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Ashford Borough Council

… to businesses in the borough. 19 6.4 Retrofit councils own corporate property assets Complete condition survey and undertake study to fully understand cost of retrofitting Civic Centre and likely carbon savings aligned with rationalising floor space and more flexible working arrangements for staff. Utilise this information to determine options for future use Council assets contribute zero…

… for decarbonisation of homes to include types of properties, works required and timescales Identify retrofitting pilot projects to test, assess and learn methods Commence phased retrofitting programme 6.3 Reduce water consumption across council owned assets Install water saving measures in council owned commercial and residential properties Residents actively use less water resulting in a reduction…

… action to develop and promote Kent and Medway offset scheme Council has ability to offset any remaining carbon emissions to achieve zero carbon after all reduction measures have been implemented Local communities have plans in place to deal with flooding incidents and reduce loss to life and property 1. Tonnes of CO2 offset 2. Number of high risk parishes with emergency plans 3. Number…

… Centre and other assets to green tariff What we’ve been doing: The council has been proactive in installing solar panels on properties since the introduction of the Feed in Tariff scheme. The first Solar PV system was installed in 2011, with the Civic Centre system following in 2012. All the solar PV panels installed by the council generate an estimated average of 357,000kWh per year…

… points, it is now estimated that 10% of recent car sales are electric vehicles. Our services are looking at ways to reduce travel, an example of this is where we have enabled new customers to our lifeline service to install the equipment themselves reducing the need for a contractor to travel to their property. Over a six month period this has saved 240 miles of travelling. Currently two local…