Record breaking round the world yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur launched the CIBSE campaign to raise business awareness on improving energy efficiency.

The 100 Days of Carbon Clean Up campaign aims to help participants realise the carbon saving potential of their workplace through simple steps such as changing staff behaviour, equipment updates and basic managerial initiatives. MacArthur has become a champion of the campaign through her partnership with sponsor E.ON.

MacArthur said: “The 100 Days Carbon Off Campaign is an initiative I am very excited to be involved with. I see it as a significant step towards encouraging business to start taking action to improve energy efficiency”.

CIBSE president, John Armstrong, said: “With the support of E.ON and Ellen MacArthur, CIBSE hopes this campaign will build in the success of the 2006 initiative and lead to bigger and better carbon savings.”

Last year, over 560 organisations took part in the initiative, achieving 10% carbon savings on average. CIBSE will be hoping that the this year goes even better than the 93 tonnes of carbon dioxide saved during the 100 days in 2006.

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