Two new awards have been won by St Johns, continuing a winning streak which has seen the centre shortlisted for three other national awards.
The centre has been recognised with the Green Apple Environmental Improvement Award and the Green Apple Sustainable Development Award.
These add to seven other Green Apple awards won by St Johns over recent years, reflecting the centre’s strong commitment to the environment.
Green Apple is a long-established organisation set up to reward and promote environmental best practice.
The sustainability award follows a ‘more than a million’ campaign which built on the centre’s previous achievement of reducing energy consumption by 1 million kwh.
The campaign involved doubling down on energy consumption to make small changes:
• 20 satellite electrical meters were installed
• Monthly readings were taken
• Regular meetings were held with staff to identify potential savings.
Result: An additional 200,000 KWH saved, equating to 60,000 tonnes of CO2 worth £50,000.
The centre also focussed on reducing energy consumption at Christmas, a peak time for using electricity:
- A new partnership with Blachere Illumination was fully eco-friendly, using more than 2,000 recycled plastic bottles
- It created a stunning display with more lights than ever
- As the installation was LED-only it reduced energy consumption by 30,000kwh.
St Johns Director Neil Ashcroft said: “I am proud of all our team for the way everyone rose to the challenge of continuing to look for improvements so that we can care for the environment and for our local community.”
The centre is a finalist for the Revo’s Team of the Year Award, results announced 4 December; and Sceptre Awards Manager of the Year for a medium venue; and Sceptre Awards Car Park of the Year, results announced 9 October.
