This Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance was commissioned by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Government Property Function to help public sector bodies and their decarbonisation partners understand the best route to Net Zero. We aim to help deliver decarbonisation projects at scale, as well as support grant funding applications, to enable rapid progress on reducing carbon emissions.
Who should use this guidance?
This Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance was commissioned by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Government Property Function to help public sector bodies and their decarbonisation partners understand the best route to Net Zero. We aim to help deliver decarbonisation projects at scale, as well as support grant funding applications, to enable rapid progress on reducing carbon emissions.
The Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance will simplify the process of cutting carbon emissions and energy bills with simplicity, speed and scale.
Guidance and tools to help you to develop a data-led organisational strategy to decarbonise your public sector buildings including heating. The guidance will help you set up your organisation for success, secure “buy-in” for your strategy, think about greenhouse gas reporting and give you an overview of the following six steps. The guidance complements the Net Zero Estate Playbook – developed by the Office of Government Property with support from Energy Systems Catapult.
Develop detailed feasibility studies for one, or a suite of, investible decarbonisation measures, for example low carbon heating, aligned to your decarbonisation strategy. This guidance and tools will enable you to prioritise areas for delivery, know what to ask for and help you appraise technical options for delivering your desired outcomes.
Did you know? The average time it took to develop a feasibility study during MEP was 3 months.
Identifying the right procurement and contracting approaches, and working effectively with your procurement team is vital to delivering the projects in your decarbonisation strategy. These tools and guidance will help you identify relevant procurement frameworks, write high quality tenders and evaluate the responses.
Did you know? The public sector procures 30,000 LED bulbs each year.
Securing funding sources and agreement on what to spend are key enablers to delivering your decarbonisation strategy. Our guidance and tools will help you work out what your projects will cost, apply for available grants for the public sector, including applying to DESNZ’s delivery body Salix Finance for grants from the Low Carbon Skills Fund and/or the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.
This guidance will help you to project manage the installation of decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures and effectively manage your decarbonisation partners. We cover how to effectively manage risks and issues that may arise, monitor progress against a programme of works and implement quality assurance processes.
Maximising the benefits delivered from a completed project is supported with guidance about the handing over process, the commissioning and correct set-up of equipment, and staff training.
This guidance helps ensure that the benefits of energy efficiency measures and decarbonisation are delivered through metering and analysis.
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