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Manchester City Council

… all of our 57,000 street lights with energy efficient LEDs. The project (£32.8m) involves procurement and installation of state-of-the-art, low energy, light emitting diode (LED) street lighting technology and complete in 2020. The Council has worked with Salix Finance to fund this scheme, who provide loans to the public sector to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and lower…

… feasibility studies, business case development and installation, focussing on the Authorities to 50 carbon emitting buildings. ● Deliver a Zero Carbon whole building retrofit pilot. ● Develop the next/ongoing pipeline of investments through a series of building audits focussing on the deployment of proven energy efficiency measures. ● Develop an accelerated boiler replacement programme…

…. The targets related to ‘direct’ CO2 emissions, from the energy used in buildings and transport. It was also recognised that Manchester would also need to act in relation to its ‘indirect’ CO2 emissions, from the products and services consumed in Manchester but originating outside of the city. And that emissions from flights from Manchester Airport would also need to be addressed, as part of a UK…

… has been informed by the SCATTER project (Setting City and Area Targets and Trajectories for Emissions Reductions) which is a model that helps cities set zero carbon targets from our buildings, energy and transport which are consistent with delivering the Paris Agreement. The specific commitments we are making as a Council are: ● Deliver at least a 50% reduction in carbon emissions from…

… our buildings, energy and transport by 2025 (from circa 30-32,000 tonnes in 2019/20 to circa 15-16,000 tonnes in 2024/25) via a 13% year on year reduction. ● Report quarterly on progress against the actions in the plan and provide quantitative reports on data in tonnes of CO2 ● Become zero carbon by 2038 at the latest (based on the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research definition of zero which…