Including 4 closely related terms such as transport use, transport, and community transport.
… as tCO2e where the ‘t’ represents tonnes. Carbon management plan April 2020 - March 2030 2 www.slough.gov.uk 2) All community and foundation schools where the Council maintains a degree of oversight and control on expenditure. 3) All transport used for Council operations such as the Direct Services Operation (DSO) Fleet, waste management (RCVs) and street…
… sweepers, highway maintenance vehicles, housing maintenance vehicles, building management vehicles, community transport vehicles, community warden vans, Council pool vehicles and staff business mileage. 4) All street assets such as street lighting, street and road signage, street furniture, traffic lights, air quality monitoring stations, electric vehicle infrastructure, parking meters…
… after being previously outsourced to a private sector contractor. As part of this transition, a new fleet of Euro 6 refuse trucks were procured with lower CO2 emission profiles.12 In addition, SBC’s Community Transport fleet that is used for home to school transport, was replaced with new Euro 6 minibuses reducing the CO2 emissions fleet profile. 3.6 National Grid Carbon Intensity Over…
… the Council was successful in achieving a 32.5% reduction in CO2e emissions.2 This was achieved by the reduction in carbon intensity of the National Grid, a reduction in electricity use through the street lighting LED replacement project, more energy efficient schools and a reduction in outsourced transport mileage. This new plan seeks to describe how the Council will reduce…
… these sites. 1.5 Slough Borough Council Carbon Emissions When GHG emissions from the Council for 2018/19 are broken down by source (please refer to Table 1 and Figure 1), it is evident that the greatest contribution comes from energy use in buildings, schools, street assets (signage and street lighting), and transport. It is therefore these four areas we shall focus on, which have…