Including 15 closely related terms such as council use, council operations, and buildings.
… underway are: ● A review of all council properties to identify cost effective paths to reduce emissions from our buildings, with the aim for them to be carbon neutral by 2030 ● An upgrade programme to make Kingston’s street lighting 100% LED by 2023, reducing the amount of energy used to power them by around 50% ● Proposals to achieve ‘BREEAM Excellent’ status in our redevelopment of the Kingfisher…
… (electricity, gas, transport fuel) and water from the buildings and vehicles the Council uses and pays for. For more detail about our baseline, please see appendix A. Targets and outcomes Further work is ongoing to collect appropriate data where there are gaps in national monitoring and our local systems. 1The Greenhouse Gas Accounting Tool 12 https://www.local.gov.uk/greenhouse-gas…
… for that year 81% of the emissions are from electricity and gas used in our buildings and by schools (schools which were monitored in 2017/18) and 14% from street lighting. The remaining 5% of the emissions is from our fleet. SCOPE 3 - ‘Upstream’ and ‘downstream’ emissions from the delivery of council operations i.e. 2,001.44 tCO2e 16 Scope 3 emissions monitored in 2017/18 include: ● Emissions from…
… and average temperatures, driven by human activity that has released carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air. Recent events including hot, dry weather, followed by torrential rain and flooding, show how vulnerable the UK is to climate change. In June 2019, Kingston Council declared a Climate Emergency, with a commitment to deliver carbon neutrality in council operations by 2038. By taking…
…: Efficient buildings Theme 2: Efficient Homes Theme 3: How we travel Theme 4: Reducing Waste Theme 5: Green Economy Theme 6: Sustainable Council Theme 7: Natural Environment Measuring and reporting Appendices Appendix A - Our Carbon Baseline methodology Appendix B - Climate emergency - London and National responses Appendix C - Why is it important that we tackle climate change? Kingston Young…