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London Borough of Wandsworth

… providing a full assessment of the benefits and viability of utilisation of cleaner and green technologies. The Green Homes Grant funding from central government includes a full suite of retrofit works to four tenanted properties including the installation of solar PVs, LED lighting and upgraded heating and heating controls. These works, which are underway, will improve the energy efficiency…

… improvements and low carbon heating, reducing carbon emissions, making homes warmer and reducing fuel bills for those that most need it. 26. A paper was reported to the Housing and Regeneration OSC meeting in September 2020 which set out what the Council will do to improve Wandsworth’s social housing and reduce carbon emissions. This includes commissioning a stock condition survey to identify…

… (Direct emissions): Activities owned, controlled or paid for by the Council that release emissions straight into the atmosphere. They are direct emissions and include combustion in gas boilers owned or controlled by the Council, or from petrol and diesel fuelled vehicles. • Scope 2 (Energy indirect): Emissions released into the atmosphere associated with use of electricity, heat, steam and cooling…

… gas heating to low carbon heating such as heat pumps, leading to a reduction in Scope 1 emissions. 44. As the vehicle fleet is predominantly powered by combustion engines, fuel consumption over the years 2017/18 – 2019/20 has remained fairly steady. There is a continued shift from diesel to petrol vehicles, which reduces the emissions of gases and particulates that contribute to air…

… 42.28 tCO2e, 161,581 kwh of solar power in 2018/19, saving 45.26 tCO2e and 165,626 kwh of solar power in 2019/20, saving 42.33 tCO2e. Whilst electricity usage is expected to increase as the heating of the Council’s operational buildings and fleet are electrified, because of the purchase of zero carbon electricity overall emissions will continue to reduce as there is a shift from gas…