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Wychavon District Council

… and ways to reduce energy use, help with reading and understanding fuel bills and switching energy supplier, and referrals for free or discounted energy saving measures such as insulation. x3 This council has shown strong leadership on carbon reduction and environmental stewardship for over a decade. We first signed up to the Worcestershire Climate Change Pledge in 2005, agreed…

… in carbon emissions from energy consumption mentioned earlier in the plan is primarily down to decarbonisation of the National Grid and the growth in renewables rather than a reduction in energy use. While gas currently makes up a significant proportion of the energy consumed in Wychavon, there is still a relatively high proportion of energy users in both domestic and non- domestic situations…

…. Total energy consumption in Wychavon (thousand tonnes of oil equivalent (ktoe) 21 Action on energy We have already: • Reduced energy consumption at the Civic Centre. • Installed 42 solar photovoltaic panels on the Civic Centre. • Invested £300,000 in the Pershore hydroelectric power scheme, which provides energy to the nearby leisure centre. • Invested £52,000 to install solar panels…

… and adaptation, but it also means opportunity. It is a chance to grow a new sector of our economy, and this means new jobs and money saved in your pocket too. Our first plan contained more than 40 actions and included ambitious schemes such as investing in a hydroelectric plant to help power Pershore Leisure Centre, improving the energy efficiency of households and installing electric car…

… vehicles and find new ways of powering our leisure centres. We will need to cut the amount of waste we produce, particularly food waste, improve the energy efficiency of our homes, encourage the growth of ultra-low emission vehicles and renewable energy. We need to encourage and support people to walk and cycle more too. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us we can do things differently…