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Devon County Council

… electricity.   6.1.2. Future Effect of National Policy The effect of the projected deployment of large-scale renewable energy on the UK’s electricity network by 2030/31 is expected to reduce annual emissions from the council’s buildings to 2,579t CO2e, a reduction of 68% from 2012/13. 6.1.3. Local Action Plan The projects described in Table 1 will be implemented to achieve carbon reductions from…

… transport operations increasing by 140 tCO2e per year by 2030/31 from 2017/18 levels, a rise of 1%, which is still 12% below 2012/13 levels. 6.2.3. Local Action Plan The projects described in Table 2 will be implemented to achieve carbon reductions from fleet, business and school travel beyond the effect of national policy. Table 2 – Local actions to reduce emissions from corporate property…

… a reduction of emissions from school buildings and county farm dwellings. It replaces the council’s previous Energy Strategy and Action Plan of 2014. Note that the term ‘carbon’ throughout this document refers to a basket of greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and is a term used for simplicity. 3. Carbon Emissions 3.1. The Council’s Carbon Footprint DCC’s carbon emissions…

…. 4.1.2. Supply Chain Strategy The council will: • Engage with contract providers to reduce carbon emissions from their operations and offset the remainder by 2030/31. As a first step, the council will engage the ten highest-value contract providers. • Offset residual emissions from the year 2030 onwards. 4.2. School Buildings’ Carbon Footprint The council will use its role to facilitate…

… carbon footprint through reduced requirements for travel. As part of the recovery phase the council is likely to review the effectiveness of these working arrangements to understand which could continue post-Covid and carry the carbon savings into the future. It may be that meeting the 70% reduction in corporate emissions will be easier than currently thought. The annual publication of the carbon…