Including 9 closely related terms such as energy use, building energy, and energy consumption.
… specific influence we have for some buildings, such as community buildings/ investment portfolio to reduce building energy consumption. • Work with partners to develop proposition for wide scale retrofit of commercial and domestic properties to reduce energy consumption. For domestic properties this will also look to tackle local fuel poverty. • Facilitate the shift to low carbon heating…
… fossil fuels. borough - the council will be leading from the We must reduce this energy consumption and use front in this regard. low or zero carbon sources of heat and power. - Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Property Cllr John Izett Leading by example • To heat and power council operational buildings using low carbon and renewable sources where possible • Ensuring efficient…
… occupation and use of council buildings. • Reducing energy consumption of council buildings. Enable & Inspire • Setting ambitious targets within planning policy to shape new development in the borough, to also increase resilience to the changing climate. • Leveraging influence on developments such as Manydown, Basing View and the new Leisure Park to support net zero agenda. • Using…
… WHERE ARE WE NOW? Council operational emissions The baseline year for the carbon footprint of council operations is 2018/19. The net council 2000 Our baseline carbon footprint is around 1500 1000 500 0 -500 -1000 -1500 -2000 -2500 2,400 tCO2e in 2018/19 Leisure Building WastW centres energy energy use e collectionc Fleet travel aste ollection Business travel…
… emissions. In these situations the council are Page 7 responsible for both the fabric of the building and how it is used, and so have direct control on the energy consumption, as well as the ability to reduce this. The only exception to this is our leisure facilities, where the council outsources operations of these buildings. This baseline also includes the carbon absorbed (carbon sequestration…