Including 9 closely related terms such as resource consumption, energy use, and energy consumption.
… efforts at cutting CO2 emissions through a stream of projects, has been overtaken by our continued increase in energy and resource consumption. 4.1 BUILDINGS Energy in buildings –since Falkirk Council started tracking its energy and carbon emissions eight years ago, the amount of energy used by buildings annually has grown steadily by around 3% each year. The total amount of CO2…
… in energy consumption, largely through the increase in size of our estate and in the intensity of energy use. In light of this, the targets set in this third CMP will relate purely to projects where the business case has been developed, corporately approved and funding allocated. At the time of writing, 18 projects5 have been developed with the following target savings identified…
… will be recharged e.g. housing communal stair lighting. REVISED SCOPE - This plan has reviewed its scope to focus on issues that the Council can significantly influence. For this reason, it does not include buildings that it lets out commercially to third parties as the occupiers control their own energy use. It will also now include waste management. How waste is managed makes a significant…
… (see page 13 for context). 5. RECOMMENDATIONS The following recommendations, if implemented, could combine to substantially decrease carbon emissions and associated cost at little or no additional cost: Optimise use of the built estate – operations should be focused on more energy efficient properties, with poorer performing ones mothballed or closed. Decisions on built…
… costing should become standard in procurement and all Executive reports should include consideration of carbon. Stabilisation/reduction of the estate – any additions to Council assets should be countered by divestment elsewhere. Embed carbon reduction in I.T. –the ambitious I.T. investment programme is an opportunity to embed energy efficiency and should be mainstreamed by the Council’s…