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… for the organisation, is in place. A successful bid for £3.5 from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme to make improvements to council buildings, alongside Council investment of £1.5m has led to works for low carbon heat sources, LED lighting replacements, building fabric upgrades and solar PV installation across the highest energy consuming sites across the Councils estates, including five leisure centres…
… Delivering Sustainability for All Page 1 of 20 (Paper No. 23-51) Official PAPER NO.23-51 WANDSWORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE – 7 FEBRUARY 2023 EXECUTIVE – 13 FEBRUARY 2023 Report by the Chief Executive on Delivering Sustainability for All – an update on delivery of the Wandsworth Environment…
… this is the decarbonisation of its buildings and fleet. In 2021/22, the Council reduced its emissions by 31.3% from the previous year, with a halving of emissions (a decrease of 52.2%) since 2017/18. The majority of these reductions in carbon emissions stems from the purchasing of zero carbon electricity as part of the Council’s energy contract with LASER. Carbon emissions from electricity usage (Scope 2 emissions…
…) have gone from nearly 12,000 ktCO2e to zero since 2017/18. Reductions in Scope 1 emissions from gas, vehicle and plant fuel have gone down by 1.35%, with smaller scale energy efficiency works for buildings and the start of a shift to EVs and more efficient vehicles contributing to this. A full breakdown of the carbon emissions for the Council, including an analysis of borough-wide carbon…
… emissions, is included at Appendix B. 13. Work on carbon emissions reductions from buildings is led by Property Services with support from other council teams, including Finance. As highlighted in the report to Environment Committee in November 2022 (Paper 22-336), a Decarbonisation Strategy which sets out the path for decarbonising the corporate estate, a major source of carbon emissions…