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Worcester City Council

… efficiency measures are also being procured. 6.13 Work is ongoing with Worcester Community Trust to identify options for the decarbonisation of the Council’s community centre buildings which are operated by the Trust, and the emission from these centres is now being included within the Council’s carbon emissions figure. WCT have commissioned and received Environmental energy reports for all…

… community centres. 7. Environmental Sustainability Strategy Theme: Carbon Neutral Worcester Emissions from housing 7.1 The Government has announced a new domestic energy efficiency scheme, Warm Homes. There is no competitive element to this funding, with all authorities which submit an expression of interest to be allocated funding. This funding stream is aimed, as previously, at low…

… of energy efficiency measures. 8.2 OSAT, the procured delivery partner, will be training 50 people in these skills for green industries, alongside 15 businesses receiving sustainability support, with 35 individuals receiving qualifications. 9. Environmental Sustainability Strategy Theme: Natural Environment 9.1 The Council’s first biodiversity officer started with the Council in mid-May…

… leisure centre and the only one with a swimming pool within the Council’s portfolio (the swimming pool alone is responsible for one third of the leisure centre emissions). 6.12 The Sport England grant allocated £195,000 towards the installation of solar PV at Perdiswell Leisure Centre. This solar PV array will reduce emissions at this leisure centre by around 20tCO2e. Additional energy…

…. 10.2 Biodiversity work in parks and at other locations is taking account of climate adaptation requirements. 10.3 The Toronto Close flood defences were completed by the Environment Agency in September. 11. Environmental Sustainability Strategy Theme: Resource Efficiency 11.1 The work of the communications team to promote resource efficiency messages continues. Resource efficiency…