Including 8 closely related terms such as building, buildings, and council.
…, requires the following: a. A step-change in emissions reduction performance, particularly for decarbonising heat in buildings and the reduction in travel together with the electrification of travel by car and vans. b. The development and implementation of plans to tackle residual emissions through renewable energy generation on and used in Council-owned buildings (replacing or reducing…
… to 200 MWh by 2032. 40 Council owned buildings (including schools) currently have solar panels installed with an annual output of 278 MWh for 2023-24, of which 94 MWh is from non-school sites. Due to the Council’s budget pressures, proposals to install £1m of new solar panels on corporate buildings during 2024-25 has been paused. However, alternative funding strategies are being progressed…
…). The Council’s net zero target includes four sources of emissions: • Corporate property (gas, electricity, oil and propane use) – excluding schools • Streetlighting (electricity use) • Core fleet (mileage) • Grey fleet (mileage) 2.4 Carbon emissions from the Council estate and operations (the above four sources combined) have fallen by 7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24, from 12,624 tonnes…
… net zero by 2032, or sooner, will not be possible without investment in renewable energy generation and decarbonisation of heat through building fabric improvements and the replacement of gas boilers with heat pumps. The Council’s current budget constraints mean that the ability to invest in such projects is uncertain and demonstrates a heavy reliance on the availability, suitability…
… for the decarbonisation of heat in corporate buildings is through the PSDS, which is highly competitive, is only applicable where existing boilers are at end of life, and requires having robust feasibility studies and match funding in place. The Council is now able to measure the energy use for electric vehicle charging at corporate buildings. This is currently around 0.4% of total electricity use…