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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

…-emergency-carbon-zero-fund/ https://cffc.co.uk/climate-emergency-carbon-zero-fund/ DRAFT Trusted Advice There is a lot we can do to lower our home’s carbon footprint. There are simple energy efficiency actions such as turning the heating down, installing heating controls and buying energy-efficient appliances. The Energy Saving Trust has lots of great advice. Working Together…

… to be designed to keep cool: this could look like window shades, natural ventilation, and solar control glazing. Heat pumps can also provide cooling in the summer, but good design should always be the first choice to reduce energy use. 23 https://aecb.net/ https://www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk/halifax-passivhaus/ DRAFT Start Today Eye on Calderdale has some great…

… will work across our trusted networks to agree on how this is best delivered for Calderdale’s varied towns and communities, ensuring the hubs support as many people as possible. This will also help us build local expertise and cascade knowledge across the borough. Start Today There is already some great advice out there: • Energy Saving Trust can help you work out how to decarbonise your home…

… that buildings can be draughty and expensive to run. Every home in the borough needs to be warm, resilient and low carbon. This can only happen if we work hard – and quickly – to insulate thousands of homes by 2038 and move away from gas boilers to technology like heat pumps and district heating. Investment in home energy efficiency is urgent and has many benefits: affordable heating, job creation…

… and improved health and wellbeing for example. Retrofitting Our Buildings Getting every building in the borough to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of C or above is a huge challenge. Many of our homes leak heat because they were built when heating worked differently, when gas was cheaper and before we understood the impact of burning fossil fuels. Overcoming this challenge will mean our…