Including the closely related term carbon saving.
… avoided emissions, calculating carbon savings generated by delivering services, for example, providing public transport and diverting municipal waste from landfill. Carbon footprint calculations only report emissions, so developing data about these avoided emissions is an important part of our data driven approach to carbon neutrality. About our Carbon Footprint Our carbon footprint…
… services we pay for (e.g. bus), deliveries to and from the council, and travel by non-BGCBC employees delivering services on our behalf. Public and school transport supported by the council produces overall carbon savings by avoiding car use. Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Challenge 3 ULEV Infrastructure. This transition will rely on a local charging network. Suppliers who provide significant…
… overall carbon savings outside our footprint. Procurement footprint measurements are also not suitable for calculating carbon neutrality for the public sector as a whole (due to double counting issues). Performance Measurement. Our procurement footprint calculations rely entirely on national averages of carbon intensity. This method can generate a useful baseline procurement…
… heating demand, particularly by allowing more fine grained control of temperature in different parts of buildings to match the time and type of use. 8 A16 Waste -11% Significant progress has been made in this transition towards the Welsh Government objective of a Zero Waste Wales in 2050. This is an area where substantial carbon savings are already being made by BGCBC…
… at the point of waste disposal, but in consumer choices made prior to this. 9 A17 Behaviour and the ISM Tool in the Climate Change Plan A18 Carbon Literacy Glossary Adaptation – Action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example construction of barriers to protect against rising sea levels, or conversion to crops capable of surviving high temperatures…