Including the closely related terms property, residential properties, and property.
… improvements. • Higher efficiency heating and cooling systems within a range of buildings and facilities • Council Housing properties: loft and cavity wall insulation, upgrades through reactive works upgrading inefficient communal lighting to LED and reducing the energy demand for homes. Schools and community centres: major refurbishment and new building work leading to higher energy standards…
… and groups in developing the council’s climate actions. C1.4 Devise strategies to improve existing buildings, with access to government funding for energy efficiency and decarbonisation of residential properties and businesses. C1.5 To use our unique access to businesses to set up a borough wide Climate Change forum to develop ideas collectively and to collaboratively work towards achieving climate…
… to avoid unwanted impacts Another recurring theme in the consultation response related to the constant change to the built environment, in particular the loss of gardens and green space in residential properties. An example raised repeatedly by residents related to the widespread paving over gardens to create parking spaces or driveways. This type of activity can cause water to enter the drainage…
…. This target applies to public access buildings and sites where we pay for the energy supplies, our vehicles and highway assets like streetlighting and car parks. We will invest in energy saving measures to reduce carbon across the property portfolio. To offset remaining carbon, we will identify schemes which allow us to generate larger scale renewable power in the borough, while supporting a range…
… 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 C1.12 To provide a dedicated online resource to provide information on how to reduce a carbon footprint, where to access external funding (i.e. Government grants), information on what to do in a property, and how to improve…