Including 12 closely related terms such as council operations, council housing, and building.
… to improve local air quality and deter motorists from leaving their vehicle engine idling, particularly around schools. Private sector housing, All Tenures: working with government led schemes across our housing stock insulation and heating improvements. Higher efficiency heating and cooling systems within a range of buildings and facilities Council Housing properties: loft and cavity wall…
…, it also means that finding more savings becomes more difficult; there is still a long way to go for Council operations to become to carbon neutral. There are several challenges to achieving carbon neutrality across our operations. The chart below shows the highest ‘emitting’ buildings. Our Civic Centre sits clearly at the top of the operational building stock. This is an ageing building…
… and encouraged to put their own Climate Action Plans in place by 2023. C1.9 To support, promote and raise awareness of the use of sustainable transportation and ensure resources are available to allow communities to make transport changes that do not rely on polluting private transportation. C2 The Council’s Own Operations C2.1 Council operational building stock to be accredited as carbon neutral…
… and the increased use of low or zero carbon travel methods. C2.5 To investigate opportunities for energy generation from renewable sources on Council operational building stock and on land it owns. C2.6 The procurement of all new Council equipment and services will be measured against the objectives of this strategic plan. We are committed to carbon neutral operations by 2030. This is a challenging target…
… The gas we use in our buildings is not considered to be a renewable source of energy. To compensate for this, we must install low carbon or zero carbon heating sources in as many council owned buildings as possible. Where there is a residual element of fossil fuel leading to carbon emissions, we will mitigate that amount of carbon elsewhere. We will do this using either our own green space…