Spaghetti Westerns Sustainability in the Public Sector Andrew Short

The Good Revenue Savings Good for the Environment Public Engagement Running Costs Maintenance Costs Good for the Environment Public Engagement

The Bad Capital Costs Complicated Technologies Breakdowns Changing Cultures

The Ugly Legislation

The Ugly The Climate Change Act sets a mandatory carbon emissions reduction targets of 80% on 1990 levels by 2050, a move the UK has led the world on. It also sets up a new Climate Change Committee, regular 5 year carbon budgets, the potential for the inclusion of shipping and aviation emissions in targets, charges on single-use carrier bags, and regular mandatory reporting of progress towards climate change adaptation.

The Ugly

The Ugly 1 Introduction 2 Duties relating to energy performance certificates 3 Display Energy Certificates 4 Inspection of air-conditioning systems 5 Energy Assessors 6 Register of certification, recommendation reports and advisory reports 7 Enforcement 8 Miscellaneous

The Ugly Carbon Reduction Commitment (‘Cap and Trade’) Organisations with energy use over 6,000MWh/year Mandatory emission trading to cut carbon emissions Includes Public Sector Scheme begins in 2010 Published league tables

A Fistful of Dollars Capital costs need not be higher New Build Build Sustainability into scheme Theme Teams Value Engineering Training

Fistful of Dollars Corporate Social Responsibility

Fistful of Dollars Sustainability Strategy

Fistful of Dollars Environmental Policy Carbon impacts (energy, transport, etc.) Water Waste Bio-diversity Awareness

Fistful of Dollars Carbon Management Plan

A Fistful of Dollars Waste Landfill Tax currently at £40/tonne and rising to £72/tonne by 2013 Now easier than ever to educate staff Make your waste management company work for you.

A Few Dollars More April 2009 Budget £1.4Bn new funding support for low carbon industries (direct and enabling) Existing buildings £375m Support for offshore wind £525m New technologies (low carbon investment fund) £405m Small scale renewables through low carbon building programme £45m Community heating £25m CCS £60m + £30m

A Few Dollars More Salix Fund

A Few Dollars More

A Few Dollars More Feed-in Tariffs (Clean Energy Cash Back) Money for generating electricity on site Launch April 2010 All electricity generated on site attracts the tariff (whether exported or not) Install now to get maximum tariff Start off tariffs will be fixed and guaranteed for life of project

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