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Ceredigion County Council

… this progress we have now set another ambitious carbon reduction target, supported by the concrete technical projects and embedding actions set out in this plan. We have identified carbon reduction projects and activities in the following areas: > Energy efficiency: the roll out of energy efficient measures in public sector owned buildings. This will build on a substantial amount of previous work…

… already undertaken by Ceredigion County Council. Work will involve the installation of new more efficient boilers, lighting and other equipment. > Street lighting: New, energy efficient, LED street lighting to be rolled out across the Council’s streetlights. > Generation: Small and medium scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind projects - in addition to those undertaken as part of the last…

…, by 2022/23. 15% Ceredigion County Council CMP 2018/19 | 8 > Clean heating: Potential plans for additional new biomass fired district-heating schemes in several areas, and improved heating systems in schools across the region. > Transport: More energy efficient Council fleet vehicles, with the potential for an electric vehicle pilot scheme. The projects identified in this plan have…

… 5-year plan - will further reduce the reliance on more carbon intensive grid electricity. 40.7% 16.0% 3.6% 8.5% 3.7% 7.3% 0.4% 2.2% 17.5% Breakdown of building energy emissions by fuel type Grid electricity Natural Gas Other Petrol Gas Oil LPG Biomass Kerosene Disel Ceredigion County Council will reduce the carbon by 15%, from a 2017/18 baseline of 8,649 tonnes CO2…

… opportunity to create financial savings through energy efficiency actions. Over the past century, human activities have released large amounts of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), into the atmosphere. The majority of these emissions have come from burning fossil fuels to produce energy, although industrial processes, deforestation and some agricultural practices also emit greenhouse…