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Epping Forest District Council

…: The section on Council Operations sets out how the Council aims to reduce its own carbon emissions to become carbon neutral and identifies actions on how this is to be achieved. Council operations include emissions reduction in Council buildings, including the Civic offices, museum and sheltered housing as well as emissions from the goods and services that the Council purchases, business travel, staff…

… commuting, waste and leased assets. Further sections of the Plan outline action that can be taken to reduce carbon emissions by residents, businesses and others across the District, either through direct initiatives, using statutory powers or by influencing behaviour change. This ranges from emissions arising from travel, as well as from homes, business premises and production processes, through…

… is closely linked to air quality therefore monitoring from this area will also inform progress. 23 District Wide Buildings Up to 20% of the District’s carbon emissions come from the electricity and gas used to light, heat and cool buildings. This is second only to emissions from transport. If we are to become carbon neutral by 2030 this will be a key area that we need…

… opportunities and providing health benefits that can help to make Epping Forest District a great place where people enjoy living, working, learning and leisure. 3 Climate Change Action Plan Purpose The Climate Change Action Plan supports the Council’s ambition to do everything within its power to become carbon neutral by 2030. The Action Plan identifies the main sources of carbon…

… to the Council’s estate and has the most comprehensive data set before the Covid-19 pandemic caused marked changes in building usage and staff travel. The baseline will give the figures for comparison against emissions reported up to 2030. Where the term carbon emissions is used throughout the Climate Change Action Plan, this refers to all Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents…