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… initiatives. Develop administrative process to collate and to monitor internal and external funding streams that benefit the local environment or reduces carbon emissions. This will make it easier to promote the work of the council. NEW ACTION: Green taxi fleet Review emission requirements as part of the wider evaluation of the taxi policy. Existing housing 3.1 By working with partners…
… resource. 5.3 Internal reporting. Create a central register for grants or financial awards for environmental works. ONGOING: In March 2024, the council set up a central folder tracking grants and financial awards for environmental works – this is mostly focused on climate change, carbon reduction. However, more needs to be done to incorporate environment and biodiversity, and this work…
… to Parish and Town councils to convert streetlights to LED. Mildenhall Town Council was the first to benefit from the scheme, with the council organising press releases and social media to promote the initiative. Over 1600 conversions have been funded through the Fund and will save around 200 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. 9 Workstream Strategic Action Task Update 2.7 Improve…
… Renewable Energy Portfolio. Continue to invest in our Solar for Business scheme. ONGOING: In 2023-2024, 2.5MW of new roof mounted solar were installed on 24 buildings in West Suffolk. This compares to the previous highest year of 1.3MW in 2022- 2023. Roof mounted solar contributed £690,000 to council finances in 2023- 2024, and carbon dioxide savings of 2.3 tonnes a year. Investigate…
… of the current contract end dates in 2028 and/or align with the current refurbishment project for Bury Leisure Centre. Develop a business case setting out cost, implications and carbon impact and what changes would be needed to the Net Zero Investment Fund to achieve this outcome. 5.6. Continued professional development of driving staff Consider using a driving efficiency metric within…