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Vale of Glamorgan Council

… Retrofit Programme in our council housing with Welsh Government grant funding to expand knowledge and improve local contractor capability in green heating services, to decarbonise the domestic heating market and provide sustainable council homes with an EPC target rating of A. 9 Schools • The Council has designed a net-zero carbon primary school building which is being…

… carbon, or at a minimum A-rated new Council homes. • Improve the energy efficiency of the Council housing stock and utilise Optimised Retrofit Programmes that include Modern Methods of Construction and off-site 17 manufacturing to meet carbon reduction targets. Build new zero carbon schools and improve our existing school buildings to ensure they are energy efficient…

… on the actions of others. • Make a difference now – this refers to how the Council operates as an organisation, an employer, buildings and landowner and landlord. Our commitment to you is to change, but if we are to succeed this will also require changes from our partners, the business community and our residents. I am confident now more than ever that across the Vale there is a willingness to work…

… by example. • Fulfil our responsibility to current and future generations – these are the areas where we help shape the activities of others through our policies and services and where we can have a significant influence on the actions of others. • Make a difference now – this refers to how the Council operates as an organisation, an employer, buildings and land owner and landlord…

… the effects of climate change. We have an opportunity to change and to make a difference and we are bringing all of this work together as Project Zero. We will work with the community and our partners to make the necessary changes, focusing on energy, waste, food, buildings, transport, land use and procurement. Our key target is to reduce the Council’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2030 but we…