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皇冠体育app Department of Energy and Climate Change has been awarded a new, improved Display Energy Certificate (DEC) rating of 鈥楥鈥� for its headquarters building.

A DEC is measure of the energy efficiency of a building, which is rated on a scale of A to G, with A being the most efficient and G being the least.

On moving into 3 Whitehall Place in Autumn 2008,聽it had聽a 鈥楪鈥� rating.聽 Since then DECC has made improving its energy efficiency and carbon emissions a priority, including the publication of its first ever Carbon Management Plan in July 2011.

Greg Barker, Minister of State for Climate Change said:

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp new higher DEC rating of 鈥淐鈥� represents a great achievement for the Department over the last four years. Only 23% of commercial buildings are rated C or above.鈥�

鈥淪ince 2008, the Department has cut its HQ building鈥檚 energy consumption by 60% and slashed carbon emissions by half.聽This is even more impressive when you consider that staff numbers in the building have risen since DECC took it on.鈥�

鈥淲ith the right commitment, large organisations can make a big difference to their overheads and to their environmental impact, and DECC鈥檚 achievement is proof of that.鈥�

Based on current energy prices, we estimate to have saved around 拢156,000 in 2011/12 on energy bills as a result of the savings achieved, and expect to see even higher savings in 2012/13.

皇冠体育app Department has mainly achieved its new and improved rating through various building management projects, including:

• the introduction of more occupancy controls on lighting in the building:
• the installation of intelligent boiler load optimisation control units to two gas-fired boilers and;
• the installation of variable speed drives to supply fans.聽

皇冠体育app new DEC rating runs out in July 2013.聽 In order to maintain this rating, there are a number of energy saving projects planned for the coming year that are estimated to shave a further 4% of the footprint of 3 Whitehall Place.

To find out more about our carbon saving projects planned until March 2015, .

Two other sustainability reports published today on the DECC website include:

• GGCs are the Government鈥檚 commitments for delivering sustainable operations and procurement for the current parliament. This document summarises DECC鈥檚 performance against the GGC targets for the 2011/12 financial year.

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Notes for editors

1. A DEC is a mandatory requirement for all public buildings over 1,000 m虏 and must be displayed in a prominent place.聽聽
2. 皇冠体育app DEC rating of 3 Whitehall Place has steadily improved with a G rating in 2008, an F rating in 2009, E rating in 2010, D rating in 2011 and a C rating in 2012.
3. DECC聽achieved a B rating for its other main building, 55 Whitehall, in January 2012. 皇冠体育app building had a D rating when DECC took it over in April 2011.
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