Walk around your workplace and complete this survey. If you have a big space you can do a survey for each floor, you can also delegate it to an employee working in that area as they’ll be familiar with the layout.
This resource covers our suggested minimum requirements which are everything in Scope 1 and Scope 2. For Scope 3, it’s employee commuting, business travel including accommodation, employees working from home, water usage, waste and purchased goods and services as a minimum. You need to consider reducing any other Scope 3 elements highlighted as material to your business. Scope 3 emissions beyond our suggested minimum can be extremely difficult to measure and we don’t cover that in this course, but you can use our list of useful organisations to get help with calculating these emissions.
This survey will look familiar as you completed it in module two. Hopefully you’ve made some quick wins and improvements since then, or you’ve learnt more about your business, so your results will look different.
Once you’ve completed it, look at our your action plan – first steps resource for suggestions on how to improve and reduce your emissions.
Scope 1
Electricity – onsite electricity generation
Onsite electricity generation | Yes | No | N/A | Action | |
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Efficiency | Is your onsite electricity generation equipment (such as solar panels) maintained regularly? |
Gas
Central heating | Yes | No | N/A | Action | |
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Efficiency | Is heating equipment maintained regularly – for example, are your radiators bled and are your boilers serviced? |
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Have you adapted the heating system to the space and are your employees comfortable with the temperature? |
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Can radiators and boiler pipes be insulated and lagged? |
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Can radiators have reflectors fitted? | |||||
Is the heating system older than eight years and can it be replaced? |
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Are radiators and other heating surfaces clear of obstructions? |
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Is the heating provided by fan coil units instead of radiators? |
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Are the fan coil units nearing their end of useful life? |
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Can repair work be conducted and draught seals installed? |
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Are windows double or triple glazed? |
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Heating period | Do you have control over the building’s heating? |
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Are unused spaces being heated? | |||||
Are heating and cooling running simultaneously? |
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Does the boiler have timers installed and are they set in working hours? |
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Heating level | Is the space too hot or too cold? | ||||
What is the thermostatic radiator valve (TRV) setting on radiators? Note: comfortable temperatures of 19°C are usually maintained when TRVs are set to three. If it’s at five or higher, there’s no control over the heat emitted. |
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Is the heating set to around 21°C? Note: You can cut fuel consumption and costs by about 8% through a 1°C drop in average temperature. |
Refrigerants – owned by you (optional)
Central cooling | Yes | No | N/A | Action | |
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Efficiency | Are cooling systems maintained regularly and are there records? | ||||
Is the cooling system adapted to the space and are employees comfortable? Note: Air conditioning shouldn’t be switched on until temperatures reach 24°C |
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Are air conditioning units older than eight years? |
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Are the filters in ventilation systems blocked? |
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Are air conditioning units in server rooms set below 20°C? |
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Cooling period | Are windows and doors closed when heating or air conditioning is on? |
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Are employees happy with the temperature? |
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Are timers working and on the correct settings? |
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Cooling level | Can natural ventilation be used to better advantage? |
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Efficiency | Are fridges maintained regularly and are there records? |
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Are fridges set to below 3°C? |
Transport – company owned vehicles
Company owned vehicles | Yes | No | N/A | Action | |
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Travel alternatives | Can technology replace some travel (such as video conferencing)? |
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Are certain journeys avoidable? | |||||
Can you electrify your fleet? | |||||
Do you need to provide company cars? |
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Do you audit your vehicles’ journeys? |
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Can you downsize your vehicles? | |||||
Do you provide training for drivers on economic driving? |