The role of the public sector leadership in reducing emissions should be key. The presentation focuses on how the public sector, including government, must go further faster, to mobilise action across sectors by setting best practice examples.

1. Leading by example: cutting
energy bills and carbon
emissions in the public and
higher education sectors
Energy Efficiency and Local Directorate - Public Sector Energy Policy

2. Change is our new constant
Climate Change
- Paris Agreement
New generation
- no coal by 2025 and falling costs of renewable
New technology
- Smart Systems Plan: Benefits of a smart energy system to be
£17-40bn to 2050
- No new petrol or diesel cars or vans by 2040
Investment in Innovation
- £2.5bn Government investment to support low carbon
innovation from 2015- 2021

3. Industrial Strategy
The Industrial Strategy sets out a long term plan to boost the
productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK.
It sets out how we are building a Britain fit for the future – how
we will help businesses create better, higher-paying jobs in
every part of the UK with investment in the skills, industries
and infrastructure of the future.

4. Clean Growth Strategy
“Government will introduce a voluntary wider public and
higher education sector target of a 30 per cent reduction
in greenhouse gases by 2020/21, against a 2009/10
baseline, and will publish a Call for Evidence alongside this
document to gain views from the sector on the target and a
proportionate reporting framework to underpin this, as well as
further policies to realise carbon and cost saving potential”.
Chapter 4: Leading in the Public Sector, Policies and Proposals p.117

5. • The public sector is only 2% of emissions – but
by setting high ambition can have a big impact
• The Clean Growth Strategy’s lead scenario
showed a reduction in public sector emissions
by 50% by 2032 relative to today
• Delivering this would save 19.4 MtCO2e (non-
traded) over CB5.
• It will also yield substantial energy savings to
the public purse, and – by showing leadership
– help drive wider change in non-domestic
buildings
Meeting our ambitions for the public sector could deliver 25% of
the emissions gap for the 5th carbon budget

6. Public sector emissions have been decreasing over time, mainly
driven by grid decarbonisation and lower electricity use
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7. The public sector used about 60Twh of energy in 2017, with the
majority being split between education and health
(34%) (29%) (18%) (13%) (7%)

8. There are three key barriers to action in the public sector;
lack of strategic prioritisation, lack of capacity and
capability, lack of access to finance

9. Our current policy suite is helping overcome these barriers
Barrier Current policies and activity
Strategic prioritisation Decarbonisation in national strategies signals strategic importance: Industrial
Strategy (Clean Growth Grand Challenge) and the Clean Growth Strategy.
Greening Government Commitment’s GHG target for central Government.
Emissions Reduction Pledge 2020 for wider public sector
Capacity and capability Capacity support to access energy services contracts e.g. via Re:Fit framework
Project advice, case studies and information sharing e.g. via Salix Finance Ltd
Innovate UK pilot to provide detailed plan to large public sector sites.
Access to finance Public Sector Loan Scheme, delivered by Salix Finance Ltd. provides 0% loans
(currently £240m) to the public sector (excluding central Government) install energy
efficiency measures.
BEIS is now developing a Green Finance Strategy to ensure the Taskforce's
recommendations are explored and facilitate cross-sector investment.

10. 13%
87%
Wider Public Sector Central Government
GreeningGovernmentCommitments
EmissionsReductionPledge2020 Targeting across the public sector
- 43%
Target setting
2009/10
2019/20- 30%
Wider public sector
Central Government
• Previous target was to
reduce emissions by 32% by
2019/20
• Target was exceeded with a
33% reduction
• New target to reduce
greenhouse gases by 43%
by 2019/20, against 2009/10
levels
• Reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by at
least 30% by
2020/21 compared
to a 2009/10
baseline.
• Voluntary target
applying to the
wider public sector
and higher
education sector in
England.
• Aims to create a
common target or
standard that covers
all organisations.

11. What does the Pledge involve?
Organisations wishing to take part in the Pledge should:
• Develop and implement the business case for measuring and reducing energy
use, costs and carbon emissions in their organisation
• Implement the Pledge using regular measurement to inform management
action
• Report annual energy use to BEIS using current reporting mechanisms (if
possible)
• Share best practice locally and within the sector.

12. How do you sign-up to the Pledge?
• E-mail the publicsector@beis.gov.uk mailbox with some key details
• Please tell us your support for the Pledge by 31st December 2018
• BEIS will publish a list of participants (at institution level) on Gov.UK

13. Any questions?
Contact:
publicsector@beis.gov.uk