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The Carbon Trust is offering virtual office tours in a bid to reduce carbon emissions at UK firms by up to two million tonnes a year. 

The trust's new interactive online 'Empower' service, which is free to download, also claims it could save large UK firms up to £500 million per year.  

The application lets users take a virtual tour of an office building to learn how to make energy saving improvements and includes tutorials, virtual tours and a quiz.

The service also allows employees to set their own goals for reducing their carbon footprint, which they can then share with their employers.

According to the Carbon Trust, a typical ten storey building with a 30,000 square metre floor area and 2,500 employees could save £150,000. The average office building could also save up to 500 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year by using the 'Empower' service, the organisation claims. 

Among the other energy improvements were reducing office temperatures by one degree Celsius to save £1 per employee per year. 

Richard Rugg, director of Carbon Trust programmes, said: 'Companies often struggle to harness the huge energy savings that an effectively engaged workforce can help deliver...Employers are a critical ally in cutting energy waste. Get them onboard and reap the rewards in lower bills and reduced carbon emissions.'

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