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Sheffield City Council

… fabric improvements, removing fossil fuels by connecting to district heating schemes where possible or switching to heat pumps and installing rooftop solar PV. 2. Using our land and assets to further our ambitions • Agree a Corporate Asset Management Plan and Strategic Land and Asset Plan and rationalise the Council’s estate to enable investment. This includes how best to dispose of buildings…

…, but the Heart of the City development has high environmental standards and includes a landmark net zero ready office building. Ann’s Grove Primary School The environmentally innovative school commissioned in 2003 included insulation made of recycled denim and maximised the use of timber and natural light and ventilation. District Heating Network Sheffield was one of the first places…

… in the UK to build a district heating network in the 1980s, and has supplied heat to over 2,800 homes and 140 public and private buildings. Its expansion will be a key part of our decarbonisation. P age 24 Maximising the benefits for Sheffield The challenge is huge, but there are also benefits and opportunities that will come from the action we take as we transition to a net zero council…

… opportunities to increase biodiversity and potentially reduce emissions. • Assess the potential to increase the number of trees planted on council land. • Identify opportunities for solar PV retrofit on our buildings and homes and renewable energy generation and storage on our land. • Extend the district heat networks to provide heat to council buildings and homes. 3. Decarbonising our fleet…

… in the country over 25 years ago, fuelled by the city’s residual waste. More recently, district heating is increasingly recognised as having the potential to play a large part in the decarbonisation of the city’s heating, and there is the potential to explore new and innovative ways to source its energy, its expansion to serve an increased number of both residential and commercial properties…