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… and reduce fuel bills, to improving our council run buildings. By increasing our efficiencies we have reduced our costs, whilst still providing quality services for our residents. We have been building for the future with examples of our award winning leisure centres that incorporate solar arrays, ground source heat pumps, hot water recovery and UV water treatment to reduce the need for chemicals…
… supporting carbon reduction. With the recent climate emergency declaration the council will also refresh its approach to sustainability, building on past success to ensure that this strategy is ambitious in reducing the Council’s and the boroughs emissions. In June 2019 the first meeting of the Sustainability Forum took place consisting of 7 members (elected at Annual Council with representation…
…://naei.beis.gov.uk/laco2app/ https://naei.beis.gov.uk/laco2app/ W B C S u s t a i n a b i l i t y S t r a t e g y - P a g e 12 | 44 Over the next 10 years the council is committed to achieving Net Carbon Zero which will mean substantially reducing our energy consumption through improving the energy performance of new and existing buildings, transforming the way we use energy across…
… to improvements in energy efficiency in new homes. The government’s proposals are set out in the Future Homes Standard. In addition our new local plan is proposing to set standards that above that of the current building regulations. From the councils stock condition analysis it is estimated that retrofitting the existing housing stock with approximately 60,000 different energy improvement measures…
… and commercial sector. As a council we have the opportunity to influence low carbon business through improvement programmes as well as instigating low carbon infrastructure for development schemes. Examples of low carbon infrastructure are as follows: • District Heating/Heat networks “Today heat networks reduce carbon emissions in buildings by approximately 0.7-1 million tonnes of CO2 each year…