre, achieved a Display Energy Certificate rating of ‘C’. This is an excellent score, which we are very proud of, as most leisure centres score a ‘D’ or ‘E’. Motcombe Pool does not qualify for a DEC due to its size.

What we did

• Ensured all staff followed ‘Good housekeeping’ procedures. Essentially this involves turning things off when they are not needed.
• Conference calls to reduce impacts associated with travel
• Tailoring the ‘on times’ of our ventilation to ensure they closely match centre usage.
• Ensuring all temperatures are at recommended levels.
• We have insulated a number of areas in order to prevent heat loss. In addition, we have had a thermal imaging survey to identify further areas of loss, which we took action on.
• Timers were installed on vending machines to turn them off overnight.
• Save-a-flush bags have been put in toilets, saving 1 litre of water per flush.
• Smart meters have been installed through our partners in order to monitor ‘live’ gas and electricity consumption.
• External lighting has dusk sensors and timers fitted to ensure they are not on unless required.
• Two staff have had Carbon Reduction Leader training in order to assist them with utility savings and to help them inform and advise others.
• To help make customers aware of what they can do at home, we have created a Carbon reduction notice board. The notice boards also detail our savings, and how we achieved them.