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…, making it cheaper for households to purchase solar panels. Over 1,300 households registered and 276 have progressed with solar panel installation. Community energy schemes²1 are an option for community groups to deliver and the Council wants to support this. Better insulation of homes reduces carbon emissions and makes them warmer, healthier and cheaper to heat. Households in fuel poverty…
… are categorised as having low income, poor energy efficiency and energy costs that are above the national average. Were they to spend that amount, they would be left with an income that is below the official poverty line.22 Around 10% of households in Sutton are thought to be in fuel poverty, just below the national average.23 Retrofitting homes across the borough to reduce carbon emissions provides…
… and biodiversity, provide places for leisure and recreation and promote health and wellbeing. 90% of residents use the borough’s parks and open spaces.9 High biodiversity means a variety of plants and animal species. The benefits to maintaining high levels of native flora and fauna include human wellbeing, food growing, soil structure, carbon capture, helping keep urban areas cool during heat waves10…
… and mental wellbeing.11 Sutton has a good amount of green space but not all green spaces have equal benefits. Well-managed chalk grasslands or wetlands offer far more for biodiversity, carbon sequestration and flood protection than large areas of short mown amenity grass with few species. Sutton has lots of small green spaces and we need to improve the links between them. ‘Green corridors’ support…
… cent of the UK’s electricity coming from renewable sources in 2017.19 Sutton has a growing population, and as new homes are built the demand for energy will increase. We need to generate low carbon and renewable energy locally, so that more demand for energy doesn’t have a negative impact on carbon emissions and climate change. We need to determine the right heat and energy mix…