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CLG building gets an F

An 'F' rating has been handed to the headquarters of the government department tasked with reducing public buildings' carbon emissions.

Eland House, the headquarters of the Communities and Local Government department received the second worse rating as part of the organisations own Display Energy Certificate initiative.

The steel and glass structure in London was studied by energy assessors ahead of the October introduction of regulations requiring public buildings to display evidence of their energy performance.

Buildings which are frequently visited by the public, whether wholly or only partly publicly owned, and are larger than 1,000 metres squared, must prominently display their energy rating.

A spokesman for the CLG said: "Our rating for Eland House tells us we must clearly do better to make a difference to our energy performance. We are now acting on recommendation from our advisory report to help us improve future ratings."

Officials from the department told the Guardian that poor heating and ventilation and heating systems, as well as higher occupancy than expected affected the building's energy performance.