How to Troubleshoot Apps for the Modern Connected Worker
Shrewsbury Business Chamber Presentation 15th October 2008
1. Reputation, saving energy, saving
money…. (or because they’ll make us!)
Climate Change & Energy:
From ‘Why Should We?’ to ‘How Can We?’
Richard Davies
Director
14. Question 2:
True or false
Most of the increase in global
temperatures since the mid-20th
century is due to humankind burning
fossil fuels?
15. Question 3: True or false [Don’t know = FALSE]
Most [or all] of the lights at my business are energy
efficient?
16. Question 4:
True or false [Don’t know = FALSE]
The electricity supplied to my business is from a green tariff
17. Question 5:
True or false
I know what my business carbon footprint is?
18. Question 6:
True or false
I answered TRUE to questions 3, 4 & 5 (& I’m feeling
smug)!!
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24. quot;Regardless
of which route we
choose, the world's
current predicament
limits our maneuvering
room. We are
experiencing a
step-change in the growth
rate of energy demand
due to population growth
and economic
development, and Shell
estimates that after
2015 supplies of
easy-to-access oil
and gas will no
longer keep
up with
demand.quot;
Jeroen van der Veer, CEO Shell
28th January 2008
38. on climate change
Climate change is a priority issue that has steadily risen up the international agenda
and it is entirely appropriate that steps are being taken to address it.
We accept that the business community has a role to play in stabilising and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and we believe that businesses should work in
partnership with a range of sectors, including the Government, the devolved
administrations, the public sector and the general public, to achieve the reductions
set out in the Kyoto Protocol. There is no doubt that economic and environmental
concerns do have the scope to be complementary. For example, steps to improve
energy efficiency can both lead to reduced carbon emissions and reduced costs for
industry.
It is of concern that some attempts to control polluting behaviour are harming the
competitiveness of UK firms. The UK needs to achieve its emissions targets with
little or no impact on the commercial viability of business. The resulting cost burden
will be counter-productive if it results in the transfer of products, and jobs, to
countries where climate change measures are less stringent. This would not help
the environmental objectives that the scheme is aiming to achieve.
It is important to recognise that we are seeing an overall net increase in energy use in
the UK, much of which comes from the domestic and transport sectors and not
primarily from the industrial and commercial users. In fact many industrial users
have already become much more energy efficient. Domestic consumers must
share their part of the responsibility for improving energy efficiency.
83. “Make no little plans. They
have no magic to stir
men's blood... Make big
plans; aim high in hope
and work.”
Daniel Hudson Burnham
1846-1912
“Search all the parks in all
your cities; you'll find no
statues of committees.”
David Ogilvy
1911-1999
