Who is Behind Albert?

08 August 11

Meet the consortium behind the Albert carbon calculator, and watch videos where they explain how they're contributing towards a greener TV industry.

Albert was originally created at the BBC in 2010. Its content was devised and written by Richard Smith of the BBC's Sustainability team and developed by Sharepoint City . The current version of Albert is an enhanced version of the BBC original, funded and developed by a partnership led by BAFTA. The members of the partnership are: BBC , Channel 4 , IMG , ITV , Kudos , Shine , Sky , Talkback Thames and Twofour .

The group is supported by a range of technical partners, all of whom are contributing to Albert on a charitable basis. They are: Aerian Studios (design and branding), AMEE (carbon factor specialists), Mason Hardy (sustainability consultants giving 'rolling assurance' to Albert through footprint checking), Microsoft (who have granted BAFTA a licence to use the Enterprise edition of SharePoint, the software Albert is built with), Outsourcery (who are providing web hosting) and Sharepoint City who have built and maintain Albert.

Twofour

Mark Hawkins, Twofour Group's Managing Director, explains why he's excited by Albert and why he expects more than one type of return from it.

Sky

Jo Fox talks about Sky's 'The Bigger Picture' initiative, and Director of Broadcast Operations describes the transition from a tape-based to a file-based workflow.

Talkback Thames

The Production Manager for Grand Designs and Senior Assisant Editor for Escape to the Country talk about the specific ways their shows are going greener.

BBC

Sally Debonnaire talks about why Albert was developed, and producers from Five Daughters, Dragons' Den and Mongrels describe how they've saved money by going green.