Including 5 closely related terms such as heating, heating, and area heating.
… baseline. In the third phase, emphasis will be placed on large-scale renewable energy generation. An area heating plan was considered as part of the original Carbon Programme in conjunction with other establishments but it proved uneconomically viable to implement in even our most populous area. TRANSPORT NUMBE R Action/Description Comments 20 Enable the rapid shift to electric vehicles…
…. PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE NUMBE R Action/Description Comments 11 Identify the most vulnerable people in the areas most at risk of flooding and high heat levels and target adaptation policies, actions and spending to these areas. Climate change has a major impact on our weather of course and on sea levels, the effects of which are already apparent to us now. It is likely to become worse…
… are being heard. BUILDINGS NUMBE R Action/Description Comments 13 Retrofit council-owned properties with high levels of insulation. The Council has taken action to insulate the majority of its buildings to a high standard, including schools. Most of the work was carried out between 2011 and 2017, including bedroom insulation at 300mm, wall cavities, heating and hot water pipes. The cost…
… to the highest possible standards in terms of the quality of the houses they build, and certainly the insulation standards and modern heating techniques that do not use fossil fuels. 17 Enforce building standards. This is most certainly being done through the Building Regulations Service. 18 Require homes built on council land to be extremely energy efficient, using the Passivhaus standard…
… or similar. There has been no significant building of houses on council land for some time, but with the advent of our new Housing Strategy, we will need to ensure that any housing built on our land in future meets the highest possible practicable energy efficiency standards. 19 Develop a heating and energy efficiency strategy for the area. We are on the verge of the third phase…