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Cheshire West and Chester Council

…. Examples include: • the purchase of Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin Certificates • investment in directly supplied renewable energy systems • reforestation and tree planting • Gold Standard Carbon offsets. All offsets are to be demonstrated to be additional or accelerated and would not have taken place without the Council offsetting residual emissions. Governance…

…. It is the intention to address many of the financing gaps with innovation and partnering arrangements. Examples of this include utilising our estate to generate electricity and creating a further investment partnership with schools for the utilisation of renewable energy sources. Corporate Funding In order to support low-carbon projects and programmes, the Council’s budget and capital programme includes…

… cost effective ways to improve a building. Electric Vehicle (EV) Vehicles which operate fully or partially on electricity Global warming A slow and steady increase in the temperature of the earth and its atmosphere. Green Energy Otherwise referred to as renewable energy, and produced using renewable sources such as the sun, wind and wave technologies which are less polluting. Green House…

… buildings and cooking to electric allows the power to be produced from an direct owned or certified renewably generated source e.g. solar, wind, hydro or tidal. • Improving building envelopes (BE) – where viable to increase insulation, install or renew windows and doors to increase thermal efficiency and reducing the amount of gas needed to heat to appropriate temperatures • Asset…

… Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Lighting Long lasting, energy efficient lighting Low Carbon Energy Energy produced from renewable sources including the sun, wind, waves and nuclear. Net Zero The point at which emissions produced are equal to or less than emissions removed – usually by offsetting. Offsetting Act of compensating for emissions produced, for example tree planting or carbon capture…