{"value":{"id":90671,"askingMemberId":3929,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-09-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-09-08T00:00:00","uin":"208339","questionText":"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.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":111,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-09-09T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Energy","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/90671","method":"GET"}]}