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Report raises doubts over
Ministerial
pledge on
schools zero-carbon target
cash boost
n
The government is in danger
for training
of failing to meet its own
2016 zero carbon target for schools, The UK government has pledged to
an inquiry into the Building Schools allocate £4.5m in increased funding
for the Future (BSF) programme for apprenticeships and training in
has found. the engineering construction sector
The Westminster Sustainable as part of its response to the Gibson
Business Forum (WSBF), a body Review of Engineering Construction.
that links business and government, Business Secretary Lord
launched an inquiry into BSF in Mandelson claimed the boost in
February 2009 to check whether funding could double opportunities
it was meeting its sustainability for training for skilled jobs in the
ambitions. sector to 1,200 by 2011.
Overall, BSF is in good health, The funding, ringfenced for
the report says, but adds it is BSRIA’s Soft Landings framework, be ‘sufficiently rigorous’. training and apprenticeships,
‘pessimistic about the likelihood which sees designers and Vernon Coaker, Schools Minister, comes from previously announced
of BSF meeting the 2016 zero contractors remaining involved with said: ‘It’s clearly vital that new capital. About £1.5m is from the
carbon target’. The report argues a project beyond completion, be schools manage their facilities new Joint Investment Scheme pilot
that too much resource had been piloted immediately in schools. properly and minimise energy announced in the national skill
devoted to technological and design BSRIA, the buildings research consumption. Partnerships strategy, and £3m is earmarked
attempts to solve issues around body, strongly agrees with for Schools is keen to pilot this from the government’s increased
sustainability, effectively ignoring the inquiry’s conclusions that approach, and I look forward to investment to support advanced
the behavioural factors – something ‘government should immediately seeing their results.’ level three apprenticeships. (This
the report describes as ‘vital’ to commission a systematic study of Beyond Buildings: Procuring BSF is dependent on the industry
achieving sustainability. academies’, and also that BSF’s use Sustainability can be found at making these apprenticeship places
The report recommends that of post-occupancy evaluation must
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www.cibsejournal.com December 2009 CIBSE Journal 15
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