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West Suffolk Council

… zero by 2030 in respect of Council operations. 2. Approves the review, and implementation, of the action plan as set out in sections 2 and 3 of Report number CAB/WS/24/038, together with the draft plan at Appendix A. Cabinet – 23 July 2024 – CAB/WS/24/038 1. Context to this report 1.1 In 2019, West Suffolk Council set up an Environment and Climate Change Taskforce…

… on 9 July 2024) will be to start a large number of community conversations about, and raise the profile of, energy saving measures.  Corporate Action. This section brings together the activity that the council is taking to address its own environmental performance, for example in regard to fleet electrification, less use of resources and decarbonisation of its buildings and our role in waste…

… collection.  Existing Housing. Housing remains a key issue, with over 25 per cent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across Suffolk coming from homes. Poorly built and insulated homes contribute the most as well as adversely impacting house dwellers’ health and pockets. Whilst planning and building regulations can address the standard of new homes that are built in West Suffolk, the council…

… at 4,979tCO2e against the target budgets to be achieved 2028 of 2,484tCO2e to maintain trajectory to net zero. The data shows that a key contributor to the increase in emissions is from the council’s leisure operations delivered by Abbeycroft Leisure. There has been a 0.5 percent decrease in emissions from council activity and a 4.6 percent increase in emissions from Abbeycroft Leisure compared to 2022…

…- 2023. A review of all leisure centres is currently underway to identify building improvements that will address emissions. The council had identified a range of improvements and made an application to the Government’s swimming pool fund in 2023-2024 but was only awarded £35,000 to deliver some filtration improvements. Proposals will therefore need to be brought forward as part of the council’s…