- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many members of staff currently employed in the headquarters of Scottish Natural Heritage it estimates will be employed there in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08, expressed also as percentage of current staffing levels.
Answer
Staffing levels are anoperational matter for Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The number of staff currentlyworking in SNH headquarters who will still be employed by SNH in future yearswill depend on a variety of factors including the pattern of staff retirement andturnover.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will introduce energy performance certificates in the owner-occupied housing sector, as required by Article 7 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
We are liaising with theOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister implementation group on how best toimplement the requirements of Article 7 of the directive. However, we alsorecognise the need to take account of distinctive Scottish circumstances.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will introduce energy performance certificates in the private rented housing sector, as required by Article 7 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
We are liaising with theOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister implementation group on how best toimplement the requirements of Article 7 of the directive. However, we alsorecognise the need to take account of distinctive Scottish circumstances.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will introduce energy performance certificates in the commercial buildings sector, as required by Article 7 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
We are liaising with theOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister implementation group on how best toimplement the requirements of Article 7 of the directive. However, we alsorecognise the need to take account of distinctive Scottish circumstances.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will implement Article 6 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings, relating to improving the energy performance of existing buildings over 1000 sq m when they are renovated.
Answer
The implementation group setup by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and on which the Scottish Executive is represented, is presently considering these and other mattersassociated with the implementation of the directive.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what model(s) of energy rating it will use to produce energy certificates in (a) the domestic buildings sector and (b) the commercial buildings sector, as required by Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
The Office of the Deputy PrimeMinister (ODPM) implementation group is presently considering energyperformance calculation methods. It is possible that the present standard assessmentprocedure can be modified for the domestic sector. The paper on
Methodologiesin support of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: The UK approach toimplementation for buildings other than dwellings describes the strategythat ODPM, the Department forEnvironment Food and Rural Affairs andthe Scottish Executive are pursuing in developing the methodologiesrequired by the directive. It can be found on the Executive’s website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/DD/BSD/00018340/page425754724.aspx.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will introduce energy performance certificates in the social housing sector, as required by Article 7 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
We are liaising with theOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister implementation group on how best toimplement the requirements of Article 7 of the directive. However, we alsorecognise the need to take account of distinctive Scottish circumstances.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that, for all new buildings over 1000 sq m, formal consideration is given to alternative systems of heating, including CHP, district heating, heat pumps and systems based upon renewable energy, as required by Article 5 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
We intend that these matterswill form part of the first amendment to the new system of functional buildingstandards which is to be introduced in 2005.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2003
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what reduction in carbon dioxide emissions would be achieved by meeting the UK Biodiversity Action Plan target to restore 75% of recoverable blanket peat bog within the next 10 years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3385 on 27 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2003
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 27 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions if degraded peatlands were restored.
Answer
An estimate of the naturerequested has not been made by the Executive.
There are many uncertaintiesassociated with emissions from organic soils and the Executive is undertakingresearch to better understand the role of agricultural and other land uses ongreenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide, from Scotland’sorganic-rich soils. The Executive has commissionedresearch to consider development of a modelling framework to simulate carbonand nitrogen cycling in organic soils and to provide predictions of how theywill respond to land use change and climate change. The findings of this studywill contribute to understanding of greenhouse gas emissions from soils due toland use change.
