Including the closely related terms heating, and heating.
… in a broad geographic area encompassing Eastbourne. The Strategy outlines a vision for achieving clean growth through the year 2050, with a focus on the power, heat and transportation sectors. • The East Sussex Local Transport Plan (2011) runs up to 2026 and seeks to improve sustainable transport within the county and the Transport Strategy for the South East (due 2020) by Transport for the South…
…, or wood. This primarily includes fuel used in homes and other buildings to provide heating and hot water, and petrol or diesel used in vehicles. For the borough wide emissions estimates, this is restricted to fuels used within the geographic boundaries of Eastbourne Borough. • Scope 2 Indirect emissions associated with the generation of electricity. For the borough wide estimate, this includes…
…. The largest emitter in the borough is the domestic sector at 44% of total emissions. The non-domestic sector accounted for 30% whilst transport followed closely behind with 26%. By fuel type, the largest emission source is from grid supplied gas at 41% of emissions, primarily this is used for heating purposes within the borough. Electricity use accounts for 30% of emissions. https…
… decreased, likely due to the move away from solid and oil based heating in older properties and businesses and the increasing efficiency of gas boilers. Although only representing a small percentage of the overall borough emissions land use sequestration has increased demonstrating that although we are largely urban the borough has potentially improved the ability of our land to capture carbon…
… is the next highest priority. The National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios (FES) indicate that even under a scenario that meets the UK’s net zero by 2050 (Two Degrees), electricity demand still increases. On the other hand, SCATTER’s High Ambition Pathway assumes that electricity demand reduces due to improvements to efficiency of operation. Factors such as increased electrification of heat…