Carbon Trust: Low carbon promotional film
Challenge
Buildings account for 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions. Improving their efficiency is a major opportunity and, it could be argued, urgent responsibility. But the Carbon Trust had a problem: those who specify, build and occupy these premises were convinced that low carbon adaptations are costly, risky and a hassle to introduce.
Our response
Our content strategy addressed these concerns head on. We interviewed people from the target audience groups who had saved money by adopting low carbon building principles, using the content in case studies on the website, as printed leave-behinds for Carbon Trust account managers and to prompt media coverage. And we produced five films that, using animation, walked viewers in an accessible way through the technology used in featured buildings. This content was in turn repurposed in a promotional trailer for the series of films, presented by a respected eco-journalist, helping to generate interest and demystify the technology.
Results
The content marketing campaign generated considerable interest in the Low Carbon Buildings Programme, which gave £131 million in grants to install microgeneration technology for around 20,000 projects between 2006 and 2010. A second phase, focusing on schools, churches and the not for profit sector, led to the award of 2,700 grants.
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