Including 6 closely related terms such as heating system, heating systems, and heating systems.
… runs until 2024. This means we can be assured that our electrical power component of our service is currently zero-carbon. We still use fossil fuels for heating and hot water and this use needs to be reduced. Over the lifetime of this strategy, we will replace and upgrade these heating systems with more efficient, low carbon and renewable power alternatives such as solar thermal and air…
… is that it would be unfeasible or unviable to achieve such a position for us. For example, the only way we could be zero carbon is for all vehicles to use zero carbon fuels (i.e. electricity sourced from renewable sources) and for all gas boilers to be replaced by alternative technology running on renewable energy. Facilities such as crematoriums, heated swimming pools and heating systems in our building…
… and ground source heat pumps. In addition, some fleet vehicles will require diesel fuel until a viable electrical replacement can be found. Any remaining fossil fuel use will be mitigated by the carbon offset programme. 6 The Strategic Climate Action Plan Corporate Climate Commitment 4 To raise awareness and develop the potential of young people to respond to the challenge of the climate…
… dioxide in the atmosphere. These ‘greenhouse’ gases occur naturally in the atmosphere, trapping heat that comes from the sun like the glass in a greenhouse. The ‘greenhouse effect’ is a natural occurrence and without it the Earth would be over 30 degrees cooler and uninhabitable. However, due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) and deforestation…
…, concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising and making the natural greenhouse effect more pronounced, trapping more of the sun’s heat and resulting in a rise in the earth’s temperature. Global temperature change 1850 to 2020 (Celcius) 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 -0.4 Various gases contribute to amplifying the natural…