MANCHESTER UNITED TOPS ENERGY EFFICIENCY LEAGUE TABLE
(Published 11 November 2011)
Manchester United are used to being top of the table, but this time it has got nothing to do with the goals of Wayne Rooney or the guile of Sir Alex Ferguson, it’s because these red devils are pretty green.
More than 60 per cent of organisations reporting under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) have installed smart meters or gained good energy management accreditation, according to the government's new energy efficiency league table.
The Environment Agency today published its first Energy Efficiency Performance League Table, ranking 2,000 CRC organisations according to how they manage their energy use, including major supermarkets, retailers, restaurant chains, government departments, hospitals and councils.
Twenty-two organisations ranked joint first, with a weighted score of 202.95. They included Manchester United Limited, CenterParcs, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and energy regulator Ofgem.
More than 800 organisations ranked in the lowest possible position, with a weighted score of 402. They included the storage arm of Centrica, Virgin Atlantic, Peugeot, and the Zoological Society of London and Zurich Financial Services, which by virtue of alphabetical order were consigned to the last places in the list.
The league table does not disclose those organisations that failed compliance with the legislation altogether, and now face fines starting from £45,000.
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