Including the closely related terms public transport, transport, and sustainable transport.
… will be generated from renewable sources, including the way we heat our comfortable, energy efficient buildings. • All of County Durham’s transport will be ultra-low carbon and everyone will have access to safe and reliable public transport, while cycling and walking by choice whenever possible. • Our natural environment will be thriving, and it will easily offset minimal remaining carbon emissions. • Our…
… and sustainability. It can help realise additional carbon savings from design aspects such as sustainable transport, soft landings, and embedded carbon/use of sustainable materials, which do not tend to be captured in more traditional design evaluation mechanisms. BREEAM also provides a complimentary route for broader Council priorities, relating to ecology and sustainable procurement for example…
… a move away from a car centric society, which is facilitated by how new developments are currently designed and instead focus upon how new developments connect with existing communities and local public transport and cycling networks. 6https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-homes-standard-changes-to-part-l-and-part-f-of-the-building-regulations-for-new-dwellings 7https://ukgbc.s3…
…-content/uploads/2019/04/05150855/Net-Zero-Carbon-Buildings-A-framework-definition-print-version.pdf “Facilitating and enabling green travel routes, public transport, electric vehicle charging and fast broadband connectivity”. Transport and Connectivity Transport in County Durham accounted for one third (34%) of the total carbon footprint of the county in 2019 (excluding motorway…
… traffic and trains on the East Coast Mainline). Where we are now in 2022 EV charging points are being installed in many areas to help facilitate access for all and all new dwellings must have an EV charging point installed. Superfast broadband services are available to the vast majority of households. There has been investment in public transport but encouraging people to go back on buses…