REAP Workshops
Part of a REAP software license agreement usually involves a package of days of support from the REAP team. If the organisation purchasing the software has not used the tool before, part of the support days package will involve a training session for potential users and interested parties.
Logistics
REAP workshops usually take place at the offices of the organisation purchasing the tool and take up a whole day. Training sessions work most effectively with between 10 and 30 participants and each person either has their own computer or is sharing with one other person.
The day's session comprises presentations on the concept of footprinting and application to policy, with a number of interactive sessions where participants learn how to use the REAP tool to extract information and assess the impact of policy on the area's carbon, greenhouse gas and ecological footprint.
Other types of training
The team has also adapted workshop material for lectures on Sustainability and Environmental Footprinting and practical sessions using the REAP tool for the Environment Department's undergraduate and masters courses and the Social Work and Social Policy department's undergraduate course at the University of York.
The use of REAP in Scotland has been reviewed by the EPSRC ISSUES Project who look at urban sustainability.
"The Sustainable Urban Environments Programme is an EPSRC funded portfolio of research looking at ways of improving sustainability in the urban environment." (taken from www.urbansustainabilityexchange.org.uk, July 2010)
The full report titled "The Process of Knowledge Transfer from Researcher and Policy Maker to End-User" provides an analysis of the footprinting work done in Scotland and the use of REAP by Scottish Local Authorities. It is available here.
REAP Version 2
Please contact us to get your latest copy of REAP. Read the full news article by clicking more below to find out about the updates and what the type of licence you require.
See the REAP pages for details about licence costs and training packages.
REAP Petite has been updated and improved.
To download a free copy click here
If you are a license holder, contact SEI to get your new version.
SEI have just released a policy brief on Scotland's Footprint.
Our study has shown that Scotland's carbon footprint has grown by 11 per cent since 1992.
The figure includes greenhouse gases released overseas during the production of goods later consumed in Scotland and so is the most accurate gauge of the country's emissions to date.
While emissions generated in Scotland fell by 13 percent between 1995 and 2004, when trade is taken account, greenhouse gases rose by 11 per cent over the same period.
The full policy brief can be found on SEI's website.
An article has also be published in the Sunday Herald and can be found here.