Education and Skills written question – answered at on 16 January 2007.
Dai Davies
Independent, Blaenau Gwent
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what incentives there are for schools to incorporate micro generation technology and solar thermal panels when spending the additional capital resources announced in the pre-Budget report.
Jim Knight
Minister of State (Schools and 14-19 Learners), Department for Education and Skills, Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Schools and 14-19 Learners)
The Department has adopted "BREEAM Schools", an adaptation of an internationally recognised environmental assessment method. It is a specific requirement that new school buildings and refurbishment projects above a threshold achieve a BREEAM rating of "very good" or better. This provides a strong incentive for design teams to consider options to reduce carbon emissions through energy efficiency measures and renewable energy systems.
In addition, grant funding for microgeneration technologies, including solar thermal panels, is available to schools via the DTI's Low Carbon Buildings Programme.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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Ken Brookman
Posted on 17 Jan 2007 2:15 pm (Report this annotation)
Excellent answer. Has the Hon gent visited the new school in his ward at Willowtown? This excellent new school, provided by the Labour controlled Welsh Assembly and Labour controlled council is a credit to all those members of Labour who are responsible for planning and financing its construction.
Will he and his mentor Mrs. Law have the decency to congratulate those respsonsible for providing an excellent new service to the children of this area which will no doubt lead to many children in the future obtaining an "Ology"?
Since a recent article in the local press about the members poor attendance in parliament and his abuse of this web site I note some changes in his record.
He has increased his voting attendance by over 60% up to an amazing 14.6%. He has now managed to vote on 14 occasions out of a possible 96 which is still the lowest in parliament other than those from Northern Ireland or members who are ill. At the same time however his written questions have risen to 182. At a cost of £1.38 per question this works out to £25.116 which will no doubt please the people of Blaenau Gwent.
As he knows, I have asked the Hon Member for a meeting to discuss issues such as this one on written questions so he now has prior knowledge of one of the quesions I intend to ask him. I trust he will be able to prepare an acceptable answer to me which will satisfy the many many people from his constituency who are as concerned as me by the waste of taxpayer's money.