Energy

(asked on 4th September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce energy costs in her Department; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 9th September 2014

The Department for Education has already made excellent progress in reducing its energy costs by £1.4 million per annum since 2009-10 to 2013-14. This is despite the cost of energy increasing during the same period.

The Department has achieved this primarily through low and no cost energy efficiency measures, a reduction in the size of the Department’s estate and a small number of capital investments. These measures have also contributed to a reduction in associated greenhouse gas emissions of 44% during the same period.

Plans to reduce energy costs further include: continuing to refine building (energy) management system programmes; conducting annual audits of all key plant and equipment to identify cost-effective options for asset replacement and enhancement; staff awareness campaigns; monitoring and targeting unexpected building energy profiles through automated meter reading devices across the estate; and estate rationalisation and co-location.

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