Including the closely related term land use.
… suppliers o Leading change in the borough o Lobbying national government Industry o Innovative technologies o Industry support Natural Environments o Increased tree coverage & tree planting o Land use management o Sustainable consumption o Carbon offsetting strategy Energy Supply o Increased wind capacity o Increase solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity o Increase the capacity…
… potential. The emissions profile covers emissions generated within the borough boundary (scopes 1 & 2), as well as some emissions that occur outside of the borough as a result of activities taking place within the borough (scope 3). Not all subsectors can be neatly summarised as a “slice” of this chart. Emissions from land use act as a carbon sink for the region, sequestering carbon from…
…% Aviation: 6.5% Off-road transport: 0.1% Wastewater: 0.7% Industrial process: 10.9% Livestock: 0.1% Land use: -0.2% Total net emissions: 1,177 ktCO2e Figure 3.1: SCATTER 2018 inventory for Slough shown by sub-sector Continuous Improvement: The SCATTER tool has been enhanced this year to offer the council greater visibility of emissions sources associated with the borough. The council’s…
…%): Buildings from which commercial businesses operate e.g. shops, shopping centres, offices, restaurants etc. o Fugitive emissions (1.8%): Fugitive emissions are leaks and releases of gases from a pressurized containment - such as appliances, storage tanks and pipelines. 0.1% of emissions in Slough come from livestock and land use acts as a net carbon ‘sink’ of -0.2% o Livestock (0.1…
…%): Including emissions from both dairy and non-dairy cattle as well as other farm livestock. o Land use (-0.2%): These emissions estimations rely heavily on DEFRA estimations on land use types and include emissions produced as well as sequestration. Only CO2 is considered for land use, so the figure quoted for sequestration is likely to be an underestimate. 30.8% of emissions in Slough come from…