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Devon County Council

… consumption of local authority-maintained schools’ buildings is monitored. In 2017/18 it was 3,092 tCO2e which was a reduction of 26% from 2014 (the earliest comparable data). This is due to a combination of energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy installations in the schools and deployment of renewable energy on the national grid reducing the carbon intensity of grid-supplied electricity. Biomass…

… boilers, solar photovoltaics and wind turbines provide 2.1% of schools’ energy needs. The energy used by school buildings has reduced by 9% since 2014 to 11.4 GWh through the installation of LED lighting, new boilers and insulation measures. The council does not set targets to reduce the carbon footprint of local authority-maintained schools’ buildings as financial control and management decisions…

… and as a result has an EPC level of A+. 11. Reducing County Farm Dwellings’ Emissions 11.1. Current Situation 11.1. Current Situation These agricultural properties are currently exempt from the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards regulations that require landlords to upgrade the energy performance of tenanted properties. Nonetheless, the authority is committed to refurbishing county…

… is about twelve times larger than the corporate carbon footprint. 3.2. Schools’ Carbon Footprint The council monitors the energy consumption of local-authority maintained schools’ buildings. The carbon footprint associated with these in 2017/18 was 3,092 tCO2e. These emissions are not part of the council’s carbon footprint because financial control and management decisions for many elements…

… of building maintenance lies with the individual governing bodies. 3.3. County Farm Dwellings’ Carbon Footprint The authority provides 65 tenanted county farm dwellings generally as starter businesses to enable new entrants into the farming sector. The carbon footprint of the 68 dwellings across these holdings is not monitored as the energy consumption and billing of that consumption…