Including 7 closely related terms such as low carbon, carbon, and carbon emissions.
… Ayrshire Council has been pro-active in reducing carbon emissions since establishing the Carbon Management Plan in 2005. Subsequently, the first Environmental Sustainability & Climate Change Strategy (ESCCS) was published in 2014 and was updated in 2017. 2.5 The ESCCS 2017-2020 builds on the success of the first strategy and sets an area wide target to reduce carbon emissions by 40…
… behaviours in energy, waste and transport. 2.14 Further areas being developed for incorporation into the ESCCS (2020-2023) include expanding the Council’s work on generating renewable energy. This has the potential to meet a variety of Council objectives, specifically reducing carbon emissions, tackling fuel poverty, generating income and supporting local jobs and businesses. A previous action…
… the Home Energy Efficiency Programme: Area Based Scheme to reduce heat loss and subsequent heating requirements. • Installing our first low carbon heat networks fuelled by biomass boilers during the redevelopment of two sheltered housing units in Dalry and Stevenston. • Installing solar PV panels on roofs of 290 Council houses, saving tenants on average £188 per year. • Investing nearly £1m…
… on a 2005/06 baseline year). We should seek to address this shortfall and support the reduction trend by investigating carbon absorption solutions, developing renewable energy generation opportunities and investing in new technologies to deliver low carbon heat and energy supplies across domestic, non-domestic and transport sectors. 2.10 The ESCCS (2020-2023) which is being developed will also…