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West Sussex County Council

… the energy performance of our estate, identifying areas where we could improve efficiency and operating costs. We rolled out comprehensive programmes to improve our building management systems, improve insulation and upgrade lighting both in our own buildings but also in streetlights across the County. We have also invested in renewable energy, both in on-site locations such as administration hubs…

… energy consumption. Not only will this save us carbon, but also generate revenue savings from a reduction in our energy bills. There are 3 ways we can achieve this: a) Increase the efficiency of our estate; When applying this principle, we will seek to tackle the least efficient first. b) Proactively manage our buildings to reduce energy demand; c) Train staff to be carbon literate so…

… We need to develop a realistic and viable funding route to deliver this programme, whilst still funding key services facing the most demand and which serve to protect those most in need. Historically we have made use of invest to save funds, such as SALIX to support energy efficiency programmes. Although we will continue to do this, the fund available is limited, and would not be sufficient…

… has solar panels on a County Council owned and used building, energy is directly taken and used from this renewable source. This reduces the overall grid energy consumed, and therefore the Council sees a reduction in carbon emissions 9 For renewables generated on non-operational sites (solar farms), or on sites not owned and operated by the us, energy goes into the grid, and does…

… to reduce our emissions. Some particular areas to highlight are: Incremental estate energy improvement works The corporate Facilities Management team use their existing maintenance (planned and reactive) programme to replace all defective lighting with LED as standard. The team also specifies above average efficiency boilers when replacing end-of-life equipment. These incremental improvements…