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Arun District Council

… is reached. It will also be important to reduce energy demands and usage in all corporate buildings, reduce non-electric vehicle usage and car mileage, whilst increasing the amount of renewable energy generated and ensuring that biodiversity within the district is enhanced and protected. As can be seen from the diagram below (Figure 1), emissions generated from the council’s housing stock and the waste…

… target, also taking into consideration predicted offsetting figures provided by tree planting and current renewable electricity generation via the PV installed on the Civic Centre. As expected, there will need to be reductions across all three scopes with a significant focus on Scope 3, as this makes up the majority of the council’s total emissions. Figure 3 reflects the 2020-2021 baseline year…

… in large-scale renewable energy generation, woodland creation, or rewilding projects. The council will aim to offset only those emissions which cannot be removed and where possible invest in local projects. It is predicted that by 2030 carbon will cost roughly £700 per tonne. Community Wellbeing, Planning and Neighbourhood Services Long This will help inform the council on offsetting…

… requiring an increase in onsite renewable energy production (PV), installation of heat pumps (where possible), and ensuring a fabric first approach is followed by improving u-values. Currently work is being undertaken to review the impact of upcoming building regulation requirements to inform whether changes are needed to the existing planning condition requiring EVCPs be installed in housing and other…

… Cost 1 Review opportunities to install batteries in the council’s corporate buildings The installation of batteries in the council’s corporate estate would allow for the storage of renewable electricity. It will be important to monitor the feasibility of battery systems and to include these in projects involving heat pumps, PV installations and EV…