Including 6 closely related terms such as efficiency, building energy, and reduce energy.
… improve efficiency of energy and water use where practical and cost-effective reduce energy and water waste with due consideration to value for money and health and safety use green energy to power our buildings, provide service provision and street lighting, and install renewable energy generation where practical prepare for the decarbonisation of heat reduce the council’s generation of waste…
… to be monitored and the implementation of the Policy scrutinised 2. An energy and resource efficient council using 100% clean renewable energy raise standards of performance across the council’s estate, audit buildings and invest to save rationalise the council’s property portfolio and use our influence to ensure that any surplus assets released do not simply add to the borough’s wider emission footprint…
… sustainable regeneration and green investment, with a brownfield first development strategy in the Local Plan reduce unnecessary travel through planning and the use of information technology facilitate modal shift from fossil fuelled vehicle use to active travel, public transport and ultra-low carbon vehicles (for example, electric vehicles) manage our use of energy, water, and resources as efficiently…
… resilient neighbourhoods and sustainable regeneration The Local Plan will help create sustainable places and promote a ‘brown field first’ development strategy all council-led regeneration and development schemes will require excellent standards of building energy and environmental performance embrace green investment opportunities and promote sustainable regeneration encourage investment to raise…
… as possible promote sustainable resource use more widely, to encourage the transition to a less wasteful ‘circular economy’ make use of cleaner renewable energy to meet our energy needs promote a wider shift to non-fossil fuel clean energy sources manage at least 30% of land in Wirral for the benefit of wildlife by 2030 (in line with Government commitments) ensure a 20% ‘net gain’ in biodiversity…