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FEATURE CARBON CALCULATOR
What can you do to help?
Just having a smile and not making the person who is collecting the data’ s job more difficult is a real help. The data collector supporting the wider effort to benefit and safeguard the future of motorsport, so try to appreciate their role. If you see someone on site asking this information, feel free to chat to them about environmental sustainability and support their work. Embrace it, because motorsport needs you to!
Where does the data go?
It all feeds into one big system at Motorsport UK HQ in Bicester – but as mentioned before, all the data is anonymous. Each club has its own calculator and is encouraged to measure the emissions of each event it runs. There is no personal information on the calculator.
Accuracy not an estimate
The more accurate we can all be the better. It is about actually understanding the emissions generated by motorsport, rather than making assumptions. Different disciplines have different emissions breakdowns, and the better data improves understanding, and then Motorsport UK can support each discipline directly, rather than just a one size fits all approach.
In F1, for example, less than one per cent of emissions is caused by the fuel used by the cars going around the circuit; a lot more is generated from everyone and everything getting to( and from) the track. It is similar in Rallying, because people travel further to more remote areas, and it is often the team, marshal, and official travel that generate the higher emissions. That is not so true in karting or Cross Country, which often have fewer, or more local spectators, or at a Clubmans circuit race, where the fuel used by event has a greater percentage contribution.”
How does the data help?
Motorsport UK use the data to give Clubs and events advice on how to reduce emissions, and to help to tell our sustainability story to wider stakeholders within and beyond the sport. The government is dedicated to reducing emissions, the impact of not doing so will get harsher, and there is not going to be an exception for motorsport.
What are the benefits?
The more a Club or member supplies data, the greater the accuracy of the advice which can be tailored to support them. This helps in communications with venues and local stakeholders on environmental sustainability, but it can often lead to a knock-on benefit of cost reductions. Plus, through the Motorsport UK environmental volunteers, we are introducing lots of new people to the sport – who are interested in both sustainability and motorsport, and it is helping to showcase the sport to a younger generation.”
All aspects of motorsport need to be assessed – from spectators to competitors, officials and volunteers
Find out more …
To find out more details about the Carbon Calculator, visit: https:// www. motorsportuk. org / clubs-organisers / club-toolkit / becoming-a-sustainable-club /
Watch the webinar on how to make the most of the Carbon Calculator tools HERE
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