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Test Valley Borough Council

…, electricity and fuel. The change is largely due to an increase in the fleet fuel usage. We are collecting recycling and waste material from a growing number of homes, and managing additional open spaces, which contributes to increased fuel use. We also took on the collection of glass recycling in August 2019, which was previously provided by another organisation. If we hadn’t taken on this service…

… available to residents to help improve their homes, including energy performance • A study on renewable and low carbon energy potential within the Borough has been completed, this will help the Council in preparing future planning policy through the next Local Plan Transport, travel and plant • 3 waste collection vehicles with electric (rather than diesel fuelled) bin lifts are in operation…

… https://www.romseyfuture.org.uk/ 5 Supporting communities and businesses • We have worked with external organisations to help local businesses access energy audits and secure more than £100,000 in grant funding to deliver low carbon projects • Conducted a survey with town and parish councils on any local climate change and sustainability initiatives they are undertaking • Working…

… to calculating the Council’s greenhouse gas emissions. This includes the energy (gas and electricity) used by the buildings we own and operate, as well as the fuel used in running our fleet vehicles and machinery (e.g. for managing green spaces). There was an increase in our greenhouse gas emissions of about 0.5% between 2018/19 and 2019/20. The graph indicates the split in emissions between gas…

… 3 Corporate action • A number of recent strategies have taken account of climate change, including the Covid-19 Recovery Strategy, Green Spaces Strategy, and Interim Economic Development Strategy • Ensuring the annual plan prepared for each Council Service (department) includes consideration of climate change Property and energy • Lower energy-consuming lighting has been installed…