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London Borough of Hillingdon

… of housing growth also provides the opportunity to ensure all new buildings are designed to be energy and resource efficient. New development should minimise energy use and facilitate the use of low and zero carbon technologies to help minimise carbon emissions and air pollutants. For existing buildings, energy efficiency retrofit should be the focus. The GLA Climate Risk Mapping should be used…

… and reflect differentials in energy need. • The Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown measures emphasised the importance of household access to green space. This has been especially true in areas where many households lack a garden or outside space. Green infrastructure has provided an important role in the ability of people to walk and cycle during this time, alongside the emerging streetscape…

… to consider the needs for Electric Vehicle Charging (EVCs) and excess heat sharing; • a West London Energy Users Group to consider joint procurement of zero carbon energy/ electricity through centralised and distributed supply and storage; and • support energy efficiency transformations to ensure minimum EPC ratings are met and businesses implement ESOS efficiency recommendations. The level…

… of growth 31 4. Strategic Infrastructure Baseline and Needs 33 4.1. Introduction 33 4.2. Transport 35 4.3. Energy 76 4.4. Water 94 4.5. Flood management 105 4.6. Green-Blue Infrastructure 119 4.7. Digital 133 4.8. Higher education and health provision 151 5. Infrastructure Need Categorisation 159 5.1. Introduction 159 5.2. Infrastructure categorisation factors 159 5.3. Strategic…

… (Section 4) demonstrates that there are significant strategic infrastructure needs across all types to be delivered to accommodate both the renewal of assets for the existing West London population and to provide for future growth. This includes some major transport needs ranging from new rail and road schemes, line extensions, station upgrades and corridor enhancements. For energy, which…