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19/10/2010

Carbon Footprint Software Saves £46K

The National Federation of Builder's (NFB) ConstructCO2 flagship online software solution has assisted member company Frank Haslam Milan Ltd (FHM) in identifying immediate savings of £46,000 through the measurement and benchmarking of their carbon footprint.

CostructCO2 provides a simple, practical and systematic approach to measuring project carbon emissions enabling project teams to re-engineer their design, procurement, logistics and construction processes to minimise their footprint.

Mark Connor, Operations Manager, Frank Haslam Milan commented: "FHM have introduced ConstructCO2 across a number of our key partnerships in the North East. As more and more of our clients were beginning to ask us about our carbon footprint we realised that, coupled with a lean efficiency drive, we could use this programme to our advantage.
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"The initial set up was not as onerous as we first thought as our IT infrastructure was already in place so it meant just data gathering and input. The plotting tool helped us visually recognise the geographic misalignment of our work force - for example, employees from Teesside and Darlington travelling to Newcastle and beyond and vice versa. Just by identifying and re-aligning our workforce to their geographical area we have identified an

immediate £46,000 saving and are now in the process of carrying this out.

"In the current climate of efficiency savings, spending reviews and climate control, ConstructCO2 is not the answer to all problems but it certainly helps in all three areas, making everyone so much more aware of actually how much carbon we use per construction scheme and therefore able to identify and implement savings in carbon and cash."

Commenting on the ConstructCO2 solution, Chief Executive of the NFB Julia Evans said: "The ConstructCO2 software helps clients, contractors and suppliers identify quick win actions that reduce carbon, and generate potential savings through travel arrangements and material and supplier procurement, both on the project in question and on future projects. It can add up to substantial savings, both of money and carbon, to ensure our members are doing their part to minimise carbon emissions."

(CD)

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