… current carbon footprint and develop a pathway to reach net zero by 2030. As part of this process, the Council engaged an external consultant (LASER) to conduct a detailed assessment of current CO2 emissions across the Council’s services and estate. This enables the Council to know its total footprint and identify the buildings or services generating the highest CO2 emissions so they can…
… for carbon to 2030 The outlined projects, detailed below in section 7, do not at this stage enable the Council to reach ‘neutral’ emission by 2030 – there is a gap to target of 776 tCO2e. Therefore, remaining carbon reduction not achieved by 2030 and which keeps emissions above net zero would need to be ‘offset’ i.e., ‘gap to target’. Carbon offsetting enables the Council to invest…
… critical to reaching net zero. Net Zero Carbon Modelling & Outputs To develop a programme of activity for carbon management LASER were tasked to model several options and scenarios aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2030. The modelling is designed to aid decision making and is based on current factors and state of the market technologies, with the BAU forecast used as a baseline…
…. The key impacts of the various scenarios are shown by the net emissions and net cashflow which clearly demonstrate the cumulative impact of the selected option on the Council’s emissions. With each model providing an indication of the differing strategies to achieve net zero by 2030 and of the high level of financial investment required and the amount of carbon offsetting, (‘gap to target…
… change in emissions from current levels to zero carbon will be considered as part of any contract extension or renewal. This is reflected in emissions from 2029 onwards. • Grounds Maintenance contract were assumed to abate in a linear fashion from current levels to net zero over the course of the next contract. To be built into the service specifications at service renewal in 2021/22…