Portsmouth Naval Base goes green
Portsmouth Naval Base has gone green in effort to cut energy consumption and reducing environmental pollution as part of £13 million savings that have been achieved during the current financial year. A series of initiatives has helped to cut carbon emissions into the local atmosphere by nearly 20% compared to 2005/6.
The War on Waste campaign, persuading workers to switch off lights and make other energy savings, has headed the efforts with the effect that overall energy output will be 7% lower this year compared with last.
Recycling has also shown a dramatic increase with some 25% of materials used in the Base set to be recycled during the current financial year, well above the local authority average in the UK and saves some 1500 tons of material being buried in local landfill sites.
Building on this success, the Base is targeting further reductions in energy consumption with the aim of cutting emissions and power by at least another 5% next year.