Corporate Policy Statement

Our long-term corporate goals are:


• Where possible, to use energy from sustainable sources. Minimise CO² emissions
• Give priority to energy efficiency investments
• Consider life-cycle energy costs for all new projects
• Commit organisational resources to energy management
• Use energy efficiently and economically in order to reduce energy costs and keep costs low
• Minimise environmental impact
  
  
In achieving our long term corporate goals the following objectives will be met:


• Implement a regular programme of energy audits
• Set and publish performance improvement targets
• Report performance changes and improvements annually
• Identify all cost-effective energy efficiency measures
• Establish a monitoring and targeting system
• Provide regular management reports on costs and consumption
• Establish a budget for investing in energy efficiency
• Increase staff awareness
• Nominate employees to act as departmental energy officers
• Reduce consumption of energy by 5% of total units of energy delivered over three years
• Reduce energy consumption to typical/good practice benchmark levels within three years
• Purchase in excess of 90% of our energy from green sources
• Specify energy efficient design of new buildings, and procure energy efficient plant and equipment
• Publish a corporate energy policy
• Achieve accreditation under Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme