Winners of 2008
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Click below for the Environment Award winners: Biodiversity Protection Award |
Biodiversity Protection Award
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Winner – British Trust for Conservation Volunteers - Weekday Conservation Team Great Stukeley Railway Cutting is a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. The Weekday Conservation Team worked over a two-year period to provide an improved environment on the site for biodiversity to flourish. |
Efficiency Award
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Winner – Southern The train operating company established an energy saving awareness campaign to reduce the environmental impacts and costs of energy use. In 2008 the company achieved a reduction in gas usage of 39%, electricity usage of 13% and a reduction in its carbon footprint of 17%. |
Community Partnership Award
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Winner – Cheshire County Council The Chester Station Gateway project is the regeneration and renovation of Chester railway station and its surroundings as a major gateway and economic hub to the city. The partnership includes Arriva Train Wales, Cheshire County Council, Chester City Council, Merseyrail Electrics, Merseytravel, Network Rail, North West Development Agency, Railway Heritage Trust, Virgin Trains and Visit Chester and Cheshire. Over the past five years the partnership has worked to secure £10 million of planned investment and many parts of the scheme are already underway.
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Rail Crime Prevention Award
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Winner – Arriva Train Wales and Cardiff Youth Offending Service Arriva Train Wales in conjunction with the Cardiff Youth Offending Service delivered a series of five station environmental enhancement projects as part of their community reparation. The projects focused on stations which suffered from vandalism and overgrown vegetation and highlighted that with the dedicated support of supervisors and the opportunity to prove their ability, young offenders can make a real difference in their communities.
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Innovation Award
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Winner – Trojan Services Ltd |
Individual Contribution Award
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Winner – South West Trains Dave Smith from South West Trains Maintenance team reduced the consumption of electricity at Fratton Traincare Depot through the introduction of light sensors and a ‘save power’ scheme. Through the ‘Switch it off’ campaign Dave encouraged his colleagues to save 130,000kWh of electricity over the course of a year. |
Team Contribution Award
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Winner – May Gurney A dedicated in-house environment team was formed to tackle the environmental challenges faced in the work the company delivers for Network Rail. The team have implemented internal projects to reduce, reuse and recycle; engaged Global Action Plan to help audit and manage the company’s carbon footprint; and established an internal initiative called ‘Making A Difference’ to influence the behaviour and culture within the company.
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Highly Commended
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C Spencer Ltd was highly commended in the Efficiency category for their work at East Midlands Control Centre, Neville Hill Depot and Ferme Park. Corinne Sermons from Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership was highly commended in the Individual Category for her work to improve the gardens and biodiversity at a number of stations in Essex and Suffolk.
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