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Bridgend County Borough Council

… collaboration, academia, industry and the third sector and helping create sustainable jobs. 3.2 The areas of focus for decarbonisation are energy, transport, buildings and open spaces. The energy focus is to reduce the amount used and shift energy production to clean sources. Utilising buildings better, designing new ones to be energy efficient, using open spaces to provide carbon offset and provide…

… areas of focus for 2030. Highlights to date include, significant investment in active travel routes within the Borough and the conversion of all street lighting in BCBC to LED’s resulting in reducing associated emissions by upto 70% overall. Table 1: Examples of Progress within BCBC under the four areas of focus Project Emissions Users Corporate Landlord Energy Efficiency Programme ReFIT…

… Direct Council Buildings Buildings Proposed Bridgend District Heat Network Schemes Direct and Indirect Council Buildings and other public facilities Net Zero Carbon Developments new Council assets and planning proposals and procurement Indirect (Planning decisions) Council and Community Direct Council and Community Use Energy Caerau Local Heat Scheme Indirect Community Use…

… or social care 4.6 A significant proportion of carbon emissions are a result of goods and services we buy, circa 60%. Therefore procurement also needs to have a focus. Sustainable, resource-efficient contracts can be a source of revenue savings when reviewed, as the first call is to challenge whether or not we need these goods in our contract and can we reuse what we have. Stimulating the supply…

… (financial, physical, ecological, human and technological) are used as effectively and efficiently as possible and support the creation of resources throughout the community that can help to deliver the Council’s well-being objectives. 3.0 Background 3.1 Welsh Government (WG) declared a Climate Emergency in April 2019 and set out its priorities to address change for Wales to build resilience…