SUCCESS STORY

Cutting water and energy costs: Beaconside Sports & Fitness Centre

Beaconside Sports & Fitness Centre is a multi-use leisure facility in Stafford. The business needed to implement water-efficiency measures across its washrooms and kitchen facilities.

Impact at a glance

• Reduced water use by 17% through low-cost efficiency measures
• Cut energy use by 37%, lowering overall consumption
• Saved around £2,000 per year on water and energy bills

The business

Beaconside Sports & Fitness Centre is a multi-use leisure facility in Stafford, offering a gym, fitness studios, sports hall and football facilities to the local community.

Sector: Health, Fitness & Leisure

Location: West Midlands

Size: 11-50 employees

Why they took action

As a busy sports and leisure venue, it has high water and energy usage, which represented a clear area where savings could be achieved quickly and with minimal disruption.

What they did

Beaconside worked with SaveMoneyCutCarbon to identify and implement changes to make savings on bills, energy and CO2.

No cost to low cost actions

Installed tap aerators throughout the washroom and kitchen facilities

Installed water displacement bags within the toilet cisterns

What difference it made

They saved 349,740 litres of water each year, leading to a £2000 annual reduction in water and energy costs.

They achieved 0.88 tonnes carbon annual saving.

How were the changes funded

The investments were funded from the firms’ own resources.

Lessons for other businesses

Beaconside Sports & Fitness Centre highlighted how water efficiency – an often overlooked area for action – can have a big effect on annual water and energy bills while using relatively low-cost measures.

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