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East Staffordshire Borough Council

… change; in the way it manages its own estate and assets; in leading the community through its roles as a regulator and as a service provider:  Estate Manager- ensuring buildings are efficient to reduce energy use  Community Leader- assisting people and businesses to be smarter about their energy use  Service Provider- delivering services that are resource efficient, less carbon intensive…

… 2011 provided for changes in the provision of energy efficiency measures to homes and businesses through the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO). Whilst the Green Deal has been relatively unsuccessful, ECO funding is being used to assist energy efficiency and reduce fuel poverty. ECO is a government energy efficiency scheme to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty…

… estate and assets, in leading the community through its roles as a regulator and as a service provider. Page 4 of 16 2.5. Whilst a number of policies and initiatives have already been taken which help to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change, it is clear that to become carbon neutral we need to do more to reduce energy usage, generate local power and/or offset…

… could limit, adapt to and manage these changes. 6.4.2. This will avoid burdening future generations with greater impacts and costs of climate change; economies will be able to cope better by mitigating environmental risks and improving energy efficiency and there will be wider benefits to health, energy security and biodiversity. 6.4.3. There is a significant economic benefit of taking…

… if we are unable to meet our target within this timeframe. 6.6. East Staffordshire Climate Action Plan 6.6.1. The Council has already implemented policies and initiatives which help to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. These include an accommodation move to a smaller footprint to reduce energy consumption and transport costs through increased home working; improvements…