Including 5 closely related terms such as emissions, emission, and emissions.
… actions 3y Appoint a dedicated Sustainability officer and team Create a role for a specialist sustainability officer that will have responsibility for implementing the Zero Carbon Roadmap and collect CO2 emissions data. The actions recommended in this report should be distributed across all service teams in the Council but in order for progress to be sustained, we recommend…
… a Net Zero Carbon Council by 2030 2. Recommended action plan to achieve a Net Zero Carbon District by 2050 The colours correspond to the emission categories identified by the Committee on Climate Change. On the following pages, ‘3y’ indicates an action which should be initiated in the next 3 years. NWLDC Zero Carbon Roadmap 20190234 | Sept 2020 | Rev M 3 1.0…
… land Buildings and towns 3y Start retrofitting or demolish and rebuild existing housing owned by the Council • Improve building energy efficiency: insulation, improved airtightness and better windows • Install Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) wherever possible • Retrofit heat pumps • Install PV Target high emission homes first (e.g. those using coal or oil…
… Take responsibility for knowing where the waste from the district is going, and what happens to it. Forestry, land use and agriculture 3y Tree planting schemes & National Forest Plant at least 110 to 440 hectares of new woodland to absorb enough carbon dioxide to offset the Council’s residual GHG emissions. NWLDC Zero Carbon Roadmap 20190234 | Sept 2020 | Rev M…
… The district’s residual emissions will require a minimum of 7,810 hectares of woodland cover to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Work with the Forestry Commission and National Forest to determine the most effective strategy to achieve the necessary GHG reductions, identify more land for new forest creation and create an action plan to implement tree planting. 3y Set minimum standards for green…