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The Spotlight Programme<\/p>

Since 2012, Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) have been required to annually monitor their environmental impacts, using Julie\u2019s Bicycle’s CC Tools carbon calculators. <\/div>\r\n \r\n

The data collated revealed that a small proportion of NPOs, typically those with large infrastructures, are responsible for a third of the entire portfolio\u2019s total carbon emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Spotlight Programme<\/b> worked with these NPOs in the 2018-22 cohort – 30 organisations across 80 sites<\/a> – to achieve measurable reductions through developing good environmental management practice, and setting achievable, yet ambitious, Environmental Impact Reduction Objectives (EIROs).<\/span><\/p>\n

Spotlight was the only cluster of large infrastructure cultural organisations <\/strong>working together on a Science-based targets pathway to net zero. <\/strong>The <\/span>Science Based Targets initiative <\/span><\/a>uses research to predict the CO<\/span>2<\/span> reductions required to keep global warming within 2\u00b0C.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n \r\n <\/div> \r\n<\/div> \n\n\r\n\r\n

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Latest Spotlight energy reduction results<\/p>

Since the programme began, the group has reduced its electricity usage by 19%<\/strong> and reduced its gas usage by 32%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Overall the Spotlight programme has reduced its Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 40%<\/strong>, compared to the baseline year of 2018 – 2019.<\/p>\n

As with previous years, the decarbonisation effect of the national grid has played a significant role. Increases in wind, solar and biomass energy contributing to the UK\u2019s electricity production mean that the grid\u2019s emission factor has reduced by 32%<\/strong> between our baseline year of 2018\/19 and the current year, 2022\/23.<\/p>\n \r\n \r\n Check out the latest annual report for full details<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div> \r\n\r\n

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Spotlight Trends<\/p>

We looked back across the Spotlight group to focus on trends from across the programme\u2019s five-year lifespan, including their reporting using Pilio\u2019s online energy tool, which allows organisations to monitor and manage their energy consumption to save money, reduce environmental impacts, and report achievements across their building portfolio. We have taken this learning forward into the design of our new programme, Transforming Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div> \r\n\r\n

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Background and Overview of the Spotlight programme<\/h1>\n

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The Spotlight programme has the following priorities:<\/b><\/h3>\n