Department of Health and Social Care: Carbon Emissions
(asked on 1st October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 September 2019 to Question 290332 on Department of Health and Social Care: Energy Supply, what initiatives are included in the on-going programme to reduce emissions; and what the timeframe is for the implementation of each of those initiatives.
The Department undertakes a rolling programme of initiatives to reduce emissions. This includes works to lighting, heating and ventilation systems and building energy systems. We do not have a timeframe for each individual initiative. A sample of some initiatives are listed in the following table:
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning | Boiler optimisation, heating additive to improve efficiency, Smartcool (cooling optimisation) |
Lighting | Lighting upgrades including photo cell and passive infrared sensors, replacement LED lighting |
Building Energy | Monthly energy consumption dashboard |