Including 12 closely related terms such as low carbon, carbon, and carbon saving.
… efficiency programmes for buildings; and the need to reduce waste and ban waste-to-landfill. This context has informed the development of this strategy and actions to tackle these areas are specified under the Action Plan section. The Government’s 2017 Industrial Strategy White Paper embeds the principle of a low carbon economy and says it is essential for maintaining our quality of life and ensuring…
… our continued prosperity. Many of the actions required to support the five foundations of productivity (ideas, people, infrastructure, business environment and places), will also support action on climate change. Clean growth and the future of mobility it says are also critical to a low carbon future. The locally approved ‘Berkshire Local Industrial Strategy’, developed by the Thames Valley…
…. Emissions trajectory to net zero - Roadmap to 2050 3.3 As a borough, we must begin to reduce carbon emissions across all sectors immediately. Residents, businesses and community groups will all need to act to achieve the emissions reductions required. The council has set out a trajectory for the borough but only if all areas of society act, will the targets be met. Furthermore, achieving these targets…
…. This is to ensure that as an organisation committed to environmental excellence, we lead by example, encouraging others in the borough to follow. 2.6 We will use the local authority data published by BEIS each year to track progress towards our net zero target as a borough and to inform the actions we need to collectively take to make progress. We will also calculate the carbon saving impact of actions we…
… arising from energy consumption take place in buildings. Taking action to reduce building emissions is key to realising the borough’s net zero emission ambitions. Most buildings in the borough that will be here in 2050 have already been built. Our focus therefore will be to look at how best to support existing buildings to improve their energy efficiency and transition to low carbon heat and power…