Including 8 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce carbon, and low carbon.
… be a hierarchical approach to their management which seeks to eliminate them as far as possible, followed by carbon and energy reduction and then by substitution measures such as low-carbon alternatives like renewable energy. Compensation measures are then the final step once other options have been exhausted. These principles are best outlined in the IEMA Greenhouse Gas Management Hierarchy (updated 2020…
… • Optimise approaches (e.g. technology and digital as enablers) SUBSTITUTE • Adopt renewables/low carbon technologies (on site, transport, etc) • Reduce carbon (GHG) intensity of energy use and of energy purchased • Purchase inputs and services with lower embodied/ embedded emissions COMPENSATE • Compensate ‘unavoidable’ residual emissions (removals, offsets etc) • Investigate land management…
…. The carbon budget for South Holland is currently being calculated. How is South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership leading by example? Focus 1: Reduce the carbon footprint of our own activities Both East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) and Boston Borough Council (BBC) have engaged the Carbon Trust to produce Carbon Reduction Plans for their own operations. The ELDC plan was adopted…
… understanding of current embodied carbon levels within new developments and work with the industry to identify low carbon alternatives and where offsetting options may need to be developed Energy/Renewables Taken as a whole across the different sectors, energy consumption is the largest source of emissions across the area. Whether through the heating of private or public sector property or through…
… and energy from the sun in a process known as the ‘greenhouse effect’. Increases to GHG emissions push up levels of heat and energy in the Earth’s atmosphere, causing a rise in global temperatures. To give an indication of how things have changed, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are greater than they have been at any point in the last 800,000 years. The last time the Earth saw similar levels…