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| Defence Estates, one of the UK’s largest landowners, has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard for its operations and headquarters directorates, in recognition of the steps that it has taken to manage its carbon footprint. Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute, Vice Admiral Tim Laurence, the Defence Estates (DE) chief executive, said: “We are proud to be among the first 240 organisations to have received this standard in recognition of our work to monitor and manage our energy consumption. This is a significant achievement which emphasises our position as a lead in UK Defence on this important issue.” The Carbon Trust Standard was developed to encourage good practice in carbon measurement, management and reduction by businesses and public sector organisations. DE energy initiatives include installing smart meters in buildings across the Defence estate, feeding real-time data into a central management information system, and the installation of biomass, solar and ground source heat facilities at various Defence sites across the UK. Harry Morrison, General Manager of the Carbon Trust Standard, said: “Being certified with the Carbon Trust Standard is proof an organisation has taken genuine action to reduce their direct impact on climate change by cutting carbon emissions. We congratulate Defence Estates on this achievement, and encourage more organisations to follow in making this commitment." DE is now working towards a target to reduce its carbon emissions by 30% by 2020. As part of its Next Generation Estate Contract (NGEC) programme, it is currently considering how best to integrate energy performance incentives into its future suite of estate management contracts.
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