Climate Change Declaration Reporting

Jenny CassellsSector Manager – Carbon Trust Scotland

Agenda

Local Authority carbon performanceSection 2 overviewSection 2 reporting elementsRecommendations for reporting structure

Carbon Trust review

Through aggregation of 138 carbon management plans we have created a baseline for public sector emissions in Scotland of 3.4 MtCO2e

– Based on plans with variable baseline years but predominantly 2008 or 2009– Plans reviewed cover 75% of bodies by number, and we estimate ~90% by

emissions

Local authorities make up 63% of the baseline, with NHS and Higher Education accounting for 17% and 11% respectively

Buildings emissions are the largest source, at 67%, with transport and waste accounting for 13% and 18%

– Buildings emission account for over 80% of emissions in all sectors apart from Local Authorities and Emergency Services where waste and transport respectively account for over 20%

We calculate that the traded sector accounts for about 40% of public sector emissions

Excluding transport and waste to give a baseline suitable for RPP2 reduces the total to 0.98Mt

– Local authorities account for 62% of this baseline– Buildings emissions make up 98% of this baseline

Aggregation of the 138 CMPs gives a baseline for public sector emissions of 3.4 Mt. Local authorities dominate the sectoral breakdown; buildings emissions are the largest source, followed by waste

Total Emissions3,411kt CO2e

Emissions Baseline by Sector

Total Emissions3,411kt CO2e

Emissions Baseline by Source

Local Authorities2,134kt

63%

NHS572kt17%

Higher Education

387kt11%

Further Education56kt1.6%

Central Gov’t145kt4.3%

Emergency Services117kt3.4%

Buildings2,286kt

67%

Transport434kt13%

Waste591kt

17%

Street lighting 83kt2%

Water7kt; 0.2%

Other: 10kt; 0.3%

Local authorities account for around half of the total identified carbon savings in Close Out

Total: 688 ktCO2 Total: 6,259 ktCO2 Number of

recommendations: 4,986Note: Total includes traded and non-traded measures; Building shell = fabric, building management systems and building electricity & water distribution systemsSource: Close Out; Carbon Trust analysis

The spread of abatement across project status is fairly even though higher education have the highest abatement from existing projects

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Identified Abatement by Status of Intervention and Sector(Total)

Planned but not funded

Existing

Planned & funded

Medium to long term

PercentofIdentifiedAbatement

Note: Total includes both traded and non-traded measuresSource: Carbon Management Plans; Carbon Trust analysis

Behaviour measures were identified as a major source of potential abatement across most sectors; NHS have identified more renewables than other sectors

7Note: Total includes both traded and non-traded measuresSource: Carbon Management Plans; Carbon Trust analysis

Identified Abatement by Category of Intervention and Sector(Total)

Percentof

IdentifiedAbatement

Water heating

Water & wastewater

Waste

Transport

Renewables

Office closure / relocation

Lighting

HVAC

Fabric

Behaviour

Appliances / IT

Barriers to implementation

Barrier Solution

Senior management does not understand cost saving from carbon reduction

Training on the business case and effective governance for carbon reduction. Production of case studies. Set statutory targets for publicly funded bodies, with incentives and penalties for non-compliance

Engaging procurement Statutory duty to show calculations for large projects. Provision of training for procurement teamsSupplier/ consultant accreditation schemesSupport with M&T to track project savings

Understanding of and access to energy efficiency financing

Provide cheap and sound public finance or enable private finance using PB rulesProvision of junior debt financing or savings guarantees

Lack of human resource/technical expertise

Technical, financial and project management training. Invest to save budgets should be ring-fenced for energy measures

Split incentives Encourage green lease agreements for large rented public buildings, with clear obligations for tenant and landlord in cutting energy useMandate or incentivise FM providers to cut energy bills

Section 2 overview

29 reports submitted at the point of reviewCorporate emissionsScope 1 and 2 mainlyAll reports reviewed contributed information to section 2 – no blanks but varying detail was apparentMost used data format already in place1 or 2 decided to use a completely different reporting formatDid they convey the good reduction work being done - yes

Review observations

Baseline – Some did not provide– Must established the year as well as provide the

data

Targets– State the target year for total reduction– State the target

Reportable years– Report on intervening years – Report on most recent full year

Review observations cont.

Data to be reported– Report separate emission sources – Should scope be mentioned

Reduction figures– Provide numerical figure– Provide percentage – Provide in absolute form – not net or weather adjusted

Reduction projects– Mentioned in narrative form– Tabulated – feasibility metrics– Maximum number of examples per section

Review observations

Carbon conversion factors– Follow DECC guidelines on retroactive back casting

Format– Should Section 2 be more prescriptive in format– Use of individual comment boxes– Should there be a word limit on project description

Emission scopes– Should Scope 3 emissions be reported

Traded and non traded emissions– For future reference– Does this have a bearing on reporting to Government in

the future

Review observations

Report length– Shortest report was 5 pages and longest was 34

pages can make for difficulties in review– Is there an optimum

Conclusions

Improve paritySimplify the reporting structureOptimise reporting lengthFollow the formatSpecify key topics for commentReport auditingKey supportTraining

Thank you

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