Our energy use

We monitor and publish information on how much energy our buildings use, as part of efforts to reduce energy use and to make government operations and spending more transparent.


Government departments are currently competing to save carbon emissions and meet environmental and sustainability pledges.

The Office of the Public Guardian generates data on its carbon emissions, consumption of water and paper and waste generation. These figures are published online every quarter and are available for the period April 2017 to March 2022.

OPG's energy use (ODS, 97.1 KB)

Carbon saving initiatives

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the amount of energy its office buildings use. This includes real-time data showing energy consumption, cost and carbon dioxide emissions over specific periods of time.