John Seekings, director of operations at the Royal Opera House, said: “It is very important that the Royal Opera House leads best practice in the area of energy efficiency and cutting carbon emissions. As a publicly-funded organisation we want our audiences and the public at large to know we take energy efficiency and our carbon footprint as seriously as they do.”

Having already worked with Power Efficiency for its energy procurement, the Royal Opera House sees to meet the UK government CRC legislation at its main venue in central London, as well as a storage facility in Wales and workshop in East London.

Bobby Collinson, managing director of Power Efficiency, said: “In today’s market and environment it is not only multinationals and big businesses that must meet their environmental targets, but businesses and organisations of all types. As a leader in this field, we expect to see many more companies working with us to meet this type of legislation and to benefit both themselves and the wider community by reducing their carbon usage and output.”