Including 7 closely related terms such as heating, heating scheme, and heating.
… vulnerable households, and people on low incomes. History and topography have placed housing in valleys in off gas grid places where frost pockets occur and initiatives like district heating schemes are more difficult and expensive to retrofit. Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) are the main providers of new and affordable rented housing for people in the Scottish Borders and have a key role…
… education and training 3 I A starter for 10! Why Is Net Zero Necessary and What is it? 1. Climate change is down to more greenhouse gases or GHGs, mainly carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N20) and methane (CH4) in our atmosphere than are produced naturally. Our world is heating up, ice is melting, seas are warming, and our climate is becoming less stable with disastrous…
… consequences. It is the most pressing challenge of our time. 2. We are the source of these additional GHGs through our carbon footprint. Since the Industrial Revolution, people have added more and more GHGs into our air. Instead of keeping Earth at a warm, stable temperature, these additional gases are intensifying the ‘greenhouse effect’ and our planet is heating up. 3. We now accept the cause…
… loos that can fit a shower or all ability access if needed. Homes are warmed by affordable to run heat pumps, fitted by engineers trained in the Borders and use clean electricity. High carbon fuel systems and fuel poverty are gone. Natural polymers from Border trees insulate our older homes and businesses and provide textiles for clothes and furnishing. Our children walk and cycle…
… brand of soap — it’s like convincing someone to use soap in the first place." Futerra www.futera.co.uk http://www.futera.co.uk/ 7 People are being asked to make major alterations to their way of life: to the way they heat their homes, drive their cars, chuck their waste and to the food they eat within a new green economy. It will not be a straight swap from old…