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Swale Borough Council

… more to run, and contribute to fuel poverty. A retro-fit programme would help to eliminate fuel poverty. Swale’s homes also need to switch from gas central heating, which is a major source of greenhouse gases, to highly efficient low- carbon heating (such as heat pumps). The government provides grants for installing low carbon heating, through the Renewable Heat Incentive. The UK needs to fit…

… around one million low carbon heating systems per year. A fair share for Swale would be to fit 2,181 low carbon heating systems every year. To date there are only 128 government funded low carbon heating systems in the Swale area. As soon as possible, all new buildings in Swale should be built and tested to a zero carbon specification. This can be achieved through the development of the emerging…

… organisational emissions into three broad scopes: • Scope 1: All direct GHG emissions. • Scope 2: Indirect GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam. 10 Swale Borough Council Climate and Ecological Emergency  • Scope 3: Other indirect emissions, such as the extraction and production of purchased materials and fuels, transport-related activities in vehicles not owned…

… Retro-fit Swale House to cut carbon emissions (e.g. extra insulation, triple glazing, heat pump, solar PV). 2025 186 Carbon Trust report March 2020 2 Council CEL Replace SBC fleet vehicles with electric vehicles. 2025 26 6-8 vehicles – 2020 3 Council CEL Revise procurement strategy to embed the climate and ecological emergency into all procurement decisions. 2023 780 Not yet started 4…

… for the council. Early adoption of EVs will provide leadership in the council’s work to improve air quality in the borough. Council operations action plan (High priority key actions in bold.) Dept. Action Target date Annual carbon reduction (tCO2e) Progress 1 Property Retro-fit Swale House to cut carbon emissions (e.g. extra insulation, triple glazing, heat pump, solar PV). 2025 186…