Including 14 closely related terms such as renewable, renewable energy, and renewable energy generation.
… £850,000. Installed nearly 1.5MW of renewable energy generation on buildings which, in addition to reducing energy bills, generated an income from the Renewable Heat Incentive and Feed In-Tariff of approximately £8,000 in 2021-22. Changed the way we work. For example, our agile working programme enables staff to work flexibly from a range of sites, including from home. It enables the Council to have…
… certified through the Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin scheme (REGOs). This started on 1 April 2020 and will continue, subject to availability and price. This applies to corporate sites and has been offered to schools. This action is not counted towards the Council’s carbon reduction target as this is not considered to be good practice because, although it signals a growing interest in renewables…
… to companies that generate and supply electricity, it does not directly increase the investment in renewable energy generation. Table 1 and figure 7 set out the Council’s progress to date in meeting its first five year carbon reduction budget, which covers 2020-25. A reduction of 13% was achieved in 2020-21, due to a combination of investment in carbon reduction measures, the continued decarbonisation…
… into account a reduction in the Council’s energy bills as a result of the investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy measures, and a discount rate of 3.5% per year. The model includes a number of simplifying assumptions, for example that the Council’s estate and service delivery do not change over time and that technology and energy costs also remain static. Consequently, the modelling should…
… to work digitally and providing discounted travel by public transport and season-ticket loans to encourage the use of public transport. Changed our approach to procurement to enable more goods and services to be delivered by local businesses, which reduces the transport impact of our supply chain. Purchased electricity for buildings and street lighting supplied from renewable sources, independently…