Including 10 closely related terms such as energy use, energy strategy, and energy projects.
… a reduction of emissions from school buildings and county farm dwellings. It replaces the council’s previous Energy Strategy and Action Plan of 2014. Note that the term ‘carbon’ throughout this document refers to a basket of greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and is a term used for simplicity. 3. Carbon Emissions 3.1. The Council’s Carbon Footprint DCC’s carbon emissions…
… levels due to more effective vehicle use and improving fuel efficiency through technological improvements as vehicles are replaced. Four electric cars are part of the fleet. The energy used for business travel has declined by 8% since 2012/13. This has been due to behaviour change enabled by more flexible and collaborative IT systems facilitating remote working and video calling which reduce the need…
… in locations away from principal routes • The replacement of traditional lighting technologies with LED lamps in streetlights that remain lit all night. These progressively dim during the night to make further energy savings. • Removal of unnecessary lighting and illuminated bollards and signage. 6.3.2. Future Effect of National Policy The effect of the projected deployment of large-scale renewable…
…. Emissions avoided by renewable energy in 2030 = -2,485 tCO2e It must be acknowledged that the avoided carbon emissions described above are reliant on local renewable energy projects finding land owners willing for development to occur, the projects gaining access to the local distribution network (which is currently constrained in certain locations) and obtaining planning permission. 6.5…
… consumption of local authority-maintained schools’ buildings is monitored. In 2017/18 it was 3,092 tCO2e which was a reduction of 26% from 2014 (the earliest comparable data). This is due to a combination of energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy installations in the schools and deployment of renewable energy on the national grid reducing the carbon intensity of grid-supplied electricity. Biomass…