Including the closely related term carbon.
… Development Management Policies Responding to Climate Change Sustainable Construction Policy (Amendments to Policies SCR1 and CP2) Retrofitting Existing Buildings (Amendments to Policy CP1) Whole Life Carbon Assessments (new policy) Renewable energy (amendments…
… Policies to be retained and with no amendments proposed Responding to Climate Change 2.3 Bath and North East Somerset has declared a climate emergency and has committed to providing the leadership for the District to be carbon neutral by 2030. This will contribute to the UK’s…
… legally binding target of net zero carbon by 2050. There are three key priorities to achieve this: Energy efficiency improvement of the majority of existing buildings (domestic and non-domestic) and zero carbon new build A major shift to mass transport, walking and cycling to reduce transport emissions A rapid and large-scale increase in local renewable energy generation 2.4 The council’s…
… Climate Emergency Progress Report set out the scale of action needed to meet these priorities, including that “new homes and development need to be being zero carbon or net positive carbon from now”. The Report was adopted in October 2019. 2.5 As part of this work, the council is seeking to update their adopted policies on climate change, including a net zero carbon construction policy. 2.6…