Including the closely related terms electric vehicle, electric vehicles, and electric vehicle charging.
…. • Cleaning up the council vehicle fleet and working with Transport for London ensured buses in Islington are clean. • Introducing 170 electric vehicle charging points, with over 400 electric charging points planned to be in place by 2022. • Introducing electric vehicles and trialling a range of low emissions vehicle technologies to reduce our fleet emissions. • Investing in energy efficiency…
… Council to improve energy efficiency whilst also reducing carbon emissions and fuel poverty. EPC Rating: Energy Performance Certificate is a rating scheme to assess the energy efficiency of a building, with A being the most efficient and G being the least. EV: Electric Vehicle. Any vehicle powered through recharging at an electrical point. Fuel Poverty: The ability of a household to afford…
… to be increased to support a shift to electric-based heating systems and vehicle charging. A 2019 report from the CCC estimated that a wholescale shift to electric vehicles and heating systems could increase the peak electricity requirement of the national grid to 116GW,12 compared to just under 60GW now.13 Technology availability a. Achieving a net zero carbon borough by 2030 is reliant on there being…
…) or national level and as such are beyond the council’s control. b. A relaxation of energy efficiency standards for new buildings, Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard, the removal of the mechanism for councils to create a carbon offset fund, or the withdrawal of support for electric vehicles or heat pumps would adversely impact our net zero carbon efforts. c. The decarbonisation of public transport…
… • £360,000 on Community Energy Fund grants • £16.3m on Bunhill II, a new energy centre using waste heat from the London Underground to heat nearby homes. This follows on from the £4m the council invested in Bunhill I. • £150,000 on LED replacement schemes at the Town Hall and Waste Recycling Centre • £923,000 on new electric vehicles and charging infrastructure for our fleet • £120,000…