{"id":6933,"date":"2022-07-26T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfp156.ff131.ssdwp.nl\/?p=6933"},"modified":"2022-08-09T11:15:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:15:40","slug":"sport-nl-green-has-already-found-reductions-of-1500-tonnes-of-co2-and-savings-of-up-to-e1400000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfp.nl\/en\/news-and-cases\/sport-nl-green-has-already-found-reductions-of-1500-tonnes-of-co2-and-savings-of-up-to-e1400000\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport NL Green has already found reductions of 1,500 tonnes of CO2 and savings of up to \u20ac1,400,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Sport NL Green has been up and running for more than half a year. 350 partners in sport and 40 municipalities representing a total of 3.8 million inhabitants are now using Sport NL Green (Sport NL Groen, in Dutch). With the applications received so far through the online tool, those users will be reducing their CO2<\/sub> emissions by some 1,500 tonnes annually and saving \u20ac1,400,000 in energy costs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At this point everyone knows first-hand that gas and energy prices have been rising sharply in recent months. This trend is also creating major challenges for sports clubs and sports entrepreneurs. The need to save on energy costs is high, but fortunately more and more managers and owners of sports facilities are taking the first steps towards sustainability with Sport NL Green<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The first step towards increasing sustainability is insight. And 350 sports entrepreneurs and sports clubs are now getting that insight with Sport NL Green. The online tool gives them advice on steps they can take, and also provides a roadmap to all available subsidies and the cheapest loans for sustainability projects. The first insights are followed by a concrete plan, often drawn up by a free energy coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard Kaper, manager of sports participation at NOC*NSF, says, \u201cThere are around 300 sports clubs already using the energy coaches that we make available through Sport NL Green. The energy coaches help sports clubs to draw up a sustainability plan for the coming years, and we see that eventually around 85% of the clubs go on to actually take steps to make their activities more sustainable. And that produces immediate, tangible benefits — not just in terms of reduction of CO2<\/sub> emissions, but also direct financial gains for the club. Both Sport NL Green and the energy coaches work as a great catalyst in this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reductions of 1,500 tonnes of CO2<\/sub> and \u20ac1,400,000 in cost savings… and counting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ever since the tool was launched last November, sports associations, clubs and sports entrepreneurs have been discovering it. \u201cAt this point, the tool has had more than 30,000 visitors. The potential savings in sports facilities are enormous. If all sports facilities in the Netherlands were to become more sustainable, we would see annual reductions of 1,300 kilotons of CO2<\/sub> and savings of around 3.5 billion euros. Those are, of course, huge numbers, and figures that really galvanise people into action. It\u2019s time to speed up the process of sustainability, and with the help of Sport NL Groen we are giving the energy transition an enormous boost,\u201d says Bram Adema, who developed Sport NL Green<\/a> with his company CFP Green Buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRising energy prices create more urgency<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Energy coaches give extra push<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n