England Football and E.ON Next have launched The Greener Game, an initiative providing energy audits and sustainability funding to grassroots football clubs. Silhill FC is one of the first clubs to receive an audit to identify ways to lower energy bills and reduce carbon emissions. The program plans to invest 1.5 million pounds annually over four years, supporting up to 100 clubs per year with energy saving guides and funding for sustainable infrastructure upgrades.
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Audits are a start, but the real test is the implementation. Most of these clubs have old, leaky changing rooms. If the funding only covers a few LED bulbs and not actual insulation or heat pump swaps, the carbon savings will be negligible.
Agreed. It is a corporate social responsibility play. The real question is whether this creates a scalable model for other community sports facilities to access green subsidies or if it just stays a limited marketing project.
I wonder if any of these clubs are actually looking at small scale solar or battery storage. An audit is just a piece of paper. I want to see the actual capacity added to the local grid or how much peak demand they are actually shaving.
