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Rushmoor Borough Council

… channels (including through Member engagement) to promote opportunities for residents and local businesses to reduce their own carbon footprint, including promoting schemes to the improve energy efficiency of their home or business. Action 7: To hold an eco-fair in September 2023 at Southwood Country Park and Field Centre to allow residents to find out more about climate change and opportunities…

… make; investing in new technology to reduce energy consumption etc. 4. External Reductions – carbon compensation/offsetting to reduce emissions external to your own footprint to reduce your Net emissions. Figure 1 shows this recommended approach applied to Rushmoor Borough Council’s emissions to 2050. The Passive Reductions assume: - Electricity Grid emissions will reduce…

… Workplace Travel Plan. Action 4: Consider opportunities arising from a relocation of the Council’s offices to reduce gas consumption and/or increase renewable energy generation on- site. Action 5: To continue to engage young people on climate change through the schools’ programme which is now running in four junior schools within Rushmoor. Action 6: To use the Council’s communications…

…-Based Reductions – these are achieved by selecting and paying for energy tariffs that have lower emissions e.g., buying a green electricity tariff. 3. Active Reductions – these are achieved by making technological, behavioural and operational changes within the organisation. E.g., choosing to reduce the number of miles driven in cars; choosing to put a limit on the number of flights people…

…% electric by 2050. Note: the UK government has moved to end the sale of non-electric cars by 2030. In the assessment we assume electric cars will require the same amount of energy as those powered by internal combustion engines, based on the litres of fuel burned by Rushmoor Borough Council during the 2020/21 assessment period. - The council’s contracted waste collection lorries will transition…