Including 15 closely related terms such as council building, council buildings, and council operations.
… Successes • In October 2020 the Council endorsed meeting Passivhaus standards for new build Council Housing • In 2016 Solar PV was installed on Civic Centre offices roof and previously installed on the Limes Community Centre roof. • Refurbishment of the Civic includes more efficient boilers, lighting and heating controls, more efficient AHUs, 4 EV charge points and facilities to provide…
…: The section on Council Operations sets out how the Council aims to reduce its own carbon emissions to become carbon neutral and identifies actions on how this is to be achieved. Council operations include emissions reduction in Council buildings, including the Civic offices, museum and sheltered housing as well as emissions from the goods and services that the Council purchases, business travel, staff…
… improvements in air quality in the District and have beneficial effects on both human health and the Epping Forest SAC. Monitoring and reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are listed within the document, these will be reviewed and published on an annual basis. •Buildings •Policy, service provision and processes •Staff Travel Council Operations Emissions •Behaviour Change •District Travel…
… to the Council’s estate and has the most comprehensive data set before the Covid-19 pandemic caused marked changes in building usage and staff travel. The baseline will give the figures for comparison against emissions reported up to 2030. Where the term carbon emissions is used throughout the Climate Change Action Plan, this refers to all Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents…
… technologies in our offices, the installation of solar panels and the decarbonisation of the UK electricity grid. This is a good basis to build on but to become carbon neutral by 2030 further critical changes will be needed in the way the Council operates. Operational buildings and Council owned housing will need to be assessed on their ability to meet future needs and where suitable undertake deep…