Carbon Neutral Public Service Programme 2008/9: Green House Gas Emissions Reduction Plan for the Ministry of Justice

1. Context  | 2. Organisational Overview | 3. Persons Responsible | 4. Ministry’s Current Position | 5. Supporting Policies, Plans and Resources | 6. Energy | 7. Transport | 8. Waste | 9. The new Vogel Integrated Campus | 10. Review of Plan | 11. Approval | Appendix 1 – Operational Service Details | Appendix 2 – What is an Energy Audit? | Appendix 3 – Courts Energy Efficiency programme 

4 Ministry’s Current Position

The Ministry’s carbon footprint for the period 2006/, is summarised below.[2]

Aspect

CO2e (tonnes)

Air travel

2,472

Vehicle travel

703

Waste to landfill

434

Electricity

5,266

Natural gas

362

Transmission line losses

496

Total Ministry Carbon Footprint

9,733

ministry of Justice Emission Profile 2006/7.

4.1 Summary of Emissions Profile

The majority of the emissions (CO2e) for this period related to the energy (electricity and gas) used in buildings for heating (water and space) and equipment operation. The second largest emissions category was that of air travel.

Footnote

2 This represented the first inventory undertaken by the Ministry of Justice and listed a number of exclusions and assumptions relating to the accuracy of the data.

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