Appendix 4 Environmental reporting Officebased environmental impacts The officebased EMS controls all operational activities DTF monitored the environmental impacts of its within DTF’s offices and aims to minimise the operations during 201516. This was undertaken via generation of and the use of energy, water, paper, DTF’s officebased environmental management travel, vehicle fleet and greenhouse gas emissions in system (EMS), which is based on international the course of operations. standard AS/NZS ISO14001 Environmental The suite of environmental indicators presented below Management Systems Requirements. is based on Financial Reporting Direction 24C. Energy The Department’s energy consumption comprises its CBD office facilities. Core DTF staff were located at 1 Treasury Place, 1 Macarthur Street and 2 Lonsdale Street. Indicator 201516 201415 Electricity Natural Total Electricity Natural Green Total gas power gas power Total energy usage 2 949 182 2 949 182 3 064 141 3 064 141 segmented by primary source (MJ) Greenhouse gas emissions 1 032 1 032 1 157 1 157 associated with energy use, segmented by primary source and offsets (t CO2e) Percentage of electricity purchased as green power Units of energy used per FTE 5 156 6 041 (MJ/FTE) Units of energy used per unit 193 201 of office area (MJ/m2) Actions undertaken Earth Hour DTF participated in the 2016 Earth Hour event. Result FTE to the Treasury Reserve and replacement of endoflife atmospheric boilers. Energy consumption was down 3.7 per cent from 201415. Explanatory notes Paper Billing data was used to calculate the Department’s energy use. Where billing data is use covered staff located in 1 Treasury Place, unavailable, average consumption from the 1 Macarthur Street and 2 Lonsdale Street. previous billing period is used. The decrease in units of energy used per FTE (MJ/FTE) was attributed to a consolidation of DTF Indicator 201516 201415
Appendix 4 Environmental reporting Officebased environmental impacts DTF monitored the environmental impacts of its operations during 201516. This was undertaken via DTF’s officebased environmental management system (EMS), which is based on international standard AS/NZS ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems Requirements. The officebased EMS controls all operational activities within DTF’s offices and aims to minimise the generation of and the use of energy, water, paper, travel, vehicle fleet and greenhouse gas emissions in the course of operations. The suite of environmental indicators presented below is based on Financial Reporting Direction 24C. Energy The Department’s energy consumption comprises its CBD office facilities. Core DTF staff were located at 1 Treasury Place, 1 Macarthur Street and 2 Lonsdale Street. Indicator 201516 201415 Electricity Natural gas power Total Electricity Natural gas Green power Total Total energy usage segmented by primary source (MJ) 2 949 182 2 949 182 3 064 141 3 064 141 Greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy use, segmented by primary source and offsets (t CO2e) 1 032 1 032 1 157 1 157 Percentage of electricity purchased as green power Units of energy used per FTE (MJ/FTE) 5 156 6 041 Units of energy used per unit of office area (MJ/m2) 193 201 Actions undertaken Earth Hour DTF participated in the 2016 Earth Hour event. Result Energy consumption was down 3.7 per cent from 201415. Explanatory notes Billing data was used to calculate the Department’s energy use. Where billing data is unavailable, average consumption from the previous billing period is used. The decrease in units of energy used per FTE (MJ/FTE) was attributed to a consolidation of DTF FTE to the Treasury Reserve and replacement of endoflife atmospheric boilers. Paper use covered staff located in 1 Treasury Place, 1 Macarthur Street and 2 Lonsdale Street. Indicator 201516 201415
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