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Start with the basics

Climate action for your operations

Identify and reduce your operational emissions.

Course

Reducing emissions from office buildings

Follow steps to lower office building emissions.

Action Guide

Managing waste from buildings

Implement effective waste management in your office buildings.

Action Guide
Course

Climate action for your operations

This module will help you identify how to effectively reduce emissions within your company.

This course is designed for SMEs of all sizes and acts a good entry point for those getting started.

Time to complete: 30 minutes

Action Guide

Reducing emissions from office buildings

Around 40% of global energy-related emissions come from buildings, and 60% of office building emissions come from energy use, making it a priority to address. This guide focuses on steps to lower office building emissions, including those from lighting, heating, cooling, waste, paper, printing, and appliances.

Our Action Guides focus on simplicity and speed, and are appropriate for all SMEs.

10 minutes

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Action Guide

Managing waste from buildings

Effective waste management in your buildings not only helps reduce environmental impact but also promotes a sustainable workplace culture and can lead to cost savings. By assessing waste, developing reduction strategies, enhancing recycling and composting efforts, engaging employees, and monitoring progress, SMEs significantly reduce their waste as well as costs. This guide focuses on buildings such as office buildings or stores, and does not include industrial waste.

Our Action Guides focus on simplicity and speed, and are appropriate for all SMEs.

Time to complete: 10 minutes

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Implement larger scale efficiency

Retrofit your building with insulation

Reduce emissions and save money by insulating your building.

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Switch to heat pumps

Accelerate the process of decarbonization by installing heat pumps.

External resource

Minoro

Maximise the opportunity to avoid unnecessary carbon emissions in building projects.

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Retrofit your building with insulation

Retrofitting residential or commercial buildings with insulation systems can reduce emissions and save annual utility payments. This resource outlines the impacts of and guidance for insulating your buildings.

Time to complete: 10 minutes

Provided by WBCSD

External resource

Switch to heat pumps

The use of electric or hybrid heat pumps is becoming more economically competitive and can accelerate the process of decarbonization. Follow this resource to understand how to implement this solution and learn more about its impacts.

Time to complete: 10 minutes

Provided by WBCSD

External resource

Minoro

Bringing together international and regional resources and guidance, Minoro makes navigating and delivering carbon reduction for new and existing buildings more achievable. Use the actions set out in the platform to for the successful delivery of low carbon buildings.

Provided by Grimshaw and WBCSD

Buildings case studies

Make Architecture

Founded in 2004 by Ken Shuttleworth, Make has teams in London, Hong Kong, Sydney and Shanghai providing architecture, interior and urban design services. They have focused on reducing the environmental impact of the buildings they create, focusing on passive design, waste reduction, and energy performance.

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MDIPL

Being in the high-emissions construction sector hasn’t stopped Multi Decor India Private Limited (MDIPL) from spearheading climate initiatives that may seem out of reach for many companies. Passionate about reducing its emissions in a big way, this ambitious small business makes no compromises about sustainability, integrating emissions reduction strategies into the foundation of its business.

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Enpro becomes a climate leader in the Indian manufacturing sector

Being a small business has not deterred Enpro from making bold, unconventional choices. They have taken a number of actions to reduce their emissions. This includes establishing a LEED-certified green building as its corporate headquarters, thereby reducing energy and water usage.

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