Including the closely related terms retrofitting, and housing retrofit.
… opportunities for growth. Nevertheless the transition to a zero carbon economy presents enormous challenges, both in providing the quantities of skilled labour to undertake the transition, such as the decommissioning of gas boilers and housing retrofits, but also finding alternative energy sources or other forms of employment for those currently engaged in high carbon industries. The council…
… to target grants to those in need, who cannot afford repayments to improve their homes; o For the government to incentivise private home owners to undertake the necessary retrofitting. Even with these actions, the city is unlikely to achieve a net zero position in regard to the existing housing stock without the full decarbonisation of heat. The council is actively working with the LEPs…
… Woodland creation, £1.4m, and £800k for the retrofitting of Council buildings. This excludes the transport investment in Connecting Leeds and the Council’s new council house building programme, both of which have low carbon at their heart. Despite this, much more is needed. The Council will continue to prioritise the strategy to carbon-neutral in its capital strategy. The city, however, also…
…, more attractive environment. The vision can only be achieved with the active support of the citizens of Leeds, public and private sector institutions, the third sector and national government. Recommendations a) Approve £800,000 injection of capital to retrofit seven council buildings; b) Approve the target to move to 100% electricity provided by green sources immediately through…
…, these buildings alone will save over 550 tonnes of CO2 per year. 3.3.7 The reduction in estate size and the energy retrofitting of our estate is forecast to reduce our emissions by circa 40%. However, there is still a key decision to be made at a national level about how heat will be decarbonised and this means that in the interim there will be a number of our buildings that will continue to be heated…