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Energy
Figure 1: Ministry for the Environment electricity usage per square metre
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2005/06 |
2006/07 |
EECA Low- typical usage benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
Electricity usage kWh/m2 |
111 |
119 |
200 |
The Ministry’s Auckland staff moved to a new office in July 2005. The new office now records and pays for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). At the previous Auckland office, HVAC was paid as a fixed cost as part of the lease arrangements and thus not recorded as energy use. For this reason, the Ministry’s electricity usage for 2005/06 and 2006/07 cannot be benchmarked against previous years.
The Ministry used 706,926kWh of electricity in 2006/07, a five per cent increase from 2005/06 (674,268kWh). Per FTE, the Ministry used 2,643kWh of electricity, a four per cent decrease from 2005/06 (2,752kWh per FTE). Per square metre, the Ministry used 119kWh of electricity in 2006/07, a seven per cent increase from 2005/06 (111kWh per square metre).
Table 2: Benchmarking our performance: Energy use
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2006/07 |
2005/06 |
Low-typical usage benchmark* |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Electricity use per FTE (kWh) |
2,643 |
2,752 |
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Electricity use per square metre (KWh) |
119 |
111 |
200-280 |
* Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)
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Key targets and commitments |
Progress at 30 June 2007 |
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Maintain office energy performance within the low EECA benchmark. |
Achieved/ongoing: Continue to monitor energy use and measures to maximise energy efficiency. |
