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North West Leicestershire District Council

… with BEIS energy mission to halve energy use in new buildings. Passivhaus or equivalent should be considered and an assessment against Net Zero Carbon should be required. 3y Use policy intervention to prevent the installation of any new fossil fuel heating system (e.g. gas boilers) from 2020 3y Use policy intervention to prevent the installation of any gas-fired CHP system from 2019 3y Assess new…

… land Buildings and towns 3y Start retrofitting or demolish and rebuild existing housing owned by the Council • Improve building energy efficiency: insulation, improved airtightness and better windows • Install Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) wherever possible • Retrofit heat pumps • Install PV Target high emission homes first (e.g. those using coal or oil…

…). Undertake a pilot project/exemplar a pilot project/exemplar to establish costs and programme requirements for wider roll out. 3y Set best practice energy standards of future housing built or acquired by the Council, or on Council land. This should be consistent with the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) Report on the future of housing (i.e space heating demand < 15-20 kWh/m2…

….yr). Passivhaus or equivalent should be considered and an assessment against Net Zero Carbon should be required. 3y Start retrofitting existing buildings owned and operated by the Council (e.g. Council’s offices) • Improve building energy efficiency: insulation, improved airtightness and better windows • Install Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) wherever possible • Retrofit…

… heat pumps • Use energy management to reduce energy use • Install PV 3y Set best practice energy standards of new buildings built or acquired by the Council. This should be consistent with BEIS energy mission to halve energy use in new buildings. Passivhaus or equivalent should be considered and an assessment against Net Zero Carbon should be required. 3y Develop a Net Zero Carbon retrofit…