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Modern Energy Partners programme: testing the practicalities of public sector decarbonisation

This programme explored new ways to drive down consumption and emissions across the public sector estate.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 29 June 2018
• Last updated: 7 October 2021 — See all updates

Documents

Testing the practicalities of public sector decarbonisation: executive summary

PDF, 409 KB, 25 pages

Testing the practicalities of public sector decarbonisation: full report from the Modern Energy Partners programme (link to ESC site)

https://es.catapult.org.uk/report/modern-energy-partners-executive-summary-testing-the-practicalities-of-public-sector-decarbonisation/

Details

The Modern Energy Partners (MEP) programme worked to develop novel methods that can enable large public campus sites to achieve at least 50% non-traded carbon emissions reductions by 2032 against a 2017 baseline.

The programme was driven by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), alongside Cabinet Office and the estate-owning departments, with Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) providing programme delivery, analytical and technical support. It was funded through BEIS’s £505 million Energy Innovation Portfolio.

MEP was an innovation programme, using a learning-by-doing approach to develop a systematic and repeatable process for the decarbonisation of campus-style public sector sites.

The final report outlining the findings from the programme is available on the Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) site.

The executive summary summarises the findings and gives ESC’s independent recommendations for those involved in public sector decarbonisation for campus or similarly challenging sites.

The full report is structured around 4 key themes, covering the entire decarbonisation process, which deliver key insights for future public sector decarbonisation activities:

• creating an organisation estate-wide decarbonisation strategy
• understanding costs and cash flow in line with funding and finance
• building the right capacity and capability to deliver
• using the practical knowledge from the MEP programme to decarbonise in practice

During the programme, guidance, including tools and templates, was developed to assist participating organisations in decarbonising their estates.

Find out more about the MEP programme on the ESC website.

Published 29 June 2018
Last updated 7 October 2021 + show all updates

1. 7 October 2021

   We have published an executive summary which summarises findings from the Modern Energy Partners project.

2. 29 June 2018

   First published.