Including 7 closely related terms such as electricity consumption, total electricity consumption, and energy demand.
… in the shortest possible timeframe Make our buildings more energy efficient and improve user comfort Reduce our total energy demand and dependance on imported energy through the use of on-site renewable energy generation Reduce our business travel, fuel consumption and transisition our fleet to electric or alternatively fuelled vehicles Where opportunities arise, engage with and support external…
… compared to 1990 levels by 2050 As above, brought into UK law. Amended in June 2019 to net carbon neutral by 2050. UK Act, brought into Welsh law, amendment to 95% reduction planned Welsh Government Ambitions 70% electricity consumption from Welsh renewable energy sources by 2030 Public sector to be carbon neutral by 2030 Kyoto Protocol 1997 Paris Climate…
… is the principle way in which the council can generate zero carbon electricity for use in its own buildings. A small number of building-mounted solar PV installations are currently in place which generate electricity equivalent to less than 0.5% per cent of the council’s total electricity consumption. Due to the number of buildings that the council owns and operates, a significant proportion…
… of its electricity could be generated on-site. A high-level desktop study undertaken in the summer of 2018 indicated that there could be the potential to generate the equivalent of one fifth of its total electricity consumption if solar PV installations sized at just 10 per cent of building floor area were installed on each building. Though there are constraints to installation many sites…
… .................................................................................................... 14 5.5.1 LED Street Lighting .............................................................................. 14 5.5.2 Energy efficiency in buildings ............................................................... 14 5.5.3 Solar PV ............................................................................................... 15 5.5.4 Transport fleet and equipment…