Including 6 closely related terms such as resource consumption, building energy, and energy needs.
… as possible promote sustainable resource use more widely, to encourage the transition to a less wasteful ‘circular economy’ make use of cleaner renewable energy to meet our energy needs promote a wider shift to non-fossil fuel clean energy sources manage at least 30% of land in Wirral for the benefit of wildlife by 2030 (in line with Government commitments) ensure a 20% ‘net gain’ in biodiversity…
… resilient neighbourhoods and sustainable regeneration The Local Plan will help create sustainable places and promote a ‘brown field first’ development strategy all council-led regeneration and development schemes will require excellent standards of building energy and environmental performance embrace green investment opportunities and promote sustainable regeneration encourage investment to raise…
… emergency implications of decisions will be set out in all Council reports and briefings use the lessons learned from the Covid-19 lockdown experience as a ‘green reset’ opportunity and integral part of recovery planning embrace digital communication for its operations and use this to reduce unnecessary resource consumption adopt suitable indicators to understand the impact of our actions measure…
… sustainable regeneration and green investment, with a brownfield first development strategy in the Local Plan reduce unnecessary travel through planning and the use of information technology facilitate modal shift from fossil fuelled vehicle use to active travel, public transport and ultra-low carbon vehicles (for example, electric vehicles) manage our use of energy, water, and resources as efficiently…
… to be monitored and the implementation of the Policy scrutinised 2. An energy and resource efficient council using 100% clean renewable energy raise standards of performance across the council’s estate, audit buildings and invest to save rationalise the council’s property portfolio and use our influence to ensure that any surplus assets released do not simply add to the borough’s wider emission footprint…