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British Land launches Sustainability Exhibition

The exhibition was launched at British Land’s Peacocks Shopping Centre (Woking) in April 2007 by HRH The Prince of Wales.

In 2007 British Land launched a sustainability and climate change exhibition as part of our drive to reduce water, waste and energy use. We also offered employees a free home energy audit to help them to reduce their own environmental impact.

The exhibition has already toured ten British Land properties, including our Head Office, giving over 2.5 million people the opportunity to see the exhibition. In 2008 the tour is being extended to another eight properties.

The exhibition provides practical information that will help everyone to reduce their carbon footprint and make good environmental choices. Surveys carried out at each venue show that 96% of people rated reducing environmental impact as very important/important for companies to do and that reducing energy use and increasing recycling are the two most important environmental initiatives.

As a result of viewing the exhibition almost 1,000 shoppers and visitors have undertaken to improve their own environmental impact:

• 42% plan to switch to green power which could reduce carbon emissions by 630 tonnes a year – equivalent to over 500 flights return flights between London and New York.
• 39% plan to install water saving devices which could save up to 600,000 litres annually, enough for 30,000 dishwasher cycles.
• 23% plan to install energy saving light bulbs – saving 64,000 kWh electricity - sufficient to run 330 refrigerators for a year.
• 21% plan to lower their thermostat which could save up to 45 tonnes of carbon emissions a year, equivalent to 265 one way flights between London and Athens.
• 19% plan to recycle glass and paper regularly – saving up to 250 trees and enough energy to power a computer for more than 10,000 hours.
• 19% pledged to start using public transport more which could potentially reduce carbon emissions by nearly 50 tonnes a year.

Last year British Land substantially reduced its own environmental impact for the third consecutive year and has committed to accelerating initiatives, with the aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2008/2009.

In 2007, the exhibition visited: British Land’s head office, York House, The Broadgate Estate and Regent’s Place in London, as well as Broughton Shopping Park, Eastgate Shopping Centre, Fort Kinnaird Shopping Park, Glasgow Fort Shopping Park, Meadowhall Shopping Centre, the Peacocks Shopping Centre and Teesside Shopping Park.