Scottish Government Environmental Performance: Annual Report 2006/07

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SECTION 3: APPENDIX OF TABLES

TABLE 1: LIST OF TARGET BUILDINGS ON SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ESTATE FOR 2006/07

Building

Floor area

Additional minor occupiers

Total
SE
staff

Other minor
occupiers

Total
occupying staff

Victoria Quay
Edinburgh

27638

Sodexho
Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate General
SERCo
Bright Horizons Nursery
Dakia

2173

77

2250

St Andrew's House
Edinburgh

14217

n/a

1395

n/a

1395

Saughton House
Edinburgh

18402

HM Revenue & Customs
Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency
Food Standards Agency
Met. Office
Rural Payments Agency
Parole Board for Scotland
HM Inspectorate of Education
Dalkia

782

516

1298

Pentland House
Edinburgh

8823

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency

625

45

670

Meridian Court
Glasgow

5887

Homecoming Scotland

389

3

392

Europa Building
Glasgow

3794

Assisted Support Needs Tribunal
Choose Life
Scottish Recovery Network
HM Inspectorate of Education
Transport Scotland

179

84

263

Cameron House
Oban

893

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
HM Revenue & Customs
Driving Standards Agency
Scottish Veterinary Service

20

9

29

Thainstone Court
Inverurie

1658

State Veterinary Service

76

13

89

Longman House
Inverness

1815

State Veterinary Service
Verification and Compliance Unit
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
HM Inspectorate of Education
Ordnance Survey
Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency
HM Revenue & Customs
IBM
Dalkia

38

47

85

Tweedbank
Galashiels

803

State Veterinary Service

44

15

59

Leith File Store
Edinburgh

2489

n/a

7

n/a

7

Tankerness Lane
Kirkwall

741

State Veterinary Service
Jobcentre Plus

12

13

25

Strathbeg House
Thurso

522

State Veterinary Service
Scottish Agricultural College
Scottish Natural Heritage

11

6

17

Strathearn House
Perth

2263

State Veterinary Service

79

17

96

Total staff

5830

6675

The 14 buildings above combined represent 90% of the Scottish Government estate's floor area and 96% of staff.

TABLE 2: UTILITIES COMPARISON TABLE 2003/04 TO 2006/07

Year

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

Staff Numbers

6186

6319

6677

6675

Source

Total
(kWh)

CO 2
(tonnes)

Total
(kWh)

CO 2
(tonnes)

Total
(kWh)

CO 2
(tonnes)
3

Total
(kWh)

CO 2
(tonnes)

Electricity

12733000

5475

13201356

5677

12867027

5533

14018164

6028

Gas

10501221 1

1995

10680967

2029

10727810

2038

8814257

1675

Oil

1226664

294

1296316

311

1112431

300

663937

179

Total Utilities

24460855

7765

25178639

8017

24707268

7871

23496358

7882

Electricity per person 2

2058

0.89

2089

0.90

1927

0.83

2100

0.90

Gas + oil per person

1896

0.37

1895

0.37

1773

0.35

1420

0.28

Total Utilities per person

3954

1.26

3984

1.27

3700

1.18

3520

1.18

1 Figures up to 2004/05 corrected following gas metering error at one building.
2 Figures per person relate to all occupying staff in target buildings including minor occupiers.
3 CO 2 conversion factors for 2005/06 have been aligned with the revised greenhouse gas reporting guidance issued by Defra in July 2005.

TABLE 3: CO 2 EMISSIONS COMPARISON FROM 1991/92 TO 2002/03

Year

1991/92

1992/93

1993/94

1994/95

1995/96

1996/97

1997/98

1998/99

1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

CO 2 from energy (tonnes) 1

13791

14430

14557

13988

14692

12375

9932

9796

8262

6899

6977

7634

Emissions +/-

n/a

+5%

+ 1%

-4%

+5%

-15%

-20%

-1%

-16%

-16%

+1%

+9%

1 For comparison purposes, emissions to 2000/01 based on 90% of totals taken from Energy Accounting Software.

TABLE 4: TOTAL WASTE COMPARISON 2002/03 TO 2006/07

Year

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

Figures in tonnes

Total waste recorded

990

1263

1169

1376

1227

Recycled

576 58%

745 59%

910 78%

1065 77%

957 78%

Landfill

414 42%

518 41%

259 22%

311 23%

270 22%

Waste per person 1

0.17

0.22

0.20

0.22

0.20

1 Figures per person relate to all staff covered by the Scottish Government's waste arrangements in target buildings on the Scottish Government estate.

TABLE 5: PIE-CHART ANALYSIS

Type of office waste

Tonnes

Fraction of total waste

Mixed office paper (including confidential waste paper)

717

58%

Cardboard

97

8%

Mixed plastics

34

3%

Glass

22

2%

Metal

31

2%

Wood

20

2%

Other recyclables (aluminium cans, plastic/polystyrene cups, cooking oil, fluorescent tubes/bulbs, dry cell batteries, IT equipment and some furniture)

37

3%

Landfilled waste

270

22%

TABLE 6: WATER USAGE COMPARISON WHERE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT STAFF ARE THE MAIN OCCUPIERS IN THE BUILDING

Year

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

Building 1

Volume (m 3 per person per year)

Victoria Quay

10.71

6.24

5.60

7.62

7.39

Saughton House

7.59

8.94

13.40

8.86

8.50

St Andrew's House

6.31

6.62

6.35

6.63

4.59

Pentland House

6.53

6.74

6.93

6.81

6.10

Meridian Court

8.59

8.76

4.50

10.45

7.67

Europa Building

7.18

6.36

4.77

6.44

5.71

Cameron House

19.27

5.9

5.41

2.59

15.84

Thainstone Court

5.30

5.72

3.24

8.26

5.27

Longman House

12.74

7.42

4.18

3.19

6.59

Tweedbank

19.95

13.6

19.34

18.65

5.73

Tankerness Lane

0.50

0.42

0.33

0.32

0.32

Strathearn House

n/a

6.93

7.50

7.02

6.36

Leith File Store

n/a

2.40

14.33

11.87

13.43

Average per person 2

8.40

7.10

7.37

7.66

6.79

1 Strathbeg House not metered.
2 Figures per person relate to all occupying staff in target buildings including minor occupiers.

TABLE 7: TRAVEL DATA COMPARISON 2003/04 TO 2006/07

Year

2003/04

2004/051

2005/062

2006/07

Source

Total estate

CO 2 (tonnes)

Total estate

CO 2 (tonnes)

Total estate

CO 2 (tonnes)

Total estate

CO 2 (tonnes)

Private cars (miles)

2724316

980.8

2900136

1044.0

1647233

494.2

1476098

442.8

Hire cars (miles)

480883

173.1

555874

200.1

554154 3

166.2

530155 3

159.0

Motorcycles (miles)

529

0.1

3376

0.6

8140

1.2

4393

0.7

Bicycles (miles)

311

0

956

0

226

0

461

0

Taxis (miles)

154272

35.5

183178

42.1

255518 3

69.0

289435 3

78.1

Rail (passenger km)

3612512

216.8

7548572 4

452.9

4425637 5,6

177.0

6162954 5

246.5

Air (passenger km)

4625280

832.6

4783619 7

861.1

11772064 8

1765.8

9632218 8

1444.8

Petrol purchased (litres)

110393

255.0

147449

340.6

107837

248.0

71930

165.4

LPG purchased (litres)

142223

214.8

189594

286.3

170165

253.5

121388

180.9

Diesel purchased (litres)

34405

92.2

26238

70.3

26598

70.0

55162

145.1

Fleet vehicles (miles)

1898967

n/a

1858567

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Total business travel

2800.7

3298.1

3245.0

2863.3

1 Figures to date include staff from some Agencies of the Scottish Government.
2 Figures relate to staff in core Scottish Government Directorates only, from all buildings on the estate.
3 Includes estimated element based on travel reimbursement for non-contract journeys.
4 Journeys to date include to and from Edinburgh/Glasgow, Edinburgh/London and Glasgow/London.
5 Journeys comprise all UK and European destinations. Includes estimated element based on travel reimbursement for non-contract journeys.
6 Figures corrected to account for erroneous ticketing information.
7 Journeys to date include to and from Edinburgh/London and Glasgow/London.
8 Journeys comprise all UK and international destinations. Includes estimated element based on travel reimbursement for non-contract journeys.

TABLE 8: VIDEOCONFERENCING

Year

2005/06

2006/07

Originating Building

Videoconference sessions1

Victoria Quay

328

481

Saughton House

59

106

St Andrew's House

263

365

Pentland House

356

221

Meridian Court

103

161

Europa Building

184

181

Other buildings

55

64

Total videoconference sessions

1348

1579

- of which International2

42

7

1 Destinations of non-international videoconference calls not held centrally.
2 Calls to international destinations included in above totals.

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