BSN: 0939C
STORY: THE CARBON SHOW
LOCATION: LONDON, UK
DATE SHOT: SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
TXN DATE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
AUDIO: NATURAL SOUND AND ENGLISH SPEECH
DURATION: 3.07
SHOT LIST:
(ExCel, Royal Victoria Docks)
1. Pan from “The Carbon Corner” showing discussion
2. Gv question and answer session
3. Gv exhibition stand on trading emissions
4. SOT (English Speech) super: Ann McIvor, editor, Cleantech Magazine
“When you’ve got..
5. C/u Cleantech magazine cover
6. Ann McIvor in conversation with conference visitor
7. C/u ethical investments stand
8. SOT (English Speech) super: Ann McIvor, editor, Cleantech, Magazine
“Copenhagen is crucial...
9. Gv visitors
10. C/u UK Trade and Investment stand
11. C/u electricity monitor on Energy Saving Trust stand
12. Gv Rebecca Bear of Energy Saving Trust teacher eco-friendly driving
13. SOT (English Speech) super: Rebecca Bear, Energy Saving Trust
“It’s really just..
14. C/u Rebecca Bear giving advice to test driver
15. C/u test drive shown on video screen
16. C/u driver’s feet on pedals
17. SOT (English Speech) super: Rebecca Bear, Energy Saving Trust
“They estimate that..
18. C/u international lawyers Norton Rose with banner showing Road to Copenhagen Climate Change
19. Gv stands
20. Gv “Seymour Green” recycling vehicle with visitor in front
SUGGESTED INTRO:
Renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions: the two major themes of an important show in Britain this week.
It’s the Carbon Show at London’s ExCel and it brings together much of Britain’s expertise in the field of renewable energy with the country’s leading companies. .
SUGGESTED SCRIPT:
Businesses on the international and smaller scale have to adapt to meet targets
for reduced carbon emissions.
The conference took place as the calendar began the countdown to the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen in December.
Innovations such as the smart grid, a means of using renewable energy to its maximum effect, were a big talking point.
SOT: (English Speech) super: Ann McIvor, editor, Cleantech Magazine
“When you’ve got renewable energy resources, things like wind and solar energy, the wind energy is there when the wind is blowing and the solar energy is there when the sun is shining, we’ve got increasingly better storage devices but actually there is a lot of potential for wastage so the smart grid can avoid all that; so the utility can match up when the demand is there with when the actual energy is there and the renewable energy resources are available.”
Agreements reached at the international conference in December will have a major impact on business policy.
SOT: (English Speech) super: Ann McIvor, editor, Cleantech Magazine
“Copenhagen is crucial for business, the outcome and the decisions made at Copenhagen will determine the direction of the business community going forward for the next decade or more.”
British government departments have emphasised the need for the reduction in carbon emissions. This applies in daily life and the Energy Saving Trust is operating a campaign to improve driving techniques.
Refining techniques can also contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, building on the concept of micro-improvements developing into a wider impact.
SOT: (English Speech) super: Rebecca Bear, Energy Saving Trust
“It’s really just to give people a little bit of information about smarter driving, it gives us a tool so we can sit down, run through some of the tips, and start to try about thinking to put those into practice so it’s things like thinking what’s ahead of you on the road, changing gear at the right number of revs; it’s just a tool basically that we can talk about that helps the tips sink in a little bit more into their daily lives, really.”
The individual driver can also notice improvements in savings on fuel consumption. Taken over a year and multiplied by thousands of drivers, the potential saving is considerable.
SOT: (English Speech) super: Rebecca Bear, Energy Saving Trust
“They estimate that if you adopt the tips when you are driving you will save ten to fifteen per cent of your fuel, the average person takes around 220 pounds (Sterling) extra a year, in itself that might not be a fantastic amount but it can still go to make a real difference to individuals and it’s something that people are thinking about more and more.”
Energy-saving measures have become a priority for many governments. A new area of business has developed in the past decade, dealing in renewable energy. This is likely to grow still further as the priorities of coping with Climate Change become more pressing.
(AE/mn)