Posted on May 7th 2008
A few years ago, Arvato Digital Services (formerly SonoPress), a major CD manufacturer installed a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in their German-based factory. This on-site energy generation technology has enabled energy efficiency of 85% and carbon emissions to be reduced by 50 percent. CHP technology greatly improved energy efficiency by capturing and using […]
Posted on May 7th 2008
Universal Music has set up a ‘Green Team’ of staff across its business activities to strategically integrate sustainability into business activities. The team meets regularly to develop actions on a wide-range of sustainability topics, including: operations energy management, green product procurement, a hybrid low emissions taxi scheme, recycling, and staff engagement and awareness. (pers. comm. […]
Posted on May 7th 2008
The offices of NME (New Musical Express) magazine are located in the Blue Fin Building, London, a high energy performance building purpose built by IPC Media to house many of its publications. The building has a number of features to minimise energy consumption:
• localised metering and monitoring of electricity use;
• a system to automatically turn […]
Posted on May 7th 2008
The newly opened ACC Liverpool is a demonstration of low carbon technology and energy management system in practice to reduce emissions. The arena has been designed to produce half the CO2 emissions it would without taking into account environmental impacts and using 20% less electricity. The design of the building, along with its insulation and […]
Posted on May 7th 2008
There have been a number of innovative efforts made in the festival sector to reduce GHG emissions and other environmental impacts and these efforts are starting to gain a critical mass. Examples of initiatives include:
• Glastonbury’s combined coach & festival ticket which encouraged 20% of the audience to travel by coach in 2007;
• the use […]
Posted on May 7th 2008
The Radiohead audit estimated the carbon dioxide emissions from 2 US tours, one of amphitheatres and one of US theatre venues. They found emissions of 9,073 t CO2e for the amphitheatre tour and 2,295 t CO2e for the US theatre venue tour.
Best Foot Forward on behalf of Radiohead produced some of the most comprehensive information […]
Posted on May 7th 2008
In 2007, Futuresonic, an annual 3-day international of electronic music and media arts in Manchester which attracts 10,000 people, did a pilot audit of the festival’s carbon emissions. The festival is spread across 20 different venues together with some outdoor events. Part of the festival is a conference attracting 250 people from all over the […]
Posted on April 17th 2008
The Report ‘First Step: UK Music Industry Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007’ (Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, 2007) commissioned by Julie’s Bicycle contains a number of recommendations which will significantly reduce the industry’s carbon emissions. It is important that reliance on fossil fuels is reduced as much and as quickly as possible.
Posted on March 17th 2008
Climate change is the defining environmental issue for the 21st Century requiring a radical transformation of society’s relationship to energy use and resource consumption.