Including 15 closely related terms such as energy use, energy consumption, and use energy.
… roof areas. The targeted installed capacity should be at least 4.2MW. Renewable power Ensure that electricity supply to all the Council’s assets is on a 100% renewable tariff or Power Purchase Agreement Buildings Start retrofitting existing buildings owned and operated by the Council (e.g. Council’s offices) Retrofit heat pumps, use energy management to reduce energy use, improve building energy…
…. This is considered the maximum realistic on-site saving. With further grid decarbonisation, this would be equivalent to 90% on-site reduction by 2050. Improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings Benchmarking indicates a significant saving potential through energy management and efficiency. We recommend a target of 50% reduction in energy consumption, in line with the BEIS energy mission…
… for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has set the Buildings Energy Mission, with the objective of halving the energy use of new buildings by 2030. Tower Hamlets declaration of climate emergency In March 2019, Tower Hamlets became one of the first councils in the country to declare a climate emergency. One of the associated commitments is for Tower Hamlets to aim to become a zero…
…. There is a large gap between the reduction likely due to the current rate of change and trajectory, and what is required to achieve Net Zero. Photo of housing stock, Canary wharf, server room? 1. MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government; EPCs, Energy Performance Certificate database gives building attributes such as floor area and a modelled energy consumption; DECs, Display Energy…
… Certificates give actual metered energy consumption for a sample of non-domestic buildings; VOA, Valuation Office Agency issue a periodic database of non-domestic buildings and energy consumption. 2. Net Zero: The UK’s contribution to stopping global warming (2019) Committee on Climate Change The large additional electrical consumption metered in Tower Hamlets is likely to be from server rooms…