Including 6 closely related terms such as electricity consumption, resource consumption, and energy use.
… street lighting across the city with low energy LEDs, reducing electricity consumption by 58 per cent and annual carbon emissions by 8,450 tonnes while saving over £1.7 million in energy bills each year. • COUNCIL BUILDINGS. We’ve reduced energy use in our buildings, led by our flagship redevelopment of City Hall in 2014. The building is connected to district heating and had 90 solar PV…
… the quality of life in Leicester. The Strategy will include a theme around smart buildings and city infrastructure, which promotes the transition to sustainable buildings and transport, powered by clean, low-carbon energy. To be published summer 2020. Leicester’s impact on climate change As growing centres of population, activity and resource consumption, cities are thought to be responsible…
…. The strategy identifies aims and objectives for achieving the vision, with an initial focus on areas where the council can have the most impact. The accompanying Climate Emergency Action Plan reflects these areas, with ambitious programmes set out across six themes. These programmes include: At home – reducing carbon emissions and energy bills for council tenants by fitting insulation, energy-saving…
… heating and lighting, and solar panels, and by building new A-rated, low-carbon council housing. Also helping people facing fuel poverty through support with insulation and new, more energy-efficient heating – creating ‘green jobs’ installing these measures in the process. Travel and transport - delivering an ambitious series of programmes investing in infrastructure, services and promotion…
… Consumer choices and waste – creating a new Waste Strategy to substantially increase recycling in Leicester and setting up a network of drinking water refill points in the city centre to reduce single-use plastic bottles. At work – providing grants for small and medium-sized businesses to reduce their carbon emissions and cut their energy costs. Also creating new, low-carbon business units…