14 DAY TRIAL // After spending a total of four years analyzing the ecological footprint of music festivals in the United Kingdom, researchers working with the country's De Montfort University concluded that halving their greenhouse gas emissions is well within the reach of such events.
In a paper published in this month's issue of the journal Carbon Management, a team of De Montfort University specialists detail that, during their four-year investigation, they focused on a total of 18 music festivals.
Some of these 18 music gatherings were Latitude, Leeds, Reading, Shambala, Big Session and Summer Sundae, Click Green tells us.
The researchers say that, according to information at hand, some 60% of the music festivals whose ecological footprint they analyzed currently use generators with an output that is greater than the event's overall demand.
Besides, energy-efficient equipment and LED lighting are not exactly a common sight at either of the 18 festivals under scrutiny, and devices are too often left switched on even when they are not being used.
In their report, the De Montfort University specialists claim that, by dealing with the aforementioned issues and by upping their dependence on renewables such as wind or biodiesel, music festivals in the United Kingdom can cut energy-related greenhouse gas emissions by about 10,000 tonnes.
What's more, they maintain that this improvement in the ecological footprint of such events has high chances to occur without compromising production values or revenues in any way.
In fact, odds are the people behind these festivals will find that the costs associated with organizing such events can be greatly reduced simply by paying more attention to energy efficiency.
“The industry has great potential to reduce its Green House Gas emissions associated with electricity use,” Professor Paul Fleming, Director of Sustainable Development at De Montfort University commented on these findings of this investigation.
“We have seen progress over the past few years, but these additional measures will dramatically reduce emissions and save money,” he went on to argue.