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Organisation information
The Central Energy Management team at Network Rail sits within Environment and Sustainable Development in Safety, Technical and Engineering (STE) and works within a matrix of connected service providers. The Central team aims to provide policy, business guidance and strategic direction for the reduction of energy and water consumption across the Network Rail estate, leading to […]
Energy-Link and Published Data
Network Rail Energy Link is our new easy-access energy management system, through which our energy billing and data is processed, managed and stored. This new system replaces the Railway Energy Database (RED) and holds detailed information on the metering assets and their consumption. The system can be accessed via: https://nr.systems-link.com/default.aspx To request access to Energy […]
Utility Standards & Processes
Standards and controls pertaining to utilities are managed and maintained by the Central Energy Management Team. They are currently being reviewed, and will be uploaded on completion. Route Utility Specialists are responsible for maintaining the utility supply change process. All requests for new supplies, disconnections and changes to supplies MUST be made through them. Route […]
Planning and Delivering Safe Work
March 2020 – Planning4Delivery programme started, and their page can be found here Standard 019 – Safety of people at work on or near the line is now live. Our approach to planning and delivering work plays a vital role in keeping everyone safe when working on or near the line. Therefore the standard has […]
Energy and Carbon
‘To accelerate Network Rail’s Energy & Carbon commitments and governmental targets, a programme has been launched aiming to drive and support green initiatives across the organisation. These include the installation of smart metering at managed stations, developing and integrating reduced carbon design and renewables generation and storage.’ The efficient use of energy is critical to […]
Biodiversity
Managing our land sustainably including consideration of the impacts on biodiversity. What is biodiversity? Put simply, biodiversity is the variety of plant and animal life. Healthy and biodiverse ecosystems provide a wide range of services that are of benefit to humans across four broad categories. Human activities can have a significant impact on biodiversity and […]
Emissions to Air
Taking action to prevent pollution to air, water and land which might occur as a result of our operations. What are emissions to air? Emissions to air are discharges of a pollutant from a particular source (e.g a flue-gas stack) or a group of sources (e.g vehicles) into the air. Pollutants are unwanted chemicals or […]
Waste
We will reduce the amount of material we use and minimise the amount of waste we produce. What is waste? Waste is an unwanted or unusable material, substance, or by-product. A material is considered to be waste when the producer or holder either discards it, intends to discard it, or is required to discard it. […]
Private: Sustainable Travel & Transport
Rail is generally regarded to be a sustainable form of transport but with new technologies and innovations occurring throughout the transport sector it is important that the rail sector continues to innovate and integrate with other transport modes to provide an end to end journey and position rail as an inclusive, affordable and accessible transport […]