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Blaby District Council

… of comprehensive actions to reduce our carbon emissions, with the headline being to hit the net zero target by 2030 for the Council’s activities. In simple terms, this document:  Establishes a framework for reducing carbon emissions  Sets out what our current ‘baseline’ carbon emissions are (or ‘carbon footprint’), so we know where we are starting from and can set meaningful targets…

… determined by the upstream emissions: that is, from the production and distribution of the energy used to charge them. Recent research also suggests that the lifetime carbon emissions of EV’s are approximately half those of a conventional vehicle, with more efficient electric vehicles saving on the carbon produced in the batteries in just two or three years17. Further carbon savings can be made when…

… for energy. As a district we will need to reduce our reliance on gas and instead heat our buildings with low carbon alternatives such as heat pumps. We must change behaviours, embrace energy efficiency technologies and encourage the uptake of modern methods of construction in commercial and domestic buildings. We must explore and take opportunities to influence development through planning policy…

… better windows. Improve the management of energy usage across our assets to highlight and reduce energy use. Short term 6.2.3 Replace existing gas boilers at main offices with low carbon alternative and explore potential for the use of heat pumps. Short term 6.2.4 Identify ways and means of reducing carbon footprint and energy efficiency of our leased assets and use our influence…

… investment in new and existing low carbon energy generating technologies. As of 2018, Blaby had 1345 Solar PV installations generating 10409 mWh of electricity21. If we are to succeed we must significantly increase our local renewable energy generation, with a particular focus on small-medium scale Solar PV (Photovoltaic) installations combined with energy storage. We will aim to participate…