---

Sustainable Building

Answer

In 2004–05 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister allocated none of its building programme budget to energy self-generation or water recycling measures. This position is reviewed on an annual basis.The Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government estates sets an energy target (E3) that 10 per cent. electricity should be obtained from renewable sources and suggests this can be through the purchase of renewable electricity or self-generation of renewable electricity. ODPM has Combined Heat and Power (CHP) sets in two of its London buildings, and in the current energy procurement round (2005–06) the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has obtained 100 per cent. renewable electricity for their three London HQ offices.Since 2003–04 the total proportion of renewable electricity used by the Office of the Deputy PM in its buildings in (a) the Office and (b) its Agencies each year is as follows:

Percentage
	Office	Agencies
2003–04	98	29
2004–05	98	46

The data for the Office covers Ashdown House, Eland House and Hempstead House.Agencies include Planning Inspectorate, the Fire Service College and the QEII Conference Centre.In respect of the water target (C2); ODPM had a water audit carried out in 2005 at one London HQ building (Ashdown House). A number of recommendations were made for directly reducing water use which are being followed up. There were limited possibilities identified for water recycling initiatives as it was considered that retrofitting rainwater harvesting equipment was not an economically viable proposition.This answer does not include the buildings occupied by Government Offices, who carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

444 c1219-20W; 58734

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Buildings Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk