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Carbon Emissions: Buildings

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate she has made of the average building carbon dioxide emission per square metre of floor area in each year since 2004; (219672)

(2) what estimate she has made of the average building carbon dioxide emission per square metre of floor area for (a) schools, (b) other public sector buildings, (c) commercial and industrial buildings and (d) retail buildings in each year since 2004;

(3) what estimate she has made of the average annual dwelling’s carbon dioxide emission per square metre of floor area in each year since 2004;

(4) what estimate she has made of the average building energy use per square metre of floor area in each year since 2004;

(5) what estimate she has made of the average non-domestic building energy use per square metre of floor area for (a) schools, (b) other public sector buildings, (c) commercial and industrial buildings and (d) retail buildings in each year since 2004;

(6) what estimate she has made of the average dwelling energy use per square metre of floor area, in each year since 2004.

The Department does not hold or make estimates of the average carbon dioxide emissions or energy use from buildings in the form requested. However, the Department’s report “Monitoring the Sustainability of Buildings”, published in 2007, provides a comparison of figures on average energy use and annual carbon emissions per square metre for domestic and non-domestic buildings in 2004 and 2006. This can be viewed on the Department’s website at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningand building/pdf/381414.pdf

Further data are currently being compiled for the next report on this subject which will be published in 2009.