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Energy consumption and carbon emissions in government departments

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National Audit Office, (2007)

Abstract

In March 2004, the government published the energy section of the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate. It includes energy use and carbon emissions targets that individual departments and the government as a whole should achieve within specifi ed time limits. In 2005-06, the Government carried out an internal review of the Framework, with the objective of improving the Government’s performance in the way it manages sustainably its land and buildings, whilst reducing the burden on departments and rationalising the targets on which they were obliged to report. The revised initiative, now called 'Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate' (SOGE), was launched by the Prime Minister in June 2006.This review, undertaken in response to a recommendation from the Environmental Audit Committee, is based on the data underpinning that report and an in-depth analysis of departmental performance against energy targets.

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