Scottish Civil Estate: efficiency and sustainability report 2020 to 2021

Scottish Ministers are required to lay before the Scottish Parliament this annual report which uses key performance indicators to assess progress in improving the efficiency and sustainability of the Scottish Civil Estate.


Appendix 2 – Offices and specialist buildings included in the 2020-221 figures

Office Building Location
28 Cunzie Street Anstruther
220 High Street Glasgow
Alexandra Buildings Lerwick
Balivanich Benbecula
Cadzow Court Hamilton
Caley Building Peterhead
Callendar Business Park Falkirk
Calton House Edinburgh
Cameron House Oban
Cotgreen Road Tweedbank
Custom House Stornoway
Douglas Centre Buckie
Harbour Buildings Mallaig
Keith Street Stornoway
Longman House Inverness
Pennyburn Road Kilwinning
Saughton House Edinburgh
Scorrybreck Portree
St Andrew's House Edinburgh
St Ola House Scrabster
Station Street Stranraer
Strathbeg House Thurso
Strathearn House Perth
Tankerness Lane Kirkwall
Thainstone Court Inverurie
Tweedbank Park 7 Galashiels
Unit 4B Kinlochleven
Victoria Quay Edinburgh
West Shore Street Ullapool
Specialist Buildings Location
Freshwater Fish Laboratory Faskally
Marine Laboratory Aberdeen
SASA HQ Edinburgh
SPS Central Stores Bathgate
SPS College Falkirk
Unit 4A Bonnington Edinburgh
Unit 4B Bonnington Edinburgh

The merger between Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) to form Historic Environment Scotland completed on 1 October 2015. Any statistics relating to Historic Scotland have fallen out of the figures from 2015 - 2016 onwards.

Properties that do not form part of the Scottish Civil Estate

A building that does not use energy for heating or cooling the whole or any part of its interior, e.g. garages, water pumping stations etc.

A building that is not used for the purposes of Scottish Central Government Administration.

A building which does not meet the description of buildings for which the Scottish Ministers have responsibilities in relation to efficiency and sustainability, e.g. where Ministers are not the property holder in their own right and are not responsible for the control of the main environmental systems, e.g. Endeavour House and Buchanan House.

Scottish Prison Service: operational estate – prisons and staff college.

KPIs Offices 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21
Cost Per FTE (£) 4,977 5,179 5,066 3,914 2,347 2,852 3,358 3,073 2,563
Cost per m² (£) 281 260 275 219 143 198 249 215 210
m² per FTE (m²) 21 20 18 18 16 14 13 14 12
Rent per m² (£) 98 73 86 32 36 30 26 44 44
Rates per m² (£/m²) 54 53 48 44 92 51 52 51 41
Other Costs per m² (£/m²) 131 114 124 124 38 101 147 99 110
m² per Workstation (m²) 13 13 13 13 13 11 10 11 10
Workstations per FTE 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Water consumption per FTE (m³/FTE) 10 11 8 10 10 8 9 9 5
% of total waste recycled 82 94 84 86 76 84 79 63 54
Energy consumption per m² (kWh/m²) 304 224 227 251 234 256 273 252 171
Energy Consumption per FTE (kWh/FTE) 5,314 4,473 4,188 4,490 3,843 3,687 3,674 3,600 2,080
Energy Cost per m² (£/m²) 23 19 17 16 13 16 25 19 16
Energy Cost per FTE (£/FTE) 401 377 318 286 214 228 337 271 194
FTE numbers 5,082 5,300 5,400 5,294 5,468 5,600 5,997 6,641 7,495
Estate Size 109,013 105,771 99,550 94,683 89,772 80,747 80,747 94,700 91,284
Energy Consumption per FTE (kWh/FTE) 5,314 4,473 4,188 4,490 3,843 3,687 3,674 3,600 2,080

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