Happy Earth Day

Happy Earth Day from Artsadmin. In honour of the day we are celebrating just a few of our green successes. We’re also putting forward some future aims:

Energy

Successes

Since installing our solar panels in 2014 we have generated 17114 Kwh of electricity saving around 9 tonnes of CO2
Our solar panels have also saved us over £4000
In 2015 we moved to a renewable energy supplier meaning ALL of our electricity comes from renewable sources

Aim
Even though we use renewable energy sources it is still important to reduce overall usage as currently renewable energy sources are limited and demand is ever increasing. For 2016/17 we’ll be looking into schemes and incentives to use less energy, from turning off our computers in the evening to switching bulbs to LEDs.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Successes

We use scrap paper for printing and for our visitor logbook
We now have recycling bins in all of our studio spaces and in the corridors
As well as the regular items, we now recycle toner and ink cartridges, batteries, pens, all electrical goods and light bulbs
We have reduced our amount of printed materials and have repurposed old stock for greetings cards

Aims

To encourage our hirers to be more active and conscientious recyclers
To reuse or repurpose as much as possible, buying second-hand goods where possible