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Scottish Executive Environmental Performance: Annual Report 2005/06

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SECTION 3: APPENDIX OF TABLES

TABLE 1: List of target buildings on SE estate for 2005/06

Building

Floor area
area (m 2)

Additional minor occupiers

Total
SE staff

Other minor
occupiers

Total
occupying staff

Victoria Quay
Edinburgh

27,638

Sodexho
Astron
SERCo
Bright Horizons Nursery
Dalkia

2200

57

2257

St Andrew's House
Edinburgh

14,217

n/a

1396

n/a

1396

Saughton House
Edinburgh

18,402

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

847

518

1365

Pentland House
Edinburgh

8823

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency

601

49

650

Meridian Court
Glasgow

5887

Scotland Office

340

3

343

Europa Building
Glasgow

3794

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

155

85

240

Cameron House
Oban

893

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
HM Revenue & Customs
Driving Standards Agency
Scottish Vetinary Service
Animal Health Veterinary Unit

23

11

34

Thainstone Court
Inverurie

1658

Animal Health Veterinary Unit

71

18

89

Longman House
Inverness

1815

Animal Health Veterinary Unit
Verification and Compliance Unit
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
HM Inspectorate of Education
Scottish Vetinary Service
Ordnance Survey
Health and Safety Executive
Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency
HM Revenue & Customs
Dalkia

46

52

98

Tweedbank
Galashiels

803

Animal Health Veterinary Unit

43

11

54

Leith File Store
Edinburgh

2489

n/a

7

n/a

7

Tankerness Lane
Kirkwall

741

Jobcentre Plus
Animal Health Veterinary Unit

16

13

29

Strathbeg House
Thurso

522

Animal Health Veterinary Unit
Scottish Agricultural College
Scottish Natural Heritage

13

6

19

Strathearn House
Perth

2263

Animal Health Veterinary Unit

79

17

96

Total staff

5900

6677

The 14 buildings above combined represent 90% of the SE estate's floor area and 95% of total SE staff.

TABLE 2: Utilities comparison table 2002/03 to 2005/06

Year

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Staff Numbers

5699

6186

6319

6677

Source

Total

CO 2

Total

CO 2

Total

CO 2

Total

CO 2

(kWh)

(tonnes)

(kWh)

(tonnes)

(kWh)

(tonnes)

(kWh)

(tonnes)4

Electricity

12416457

5339 1

12733000

5475

13201356

5677

12867027

5533

Gas

10397858 2

1976

10501221

1995

10680967

2029

10727810

2038

Oil

1330069

319

1226664

294

1296316

311

1112431

300

Total Utilities

24144384

7634

24460855

7765

25178639

8017

24707268

7871

Electricity per person 3

2179

0.94

2058

0.89

2089

0.90

1927

0.83

Gas + oil per person

2058

0.40

1896

0.37

1895

0.37

1773

0.35

Total Utilities per person

4237

1.34

3954

1.26

3984

1.27

3700

1.18

1 CO 2 emissions relative to electricity use, discounting off-setting from the Executive's current electricity contract.
2 Figures up to 2004/05 corrected following gas metering error at one building.
3 Figures per person relate to all occupying staff in target buildings including minor occupiers.
4 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 2001/02

Year

1991/92

1992/93

1993/94

1994/95

1995/96

1996/97

1997/98

1998/99

1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

CO 2 from energy (tonnes) 1

13791

14430

14557

13988

14692

12375

9932

9796

8262

6899

6977

Emissions +/-

n/a

5%

1%

-4%

5%

-15%

-20%

-1%

-16%

-16%

+1%

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

TABLE 4: Paper comparison 2001/02 to 2005/06

Year

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Total reams purchased 1

116,400

117,200

125,875

114,094

94,221

Amount Purchased +/-

n/a

+0.7%

+7.4%

-9.4%

-13%

Recycled reams

88%

92%

93%

96%

95%

Virgin reams

12%

8%

7%

4%

5%

Paper use per person (reams) 2

21

20

23

20

15.4

1 Figures based on A4 white 80gsm excluding specialist colours and other sizes.
2 Figures per person relate to staff in Core Executive Departments from all buildings on the Executive estate.

TABLE 5: Total waste comparison 2000/01 to 2004/05

Year

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Figures in tonnes

Total waste recorded

1068

990

1263

1169

1376

Recycled

471 44%

576 58%

745 59%

910 78%

1065 77%

Landfill

597 56%

414 42%

518 41%

259 22%

311 23%

Waste per person 1

0.18

0.17

0.22

0.20

0.22

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

TABLE 6: Pie-chart analysis

Type of office waste

Tonnes

Fraction of total waste

Office paper (including confidential waste paper)

700.5

51%

Other paper and cardboard (including newspapers, magazines, thin cardboard)

99.9

7%

Mixed plastics

55.5

4%

Glass

26.5

2%

Metal

27.9

2%

Wood

37.4

3%

Other recyclables (aluminium cans, plastic/polystyrene cups, cooking oil, fluorescent tubes/bulbs, dry cell batteries, furniture, heavy cardboard)

117.4

9%

Landfilled waste

311.6

23%

TABLE 7: Water usage comparison where SE staff are the main occupiers in the building

Year

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Building 1

Volume (m 3 per person per year)

Victoria Quay

12.81

10.71

6.24

5.60

7.62

Saughton House

7.47

7.59

8.94

13.40

8.86

St Andrew's House

8.24

6.31

6.62

6.35

6.63

Pentland House

8.04

6.53

6.74

6.93

6.81

Meridian Court

9.82

8.59

8.76

4.50

10.45

Europa Building

7.60

7.18

6.36

4.77

6.44

Cameron House

44.36

19.27

5.9

5.41

2.59

Thainstone Court

6.11

5.30

5.72

3.24

8.26

Longman House

14.12

12.74

7.42

4.18

3.19

Tweedbank

16.27

19.95

13.6

19.34

18.65

Tankerness Lane

n/a

0.50

0.42

0.33

0.32

Strathearn House

n/a

n/a

6.93

7.50

7.02

Leith File Store

n/a

n/a

2.40

14.33

11.87

Average per person 2

10.17

8.40

7.10

7.37

7.66

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

TABLE 8: Travel data comparison 2001/02 to 2004/05

Year

2002/03

2003/04

2004/051

2005/062

Source

Total estate

CO 2
(tonnes)

Total estate

CO 2
(tonnes)

Total estate

CO 2
(tonnes)

Total estate

CO 2
(tonnes)

Private cars (miles)

2398115

863.3

2724316

980.8

2900136

1044.0

1647233

494.2

Hire cars (miles)

293334

105.6

480883

173.1

555874

200.1

554154 3

166.2

Motorcycles (miles)

n/a

n/a

529

0.1

3376

0.6

8140

1.2

Bicycles (miles)

n/a

n/a

311

0

956

0

226

0

Taxis (miles)

135789

31.2

154272

35.5

183178

42.1

255518 3

69.0

Rail (passenger km)

n/a

n/a

3612512

216.8

7548572 4

452.9

1747462 5

69.9

Air (passenger km)

n/a

n/a

4625280

832.6

4783619 6

861.1

11772064 7

1765.8

Petrol purchased (litres)

133180

307.6

110393

255.0

147449

340.6

107837

248.0

LPG purchased (litres)

204999

309.6

142223

214.8

189594

286.3

170165

253.5

Diesel purchased (litres)

43324

116.1

34405

92.2

26238

70.3

26598

70.0

Fleet vehicles (miles)

n/a

n/a

1898967

n/a

1858567

n/a

n/a

n/a

Total business travel

1733.4

2800.7

3298.1

3137.8

1 Figures to date include staff from some Executive Agencies.
2 Figures relate to staff in core Executive Departments only from all buildings on the Executive 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 Journeys to date include to and from Edinburgh/London and Glasgow/London.
7 Journeys comprise all UK and international destinations. Includes estimated element based on travel reimbursement for non-contract journeys.

TABLE 9: Video conferencing

Building

Videoconference sessions in 2005/061

Victoria Quay

328

Saughton House

59

St Andrew's House

263

Pentland House

356

Meridian Court

103

Europa Building

184

Other buildings

55

Total videoconference sessions

1341

International2

42

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

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