Report Arts, culture and leisure A Picture of Public Services 2011 The first Picture of Public Services Report, published in March 2010, estimated the financial challenges facing public services in Wales and key lessons from the work undertaken by my staff and contractors. The purpose of this second Picture of Public Services report is to provide greater clarity on the current position and support public services in responding to the financial challenges. View more
Report Electricity Savings at the International Sports Village - Ne... The Council's Energy team has introduced a number of energy-saving initiatives within Newport's International Sports Village. The latter is made up of two buildings - one is comprised ofa swimming pool complex, fitness facilities and an indoor tennis centre; whereas and the second building is a Velodrome. These facilities inherently consume large amounts of electricity on air handling, low pressure hot water pumping and lighting loads. View more
Report Health and social care Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board Annual Audit R... An interim annual letter was presented to Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board (the Health Board) in June 2010. That report related to my audit work in the final six-month period to 30 September 2009 of the Health Board’s predecessor bodies. View more
Report Energy Efficiency Building - Rhondda Cynon Taf County Boroug... The County Council built an energy efficiency edifice of 1,032m to replace an old nursery unit. It now serves as a nursery, a creche, as well as a meeting room complex. The local residents and prospective end users were requested to provide their input on the project before its initiation. This was in regard to use of the building, colour schemes and the needs of the local residents. View more
Report Energy Savings through Boilers and Control - Betsi Cadwaladr... The Health Board identified inefficient and unreliable uses of energy at a 4,474m2 Community Hospital. These include heating systems, domestic hot water boilers, fiues, zone control valves and a building management system. View more
Report Saving through Tumble Dryer Replacements - Flintshire County... The Council's three Residential Homes had electric tumble dryers, for the simple reason that they were cheap to buy when the homes were being refurbished a few years ago. However, it was identified that the use of electric tumble dryers were not cheap to run. View more
Report Upgrading Energy Rating Ceredigion County Council The Council identified that Plascrug Primary School was being heated by various forms of electrical systems, which resulted in the original school campus having a Display Energy Certificate (DEC) rating of 'E'. View more
Report Zero carbon Communities - Carmarthenshire County Council The ‘Zero Carbon Communities’ project was launched by Carmarthenshire County Council and Menter Cwm Gwendraeth, and delivered clean energy and sustainability benefits for communities across Carmarthenshire. View more
Report Health and social care European Working Time Directive compliance for junior doctor... The Health Board has made good progress with the implementation of European Working Time Directive (EWTD) compliant rotas but needs to strengthen current arrangements to maintain levels of compliance and patient care. View more
Report Finance Cwm Taf Health Board Annual Audit Report 2010 This Annual Audit Report to the board members of the Health Board sets out the key findings from audit work undertaken between October 2009 and November 2010. View more