Including 10 closely related terms such as energy use, energy consumption, and overall energy use.
…: 4 Distribution of carbon rich soils and forestry across the Scottish Borders 4.4 Theme 4 – Energy Energy consumption in our businesses and industrial process and in our homes and lives are a primary source of GHG emissions in the Scottish Borders. Energy consumption in the food chain, for example, is almost equal to 18% of UK’s overall energy use, but most is consumed in space…
… be altered or discontinued in order to come to the right decision and the most effective way to implement our Route Map. But none of us in the Borders, rich, poor, young, or old can make this journey on our own. We live in a complex and connected world. Almost everything we do that uses energy, needs transport, or produces waste that affects someone else and the places where we live and love…
… costs, increase resilience and achieve Net Zero targets. Collectively, emissions from domestic use have decreased over past years mainly due to a switch from less efficient solid and liquid fuels to heat space in households to natural gas and electricity and improvements in energy efficiency like LEDs. Warmer mean temperatures may mean less heating is required. However, much of the housing…
… Theme 2 - Decarbonising our Transport Use Theme 3 – Nature Based Solutions Theme 4 - Lowering our Energy Consumption Theme 5 - Decarbonising our Waste Management 6.0 Climate Change Route Map – Delivery Communicating urgency Increasing engagement with people Funding and resourcing of actions Governance Truth to power - monitoring and reporting Mobilising…
… to: 1. Chart the SBC’s own journey to net-zero GHG by targeting our major emissions sources: fleet, and transport, energy consumption in public buildings and spaces and waste management. And ensuring that our services, buildings and supporting infrastructure, which includes our people, are climate ready. 2. Develop strong pathways and measures region-wide to reduce GHG emissions…