Carbon accounting per building by scope, meter readings submitted by the parishes themselves, Energy Footprint Tool returns pre-filled from real data, and progress against the Church of England’s routemap tracked where everyone can see it.
The diocese sets the framework; the parishes feed it with readings; the numbers roll up without a spreadsheet in between.
Annual emissions reports by scope, per building, with configurable carbon factors and fuel types — figures you can defend at synod, not estimates rolled forward from 2019.
Utility meters per church, with gas and electricity readings submitted by wardens and treasurers through the Parish Portal — and a parish-level Net Zero dashboard so they see their own position too.
Emissions, energy spend, EPC and DEC certificates, Eco Church awards and schools carbon layers on one interactive map of the diocese.
National tools and datasets connected to your own records — so the annual returns fill themselves and the risks surface early.
CofE EFT submissions aggregated and pre-filled from meter data — the annual return becomes a review, not a hunt.
A Rocha award levels updated automatically — bronze, silver and gold across the diocese without a survey.
Progress against the Church of England’s Net Zero routemap steps, per church and diocese-wide.
Renewable assets, retrofit projects and energy audits — with solar-potential estimates from Open-Meteo irradiance data.
Environment Agency flood-risk warnings matched against church locations — the buildings at risk flagged before the weather arrives.
Church school EPCs and carbon certification progress tracked alongside the parishes — the whole estate, not just the churches.
Live screens from the platform.
Leaving any of the three out understates the diocesan figure substantially.
Display Energy Certificates and non-domestic EPCs across the church school estate, with floor area, ratings and CO₂ by heating fuel. Schools are often the largest buildings a diocese has influence over.
Parsonages carry the same certificate and energy logic as church buildings, so the housing stock is in the figure rather than beside it.
Emissions factors are versioned and the factor year is recorded per calculation, so a footprint computed this year does not silently change when national factors are reissued.
Where a diocese also runs the HCOMS property platform, the two read the same places, people and compliance calendar. A parsonage is one property with one address, one occupant, one gas certificate and one EPC, whichever system you arrive from. See Property →
You can’t manage a carbon footprint you only estimate once a year.— The Net Zero area connects meter readings, certificates and the routemap in one place