St Andrew's house electricity costs: FOI release

Information requested

Why the lighting in St Andrew's House was on at 21:00 during the week and to determine the cost of electricity at St Andrew's House over the last three years.

Response

In St Andrew’s House there are a number of building management actions taking place each evening, including building cleaning, maintenance and security measures which would account for the building being lit up. At the time of your request, cleaners were operating in the building until 22:00 Monday to Friday. St Andrew’s House is also equipped with sensor controlled lighting which will only come on if there is someone moving around in the area and will automatically switch off when no motion is detected.

The cost of electricity for St Andrew’s House was £428,162 from January 2019 – December 2021, a breakdown of costs is shown below:                                          

St Andrew's House Electricity Costs 2019
Month - 2019	Consumption (kWh)	Cost (£)
January	95,299	14,168
Feb	83,395	12,498
March	87,097	10,731
April	85,249	14,162
May	84,567	14,010
June	74,419	10,885
July	75,579	13,360
August	73,207	12,357
September	69,422	11,775
October	80,801	13,508
November	82,014	13,642
December	80,514	13,429
Total		£154,525

St Andrew's House Electricity Costs 2020
Month - 2020	Consumption (kWh)	Cost (£)
January	83,363	13,879
February	84,117	13,980
March	83,422	12,324
April	68,411	12,125
May	59,408	10,747
June	55,072	10,093
July	53,512	9,687
August	55,135	10,129
September	55,515	10,173
October	62,091	11,224
November	64,487	11,568
December	66,144	11,873
Total		£137,981

St Andrew's House Electricity Costs 2021
Month 2021	Consumption (kWh)	Cost (£)
January	72,826	12,917
February	67,910	12,077
March	73,894	12,305
April	65,525	11,611
May	54,115	9,897
June	46,576	8,650
July	49,654	9,148
August	52,333	9,602
September	57,849	10,528
October	69,606	12,348
November	73,299	12,971
December	77,143	13,602
Total		£135,656

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