Carbon Reduction Initiative of the Year Award for Northstone
04 December 2009
Dessie McGuckian manages the Materials Division’s three sand production sites on the shores of Lough Neagh. He has spent most of his working life in sand production and is very much aware of the significant amounts of fuel used by our barges travelling to and from the pumping grounds on the Lough. He also recognised that the fuel used by their large marine engines is the main source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the Northstone sand extraction and processing business.
Last summer, in keeping with the Northstone Environmental Policy and Energy Action Plan, the Company launched its first Energy Suggestion Scheme to encourage suggestions from our people to reduce energy consumption.
Dessie’s idea was subsequently entered for the Quarry Products Association award and it was no surprise to any of his colleagues at Northstone that his entry won the Carbon Reduction Initiative of the Year category.
