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London Borough of Hillingdon

… Climate Action Plan How we have reduced our own carbon emissions Between 2010 and 2020, the we achieved a significant reduction in carbon emissions arising from gas, electric and vehicle fuels use. The reasons for this are two-fold. Investment in systems and technology (shown below) and behavioural changes across services which reduce carbon emissions and, the gradual decarbonisation of the UK…

… to be done regarding aviation at a global and national level. For our resident’s health, well-being, and the local economy, we will continue to support and lobby for any activities to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality at the airport. 17The Strategic Climate Action Plan C2 The Council’s Own Operations C2.1 All our operational assets under our direct operational control…

… runs until 2024. This means we can be assured that our electrical power component of our service is currently zero-carbon. We still use fossil fuels for heating and hot water and this use needs to be reduced. Over the lifetime of this strategy, we will replace and upgrade these heating systems with more efficient, low carbon and renewable power alternatives such as solar thermal and air…

… electrical power network. • Installation of low carbon and renewable technology at various community facilities around the borough. • Active measures to improve local air quality and deter motorists from leaving their vehicle engine idling, particularly around schools. • Private sector housing, All Tenures: working with government led schemes across our housing stock insulation and heating…

…, there are only a few electric refuse collection vehicles available on the market and these are significantly more costly than Euro 6 diesel vehicles. Similarly, we are also responsible for a range of buildings with gas boilers. Some of these are already highly efficient. Replacing these with zero carbon technology would be costly, but only provide a relatively small carbon saving. We need to understand…