Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 13 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 February 2006. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 March 2006 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Carbon Emissions
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the carbon emissions resulting from (a) the generation of heating for buildings and (b) the powering of air conditioning in buildings in a town of average size.
- Answer
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An estimate of annual carbon emissions for the town of Swindon in 2003 due to the generation of heating for buildings is 81 thousand tonnes of carbon (ktC/yr). For powering of air conditioning in buildings the corresponding estimate is 3.6 ktC/yr.These estimates are based on national models of energy use in the non-domestic building stock developed by the Building Research Establishment under contract to Defra.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 443 c716W;443 c716W; 52582
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Air pollution Buildings Carbon dioxide Heating Air conditioning
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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