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Peterborough City Council

… Council-CMAP-2021 Executive Summary In March 2020 we adopted a new Council Carbon Management Action Plan (Council-CMAP) setting out how we intend to cut our organisational carbon emissions. This report details the progress made both in terms of reducing our emissions and actions taken to develop projects designed to reduce emissions. It should be noted that 2020 has proven to be a challenging…

…. The biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK is transport, closely followed by stationary energy (emissions arising from buildings). This Action Plan examines the carbon footprint of Peterborough City Council as an organisation. The carbon footprint of the geographical area of Peterborough as a whole is examined thoroughly in a separate draft Citywide Carbon Management Action Plan…

… will be to develop and deliver a programme of behavioural change activities to result in actions that will directly reduce carbon emissions across the Council’s estate. This programme of work commenced in December 2019 and a small budget has been allocated from the current Climate Change revenue budget to support this work. It is very difficult to quantify the emissions reduction that will occur…

… and seek funding to undertake research to identify potential opportunities to reduce carbon emissions from peat soils. 3rd5. Develop a process for collecting additional emissions data from party organisations including Medesham Homes and Opportunity Peterborough. 6. Develop a process for collecting additional emissions data from purchased materials and work with the Council’s procurement team…

… the viability of switching the local Skanska fleet to an alternative sustainable fuel. 13. Investigate the opportunities to reduce emissions from the Regional Swimming Pool, currently the Council’s single highest carbon emitting site. 14. Continue to rationalise office floorspace thereby reducing energy demands, for example, excess floorspace at the Town Hall will be leased. 2…