Including the closely related terms renewable, and renewable energy.
… had taken steps to improve energy efficiencies and the use of renewable energy included installing solar PV on the tennis centre roof of the St John’s sports centre, lighting changes, and other building improvements. A detailed list of previous actions can be found in appendix A. 1.15 The Council’s carbon footprint was calculated and broken down in a variety of ways in order…
… on the emissions reductions that have previously been achieved throughout the organisation. 1.24 A recommended pathway towards reducing emissions and meeting the Council’s ambition of being carbon neutral by 2030 has been modelled by LASER. The carbon reduction pathway considered the various reduction opportunities currently available to the Council including, energy efficiency, renewable energy…
… emissions and only emissions that cannot be abated by other means offset. When considering a future offsetting strategy, the Council should aim to tackle residual emissions by using high quality certified offsetting methods only and show the level of commitment and leadership through local offsetting schemes where possible. This could for example include investment in community renewable energy…
… generation, procurement of green energy and off-setting. 1.25 To reach its carbon neutral ambition by 2030 as shown in figure 4 below, the Council needs to reduce its’ emission, against business as usual (BAU), by 25 per cent by 2022, 49 per cent by 2025 and 74 per cent by 2030. Page 7 of 20 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Report of the Climate Emergency Advisory Panel…
… schemes and local biodiversity & conservation schemes. Modelled outputs and Financial Implications 2.11 LASER modelled six separate scenarios to assess the carbon and high-level financial implication. Detailed analysis on the modelling can be found both in the Corporate Carbon Descent Plan and the LASER report 2.12 The models included the following assumptions: - • 60% of gas heating…