In Summer 2023 Scene conducted a carbon audit, and options appraisal for Garvald Home Farm, in the Scottish Borders. Current site energy demand was studied. Building energy efficiency improvements, and energy generation opportunities (utilising the natural resources and topography of the locality) were also modelled. Feasible energy efficiency improvements to farm dwellings, and a ground-mounted solar PV array in a land parcel were recommended. Recommendations were made to closely align to the farm's sustainable ethos, and future development aims.
In 2022/23 Scene built a whole-town carbon emissions model covering all emissions sectors in Carluke, which allowed the community to understand their local energy system. This provided a baseline for the community's Net Zero Strategy. Scene co-developed this Net Zero Strategy by identifying the town's decarbonisation pathways and engaging with the community via workshops: finally producing an action plan owned by the community.
In a 2023 survey of the Biggar area conducted by Scene in conjunction with the Biggar Area Climate Care (BACC) group, roughly one third of respondents stated that they think about climate change and act upon it every single day. Scene was engaged as consultants to undertake a feasibility study on decarbonising the area by focusing on sustainable transportation, recycling and reducing waste, and reducing domestic energy use in Biggar by BACC.
In 2022, Scene conducted 10 detailed assessments of community halls throughout the Scottish Borders on behalf of The Bridge, a charity organisation seeking to support community-led decarbonisation and enable the continued existence of community halls, as an important space for local identity and social cohension.
During the first quarter of 2021, Scene conducted its first ever carbon emissions audit.The assessment integrated data from the company's office energy use, emissions associated with project travel and staff commuting, equipment purchases, and working-from-home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the audit informed the creation of Scene's Net-Zero emissions ambitions, and lead to development of a new Carbon Consultancy workstream.
In 2017, Scene conducted a full land options feasibility study for a UK-based academic institute. The study focused on offsetting university carbon emissions through investing in, and developing, land in Scotland. The university's emissions in 2017 totalled 200,000tCO2e/annum.
