LOW EMISSION FESTIVALS
“let’s stop 1/2 million tonnes of co2 emissions”
Power providers, sustainability experts and festivals* have come together to reduce fuel consumption and associated carbon emissions from live events.
The Low Emission Festivals (LEF) is a project led by AGF (A Greener Future), supported by the worlds first green energy company Ecotricity, LIVE, AIF (Association of Independent Festivals) and participating festivals.
The Low Emission Festivals (LEF) initiative amplifies good actions, tools and resources, speeds up adoption of solutions, and identifies obstacles and opportunities to change both the energy mix and the culture of powering events.
*LEF is initially focused on the UK but will go Europe wide with demand.
A PRIOR STUDY
In 2019, a study by Hope Solutions and Zap Concepts with support from AGF, AIF, Julies Bicycle and Powerful Thinking, showed UK outdoor events were creating the equivalent of 1/2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in unnecessary fuel burn every year. Since then a lot of work has been done to improve with increased guidance, awareness and solutions, but there is still some way to go.
UK Events & Diesel Use: Responding to a Public Health Emergency
LEF PHASE 1:
THE RESEARCH
Phase 1 commenced in Spring 2023 and includes gathering of information and data from UK festivals and power providers.
Additionally we are completing a power data survey with a number of early adopter festivals and power contractors to analyse the impact of actions on fuel consumption, and opportunities for further reductions.
If you have data relating to energy consumption, fuel use and power provisions and would like to be a part of the in depth analysis in Phase 2, please get in touch.
Anonymised results from the LEF research will be made open source on completion.
If you are responsible for either booking power, or providing power to a festival please have your say by completing the short survey below (no power data required):
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