Riverside staff given Smart Driving lessons to save money and the environment
Staff from one of the UK’s leading housing associations
have learnt how to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by more
than half a tonne a year and save themselves over £300 a year
in petrol or diesel.
Working in partnership with The Energy Saving Trust, Riverside
offered its staff free Smarter Driving lessons by an advanced
driving training instructor to teach employees to drive more
efficiently and reduce fuel consumption.
To date over 100 staff from Riverside’s head office in Speke
and its local offices in Dovecot, Belle Vale, Bootle and Middleton
have taken the training.
At the end of each session the percentage reduction in fuel
consumption was provided, plus an estimate given of how much money
this will save the driver in a year.
On average the staff reduced CO2 emissions by 18%. For a typical
car, this equates to annual savings of more than half a tonne of
CO2 and more than £300 per driver. This adds up to a Group
saving of more than 50 tonnes of CO2 and over £300,000.
Riverside’s Training and Development Advisor Suey George
said: “Adopting a smarter driving style is easy. Once you've
mastered it, not only will you start to make real savings, but
you'll also be doing your bit for the environment.
"That's because smarter driving means driving your car more
efficiently. Doing this means your car will produce less carbon
dioxide, the main gas contributing to climate change.”
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