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Blaby District Council

… footprint for the geographical area of Blaby should comprise all GHG emissions that occur in the area – this includes commercial and industrial sources, domestic homes, transport, agriculture, waste and land use. There is no perfect, simple and 100% accurate way of calculating a carbon footprint, as it relies on a number of assumptions. The Government Department for Business, Energy…

… and other greenhouse gas emissions come from a variety of sources. Some are naturally occurring processes and others from activities in our homes, transport and businesses. Carbon emissions, especially those that we can measure, generally come from the use of energy for heating, vehicles, motors, machinery and appliances. Some of these, like traditional cars or gas boilers, have direct emissions…

…. Action is needed to reduce journeys of these type of vehicles and therefore we will pursue policies that encourage the use of public transport together with walking and cycling and increase the use of electric vehicles (EV’s). This will have the co-benefit of improving air quality, mobility and the health and wellbeing or our citizens. 16 Electric vehicle emissions are primarily…

… ..................................................................................... 8 5. Blaby’s Carbon Budget .................................................................................................................. 12 6. Carbon Reduction Measures ......................................................................................................... 15 6.1 Transport…

…. This is the ‘Greenhouse effect’. Simply put, human activities are carbon positive. The burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat and transport has increased the amount of Carbon Dioxide and other greenhouse gases therefore trapping more heat and increasing global temperatures. Carbon neutrality, or having a net zero carbon footprint means having no net release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. We…