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Enigin - UK Public Sector Must Save Energy To Reach CO2 Reduction Targets
Approximately 33% of the UK's emissions from non-domestic properties, which implies the public sector still has a long way to go to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions, with hospitals as top offenders.
The Communities and Local Government Department have undertaken an audit which revealed that the 28,000 public buildings in England and Wales emit almost 14 million tonnes of CO2/year.
The figure equates to about £4bn per annum in energy bills, according to the Carbon Trust, and is 27% higher than some previous estimates of the scale the public sector plays in greenhouse gas emissions.
Energy efficiency is the essential factor that needs to be widely implemented in the public sector so as to significantly change the trend. Companies like Enigin can offer the most cost-effective and efficient solutions, which would not only result in consequential carbon reduction, but also in tremendous savings on energy costs for the public sector.
Enigin specialise in energy efficiency and are well known and appreciated for the quality of their products and customer service worldwide. The energy systems that Enigin provide can bring the most suitable solution to the public sector's excess energy consumption problem, to contribute in reaching the governmental carbon reduction targets recently agreed on.
Enigin energy saving systems include all the most basic and essential energy sourcing equipment, such as lighting, air conditioning, motors and refrigeration. The public sector has much to win by switiching to energy efficient methods through companies like Enigin, to drastically reduce their energy consumption and relative costs.
Only 5,000 public buildings have received the lowest-band G rating under the UK government's energy performance certificate scheme, and only 151 buildings have received the top A rating, according to the Guardian newspaper.
8 of the 10 worst polluting buildings were hospitals (namely NHS), while the prison sector was labeled as the 2nd worst offender.
The most polluting hospital was the Royal London in Whitechapel, which emitted 46,128 tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2009 - the equivalent of pollution from 7,700 homes.
The most polluting prisons were The Grove young offenders institution in Portland, Dorset and Pentonville Prison in North London, which jointly emitted more than 16,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
However, the Prison Service expressed its plan to spend £4.5m on green measures such as smart energy meters, insulation and more energy efficient boilers as part of efforts to cut its emissions by 3% each year for the next 5 years.
The UK government released a report suggesting that central government departments were on track to meet the UK's target of cutting emissions 12.5 % from 1999 levels by 2011, and will discuss its ability to reduce emissions across the wider public sector in order to meet its target of cutting emissions by 30% by 2020.
Monday 4th January 2010
