Gyms

We asked our customers what they would like gyms to do to reduce their emissions and if they would be prepared to pay more for their membership. They told us they would be happy to pay around £2 more on a monthly membership if the gym was taking action to reduce its emissions and using its website to tell customers about the measures it was taking.

Below we have listed the actions that customers would like gyms to carry out now and in the future.

What customers would like gyms to do now

• Promote walking and cycling to the gym
• Install LED lighting
• Turn down heating and air-conditioning
• Install electric vehicle charge points and cycle racks to encourage sustainable travel
• Introduce green gym memberships which are cheaper at certain times of the day
• Power down equipment as much as possible
• Put showers on a timer.

What customers would like gyms to do in future

• Connect power to gym equipment so it is self-generated
• Offset carbon emissions with tree planting schemes
• Use efficient, eco-friendly appliances
• Install motion sensor lighting.

LED lighting saves over 100 tonnes of CO₂

Electricity North West had a range of lighting systems that varied in age and efficiency at its eight non-operational sites with lighting accounting for between 20-50% of the overall energy use at each site.

We therefore chose to install LED lighting at all of these sites to reduce energy consumption and costs. We expect the investment of £360,000 to be paid back within three years and to save 107.62 tonnes CO₂e every year. Find out more.