After the success of the Remote Broadcast Operations Project which was introduced by Formula 1 in 2020 – which reduced the amount of technical cargo and the number of personnel which needed to be taken to races. By delivering this, F1 has got one step closer to achieving its 2030 Net Zero Carbon ambition goal.
The broadcast has been given albert certification who have been awarded by BAFTA for the environmental impact of their broadcasting and being a founding member of the albert Sports consortium shows F1’s commitment to working with its partners to help reduce the emissions created by Grand Prix’s.
The changes that will be made for the Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix are as follows : Replacing the fuel in the TV Compound Generators with HVO fuel, switching up to 70% of the car fleet to hybrid vehicles, zero-emission vehicles will be introduced for circuit operations, offering higher supply of vegan and vegetarian meals, the Remote Broadcast facility in Biggin Hill will be run on a renewable mains energy supply, all the remaining CO2 emissions will be offset through the official partner of the albert scheme and finally a ‘Switch it Off!’ campaign will be run which will promote reduced energy consumptions across all of the Facilities being run.
Formula 1 plans to use the lessons they will learn from Silverstone and use these in other Grand Prix’s throughout this season and the season’s to come which will continue to reduce the emissions of the sport,
Robert Dalla – Managing Director – Media and Technology Centre at Formula 1 is very pleased that the TV productions of the British Grand Prix has been awarded albert certification and should be recognised by all as a sustainable broadcast which is yet another step on the long journey to becoming Net-Zero Carbon.
“I am very pleased that our TV broadcast production of the 2021 British Grand Prix has been awarded albert Certification and will be recognised as a sustainable broadcast. This is another important step forward on our journey to Net-Zero Carbon.”
This also shows F1’s renewed commitment to improving the impact that Formula 1 has on reducing climate change, where a number of improvements have already been made to how F1 works and delivers the production of Grand prix events that should hopefully generate long-term reductions to Formula 1’s Broadcast Carbon Footprint.
“F1 is committed to improving the impact it has on the environment and climate change. Through working with albert and our key suppliers, we have been able to introduce a number of improvements to how we work and deliver the production, that we will develop to generate material long-term reductions to our broadcast’s carbon footprint.”