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Battersea Arts

Centre

2015/16

Total score 76/100

42/45 Commitment

14/15 Understanding

20/40 Improvement

Carbon footprint 2015/16

• Water use per audience member is below the industry average

benchmarkWater

Battersea Arts Centre monitors:

• Business travel

• Audience travel

• Staff commuting

Travel

277 tonnes CO2

Equal to 627 flights from London to

New York City

Environmental Highlights

• Absolute energy consumption has decreased by: 56%

• Absolute energy emissions have decreased by: 46%

• Energy use per m2 is below sector average

Energy

• Absolute waste production has decreased by: 6%

• 43% of waste was recycled

• Recycling and composting waste avoided 10 tonnes of CO2e

Waste

119

81

14

28

Electricity

Gas (weathernormalised)Water

Waste water

Landfill waste

Recycled waste

Business travel

270tonnes CO2e

1 Final Report 02/12/2016

About Battersea Arts Centre

About Battersea Arts Centre’s Certification

Battersea Arts Centre is located within a Grade II listed building. The building was originally Battersea Town Hall, completed in 1893. The theatre was founded in 1980 and is now a large performance venue with a floor area of 4,258m2 - a significant reduction compared to 2014/15 when the floor areas was 6,200 m2. It sold a total of 30,508 tickets in financial year 2015/16 across 17 performance spaces.

During March 2015, large parts of the theatre (including offices and the Grand Hall) were destroyed in a fire which also resulted in the loss of Battersea Arts Centre’s IT system and much of its physical records; some of previous year's data (2014/15) includes assumptions.

Battersea Arts Centre has been awarded a 4 star Creative Green rating in recognition of its commitment and achievement in embedding environmental sustainability in its operations and activities, following assessment and environmental data analysis by Julie’s Bicycle.

This is Battersea Arts Centre's fifth Creative Green certification and the first under the revised methodology and 1-5 star rating introduced in 2016. Under the previous methodology and 1-3 star rating, Battersea Arts Centre achieved the top 3 star rating for three consecutive years.

Full details of the assessment and scoring and data analysis upon which the star rating is based are provided in the completed Creative Green assessment form.

Creative Green was developed by Julie’s Bicycle to recognise environmental commitment and achievement in the creative sector – venues, events and offices. On average 35 organisations have been certified each year since it was launched in 2009. Find out who else is currently certified at http://www.juliesbicycle.com/services/industry/whos-certified.


Battersea Arts Centre Scored 42/45 for Commitment

Highlights Recommendations

• Sustainability Vision presented on website which relates to BAC's mission

• Almost all produce for the Scratch Bar comes from local suppliers

• LED lights across building; all equipment has to be rated against criteria which includes environmental impact

• Environmental policy was presented as part of Capital Project's tender information and is key component in design decisions

• All staff/project/Board meetings are conducted on a discussion basis where attendees can challenge or discuss issues like sustainability

• Webpage includes environmental policy, Creative Green report and Sustainability Vision

• Environmental issues and activities discussed in blog and social media

• Freshly Scratched festival included the environment as a theme

• An Artist Sounding Board covers issues that impact BAC, including the environment

• Unnecessary lighting/heating/equipment is actively discouraged (Switch Off policy)

• Materials are sourced from local suppliers who only use wood from sustainable resources

• The Capital project and Rebuild Project both design as well as sustainability

• Adopt an environmental reduction target explicitly in the environmental policy that is aligned with the UK government's Climate Act and the Paris Agreement

• Communicate environmental commitment, progress and awards to stakeholder groups such as sponsors, the local community and partners/sponsors

• Explore audience engagement options e.g. competitions, education and awareness raising, challenges, behaviour change campaigns, artistic interventions

• Consider including environmental messages in artistic performances e.g. a play addressing issues around climate change

• Investigate procuring energy from a 100% green energy supplier e.g. Good Energy

• Consider participating in The Season, a national initiative to promote creative responses to climate change in 2018

• Share ideas and learning with non-LTC theatres

Commitment is assessed based on:• environmental policy and action plan• integration of environmental sustainability in broader business mission, strategy or planning• environmental responsibilities• environmental procurement and sourcing• stakeholder communications and engagement


2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Battersea Arts Centre Scored 14/15 for Understanding

Direct impacts measuredEnergy useWater useWastewater volumesWaste generationBusiness travelIndirect impacts measured

Audience travel

Highlights Recommendations• Consider conducting an energy saving audit

and an investigation of overnight electricity (as compared to daytime consumption)

• Consider monitoring other sources of environmental impact to increase understanding and identifying further environmental measures, e.g.: material use

• Monitor more productions: amounts of production material being reused/recycled, or production travel (contractor, artist travel)

• Report staff commuting data as a seperate IG Tools entry so that it is distinct from business travel

• Conduct audience survey which can collect information on travel, as well as environmental attitudes and ideas for projects

• Investigate more ways of using data to inform decision making e.g. Use waste data to inform procurement choices

• Record and publicise the food miles of any locally-sourced products being sold

Understanding is assessed based on:• breadth and depth of understanding of environmental impacts• extent to which environmental data is used inform action and track progress in reducing impacts

Battersea Arts Centre scored 13/15 for Understanding due to its in-depth understanding of its energy, water and waste data. It additionally monitors business travel and audience travel.

• Energy is monitored regularly using spreadsheets

• Environmental impact information is communicated to staff through meetings

• Paperless finance system means fast access to invoices so utility or supplier bills can easily viewed against previous years/months

• Waste and recycling reports are provided by the waste contractor

• Water use is monitored, particularly via a proactive maintenance regime in order to fast detect inefficiencies

• Staff business travel is monitored • Staff commuting is monitored• Audience travel is monitored• Paper use is monitored through our printers

using the Papercut Software• 'Building Forecast' project aims to monitor

and forecast the environment for audiences in a pre-show email


kWh -3 328,064 238,234

kWh 0 309,734 43,523

tonnes

CO2e 0 233 127

kg CO2e per

performance2010/11 1,978 2,356

m3 375,529 2,186 2,206

litres per

attendance 433,225 23 72

tonnes 276.8 56 52

kg per

attendance3110.5 0.6 1.7

tonnes

CO2e 2,068.0 18 28

kg CO2e per

employee n/a 356 410

tonnes

CO2e 0 159 106

kg CO2e per

performance 0 1,347 1,963

Battersea Arts Centre Scored 20/40 for Improvement

Mains electricity -27% -37%Gas (weather

normalised)-86% -90%

Environmental impact trends (based on direct and indirect impacts)

Unit 2010/2011Previous year

2014/2015

Current year

2015/2016

% change

current vs previous

% change

current vs baseline

Water use - absolute 0.9% 7%

Water use - relative 216% 191%

Energy use emissions

(all sources)- absolute-46% -54%


(all sources) - relative19% -24%

Total business travel

related emissions - 54% 688%

Total business travel

related emissions -

relative

15% 4465%

Waste generation -

absolute-6% -44%

Waste generation -

relative196% 34%

* The baseline year for waste and business travel is 2011/12. Business travel also includes staff commuting.

-90%46%

Total audience travel

related emissions -

relative

-94%-33%

Total audience travel

related emissions -

absolute

Improvement is assessed based on:• Quantifiable reductions in direct environmental impacts, i.e. impacts over which an organisation

has direct control such as energy use and waste generation, both total and relative impacts• Actions to address indirect environmental impacts, i.e. impacts over which an event has limited or

no direct control, such as audience travel

Battersea Arts Centre's score is based on reductions in its total environmental impacts between 2014/15 and 2015/16, e.g.:• Absolute energy consumption has decreased by 56%• Absolute waste production has decreased by 6%Reductions in its relative environmental impacts also contributed to the score e.g.:• Relative energy consumption has decreased by 36% Points were also given for reductions in audience travel carbon emissions and volume of printing.

The dramatic reduction in absolute energy use is mainly due to the fire that destroyed the rear of the building on 13/03/15. Battersea Arts Centre stopped using any energy to heat the Grand Hall space - the area used for large productions. The event of the fire has also resulted in a reduction in audience and performance numbers - both of which are metrics used in the Creative Green analysis -resulting in potentially unrepresentative changes in relative impacts.


Highlights Recommendations

Absolute reductions between 2014/15 and 2015/16• Energy consumption has decreased by 56%• Energy emissions have decreased by 46%• Absolute waste production has decreased by 6%• Audience travel emissions have decreased by

33% compared to 2014/15Reductions in relative environmental impacts:• Energy consumption has decreased by 36% as

compared to 2014/15• Energy emissions have decreased by 19% as

compared to 2014/15• Energy consumption has decreased by 49% as

compared to 2010/11• Energy emissions have decreased by 24% as

compared to 2010/11• Battersea Arts Centre has also reduced its

printing In 2015/16:• 43% of waste was recycled • Recycling and composting waste avoided 10

tonnes of CO2e• Energy is considerably lower than the Julie's

Bicycle benchmark• Water is considerably lower than the Julie's

Bicycle benchmark

The dramatic reduction in absolute energy use is mainly due to the fire that destroyed the rear of the building on 13/03/15. Regardless of this, Battersea Arts Centre is still recommended to: • Develop a roadmap of energy behaviours,

efficiency and innovation that will ensure BAC achieves the London 2025 target

• Ensure building management controls are responsive to changes in outdoor temperatures so that gas is used as efficiently as possible

• Focus on reducing waste which has increased by 6% since 2014/2015, by reducing volumes of material coming into the building through stock management and procurement policies

• Focus on water reduction as this is increasing (only by 1%): set a target, timeframe and strategy for reduction

• Investigate increasing amount of renewable energy infrastructure onsite

• Ensure business travel journeys are taken only when absolutely necessary and encourage use of Skype and video-conferencing software

• Investigate opportunities for carbon offsetting


2010/2011

Previous

year

2014/2015

Current year

2015/2016

% change

current vs

previous

% change

current vs

baseline

0 176 119 -32% -39%

0 57 8 -86% -90%

0.0 0.8 0.8 1% 7%

2010/11 2 2 1% 7%

197 14 14 1% 39%

79.9 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a

0.7 0.5 0.5 -14% -69%

1.5 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a

0.0 18 28 54% 688%

0 268 171 -36% -39%

0 2,269 3,171 40% 1%

0 159 106 -33% -94%

0 427 277 -35% -87%

279 3,616 5,134 42% -78%

Carbon footprint trends (based on direct and indirect impacts)

Carbon footprint Unit

Electricity tonnes CO2e

Your Impacts and Performance in Numbers

Landfill waste tonnes CO2e

Energy from waste tonnes CO2e

Recycled waste tonnes CO2e

Gas (weather normalised) tonnes CO2e

Water tonnes CO2e

Waste water tonnes CO2e

Total relative carbon footprint

kg CO2e per

performance

Audience travel tonnes CO2e

Total carbon footprint including

audience travel tonnes CO2e

Composted waste tonnes CO2e

Business travel tonnes CO2e

Total carbon footprint tonnes CO2e

Total relative carbon footprint

including audience travel

kg CO2e per

performance

This section provides further detail on your direct and indirect environmental impacts and how they have changed over time, covering both increases and decreases. Its aim is to support you to:

• track and understand performance over time • identify where you are doing well and areas for further improvement

119

81

14

28

Electricity Gas (weather normalised)Water Waste waterLandfill waste Recycled waste

270tonnes CO2e


-56%

-3%

-65%

-43%

2010/2011Previous year

2014/2015

Current year

2015/2016

% change

current vs

previous

% change

current vs

baseline

808,754 637,798 281,757 -56% -65%

375,529 328,064 238,234 -27% -37%

433,225 309,734 43,523 -86% -90%

9,087 5,405 5,218 -3% -43%

4,219 2,780 4,412 59% 5%

4,868 2,625 806 -69% -83%

375,529 328,064 238,234 -27% -37%

- - - n/a n/a

431,291 253,442 33,529 -87% -92%

433,225 309,734 43,523 -86% -90%

- - - n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

Energy use (electricity and weather

normalised gas) - absolute kWh

Electricity kWh

Gas - weather normalised kWh

Energy Use

Energy use Unit

Comparing 2015/2016 with 2014/15 • Absolute energy consumption has decreased by:• Relative energy consumption has decreased by:

Comparing 2015/16 with 2010/11 (the baseline year)• Absolute energy consumption has decreased by:• Relative energy consumption has decreased by:

Mains electricity - absolute kWh

Green tariff mains electricity kWh

Mains gas - absolute kWh

Energy use (electricity and weather

normalised gas) - relative kWh per performance

Electricity kWh per performance

Gas - weather normalised kWh per performance

Onsite renewable electricity as %

of total electricity %

Bottled gas litres

Bottled gas kWh

Weather gas normalised -

absolute kWh

On-site renewable electricity kWh

Onsite renewable electricity used kWh

Oil litres

Oil kWh

238,234

43,523

Energy mix

Electricity

Gas - weather normalised


0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

800,000

900,000

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015

Current year2015/2016

Energy consumption - kWh

Gas Electricity

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previousyear

2014/2015


Energy consumption - kWh per performance

Normalised gas Electricity

56

8

Benchmark101

Benchmark139

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Electricity Gas

Benchmark comparison - kwh per m2


-46%

19%

-54%-24%

2010/2011

Previous

year

2014/2015

Current year

2015/2016

% change

current vs

previous

% change

current vs

baseline

277 233 127 -46% -54%

3,110 1,978 2,356 19% -24%

197 176 119 -32% -39%

0 0 0 n/a n/a

80 57 8 -86% -90%

0 0 0 n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

0 0 0 n/a n/a

Energy related emissions Unit

Energy use emissions (all

sources)- absolute tonnes CO2e

Energy Use Emissions

Comparing 2015/2016 with 2014/15

• Absolute energy emissions have decreased by:

• Relative energy emissions have decreased by:Comparing 2015/16 with 2010/11 (the baseline year)

• Absolute energy emissions have decreased by:• Relative energy emissions have decreased by:

Gas and electricity are both below the Julie's Bicycle industry average benchmarks.

Normalised gas tonnes CO2e

Bottled gas tonnes CO2e

Oil tonnes CO2e

Energy use emissions (all

sources) - relative

kg CO2e per

performance

Electricity tonnes CO2e

Green tariff mains electricity tonnes CO2e

Emissions avoided by

generating renewable

electricity onsite

tonnes CO2e

Onsite renewable electricity

used tonnes CO2e

Onsite renewable electricity

fed to grid tonnes CO2e

119

8


Electricity

Normalised gas

127 tonnes CO2e


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Energy use emissions - tonnes CO2e

Electricity Gas

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Energy emissions - kg CO2e per performance

Electricity Gas


1%

216%

7%191%

2010/2011

Previous

year

2014/2015

Current year

2015/2016

% change

current vs

previous

% change

current vs

2011

2,068 2,186 2,206 1% 7%

25 23 72 216% 191%

2,068 2,186 2,206 1% 7%

2,068 2,186 2,206 1% 7%

4,136 4,372 4,412 1% 7%

Water

Water and wastewater

Water use Unit

Comparing 2015/2016 with 2014/15 • Absolute water use has increased by:

• Relative water use has increased by:

Comparing 2015/2016 with 2010/11 (baseline year)• Absolute water use has decreased by:• Relative water use has decreased by:

Consumption is below the Julie's Bicycle industry average benchmark.

Waste water m3

Total water and waste water m3

Water use - absolute m3

Water use - relative litres per

Water use m3

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Water use - m3

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Water use - litres per attendance


518

Benchmark645

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Water benchmark comparison - litres per m2


-6%

196%

-44%

34%

2011/12

Previous

year

2014/2015

Current year

2015/2016

% change

current vs

previous

% change

current vs

baseline

94 56 52 -6% -44%

1 1 2 196% 34%

22 30 30 1% 39%

0 0 0

73 26 23 -14% -69%

0 0 0

23% 53% 57% 4% 34%

77% 47% 43% -4% -34%

Comparing 2015/2016 with 2011/12 (baseline year)• Absolute waste production has decreased by:

• Relative waste production has increased by:

WasteComparing 2015/2016 with 2014/15

• Absolute waste production has decreased by:• Relative waste production has increased by:

Waste generation - relative kg per attendance

Landfill waste tonnes

Energy from waste tonnes

Waste

Waste Unit

Waste generation - absolute tonnes

Recycling tonnes

Composting tonnes

% landfill %

BAC recycled 43% of its waste, avoiding 10 tonnes CO2e of emissions if the waste was landfilled.

% recycled + energy from

waste + composted%

0.0

50.0

100.0

150.0

200.0

250.0

300.0

350.0

400.0

Baseline year2011/12

2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Waste - tonnes

Landfill waste tonnes Energy from waste tonnes Recycling tonnes Composting tonnes


0.00

0.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

2.50

3.00

3.50

4.00

4.50

Baseline year2011/12

2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Waste - kg per attendance


54%

15%

688%

4465%

In both 2014/15 and 2015/16, reported business travel data also includes staff commuting data.

2011/12

Previous

year

2014/2015

Current year

2015/2016

% change

current vs

previous

% change

current vs

baseline

3 18 28 54% 688%

n/a 356 410 15% 4465%

- 16,184 16,001 -1% 1889%

- 1 1 -1% 1889%

12,700 85,044 155,631 83% 1125%

1 4 7 83% 1125%

- 615 3,469 464% 978%

- 0 1 464% 978%

705 33,217 19,569 -41% 2676%

0 6 3 -41% 2676%

18,446 - 55,719 n/a 202%

3 - 8 n/a 202%

Business Travel


• Absolute business travel has increased by:

• Relative business travel has increased by:Comparing 2015/2016 with 2011/12 (baseline year)


• Relative business travel has increased by:

tonnes CO2e

Flight - shorthaul pkm

Car - average (person per pkm

tonnes CO2e

Train - national pkm

Business travel related

emissionsUnit

Total business travel related

emissions - absolutetonnes CO2e

Total business travel related

emissions - relative

kg CO2e per

employee

Business Travel Emissions

tonnes CO2e

Flight - longhaul pkm

tonnes CO2e

Taxi - regular pkm

tonnes CO2e

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Business travel emissions - tonnes CO2e


0.00

50.00

100.00

150.00

200.00

250.00

300.00

350.00

400.00

450.00

2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Business travel emissions - kg CO2e per employee


-33%

46%

-94%

-90%

2010/2011

Previous

year

2014/2015

Current year

2015/2016

% change

current vs

previous

% change

current vs

baseline

- 159 106 -33% -94%

- 1,347 1,963 46% -90%

Total audience travel related

emissions - absolutetonnes CO2e

Total audience travel related

emissions - relative

kg CO2e per

performance

Audience Travel Emissions

Audience travel Unit



• Relative business travel has increased by:

Comparing 2015/2016 with 2010/11 (baseline year)

• Absolute business travel has decreased by:

• Relative business travel has decreased by:

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

2,000

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Audience travel emissions - tonnes CO2e

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 Previous year2014/2015


Audience travel emissions - kg CO2e per performance


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