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Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

… and travel D. Council’s role / funding / others For low-carbon energy they were offered the following groups: A. Low-carbon energy generation opportunities B. Reducing energy use / energy savings C. Others Ideas for recommendations and draft recommendations were then shared in the large group before participants were offered the chance to join another group for a further round…

…. The council itself is taking action to lower carbon use by making energy efficiency improvements in council buildings, installing solar panels and electric vehicle chargers and providing grants and advice to businesses and organisations looking to make low carbon improvements. “However, the council can’t do this on its own. It is going to require the efforts of the whole community, including…

… Federation of Small Businesses, Area Leader, Phil Collier • Lancaster University, Eden Chair for Education and Management: Professor Robert Barratt • Spirit Energy, Asset Manager, Jack Richards • Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership, Local Authority Climate Co-ordinator, Natalie Naisbitt Peter Bryant, Jayne McFadyen and Maria Lucien of Shared Future attend in an advisory capacity. Alison Coward…

… results are telling us?’ Time permitting participants also shared the pros and cons of choosing different themes and asked if they felt additional themes should be formed. A final poll was then held which revealed two clear priorities; a) low carbon energy generation b) transport. The third priority theme was tied between green spaces and natural carbon sinks, and encouraging action…

… energy generation. Commentators: Low-carbon Energy Generation Video footage of all the presentations can be found here. After hearing from all the commentators, jury members joined small groups with a commentator of their choice for two rounds of conversation. Jury members then had the final opportunity to ask the commentators questions in a large group question- and-answer session…