Top Ten Actions for the Creative & Recreational Sector

Heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) is a key driver of energy consumption in theatres, galleries and event spaces – assess your requirements and identify opportunities for reducing energy demand by introducing occupancy-based heating/cooling and matching ventilation to demand.

• Better business guide to energy saving
• Heating, ventilation and air conditioning guide
  

Regularly calibrate your building management system unit and ensure that frequent maintenance is undertaken for things like vents and controls.

• Better business guide to energy saving
• Heating, ventilation and air conditioning guide
• Effective energy management for business guide

Ensure that lighting throughout the premise is not unnecessarily increasing emissions – e.g. switch from traditional lightbulbs to LED lightbulbs, use lower level lighting for non-sales occupancy, use occupancy-based lighting for non-sales areas.

• Better business guide to energy saving

Switch to using 100% renewable energy for all events and operations and consider opportunities for installing on site renewables.

• Climate Group RE100
• Big Clean Switch
• The London Solar Opportunities Map
• How to Buy Sustainably Sourced Power

Install heat decarbonisation options, such as connecting to a heat network or installing a heat pump.

• London Heat Map
• Heat pump retrofit in London
• Heat pumps guide

Ensure that buildings are adequately insulated. Putting in further insulation at each floor level can also minimise the impact of heat rising through buildings.

• Building fabric guide

Minimise waste associated with operations. For example, eliminate plastic use in catering, use reusable crockery/cutlery when serving customers. Alternatively, ensure food is served using biodegradable/ compostable packaging.

• Waste Management in Buildings

Estimate the carbon impact of touring and take steps to reduce emissions. For example, switch to electric vehicles, offset unavoidable emissions and choose tour locations that are easily accessed by a large audience.

• Touring Guide
• Business Travel Guide

Procure responsibly: Choose products and services with low whole lifecycle climate and ecological impacts. Monitor performance throughout by including climate KPIs in contracts.

• How to be a good supplier
• ISO 20400:2017 Standard – Sustainable procurement

Encourage climate positive behaviour amongst patrons. Arts, culture and recreation venues often have a high footfall of visitors and strong engagement. This is a great opportunity to encourage climate positive behaviour amongst a wider audience.

• What Next? Climate Change
• The Elusive Green Consumer
• Mindspace
• Behaviour Change and Energy Use
• Museums Framework