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London Borough of Hillingdon

… purchasing electrical power on a certified green tariff and, installing solar panels on our buildings. Buying ‘green’ power means that all our electrical power is allocated from renewable energy sources such as large-scale wind and solar farms which supply the national grid. Whilst this meant our carbon footprint reduced substantially after 2020, we also must plan for when this type of ‘green…

… runs until 2024. This means we can be assured that our electrical power component of our service is currently zero-carbon. We still use fossil fuels for heating and hot water and this use needs to be reduced. Over the lifetime of this strategy, we will replace and upgrade these heating systems with more efficient, low carbon and renewable power alternatives such as solar thermal and air…

… corporate buildings including the Civic Centre • Street lighting programme, replacing 23,700 sodium lights with more efficient LED units. • Installation of solar panels across various buildings • Five hybrid and three full electric cars purchased. • 50 operational vehicles upgraded to EURO 6 specification, reducing engine exhaust emissions. The London Borough of Hillingdon is already one of the greenest…

… neutral operations by 2030. This is a challenging target that will require new ways of working, innovative approaches to our operations and a carefully coordinated use of the funds available. It will involve using our own building stock and land to host electricity generating technology, for example through the installation of solar panels. This cleaner energy generation will help us to reduce…

… Plan C4 Using and producing clean and green energy C4.1 To ensure and certify that the council secures energy supplies from low or clean forms of generation by 2030. C4.2 To investigate opportunities for large scale electricity generation from council owned land (e.g. solar farms). Theme 4 Commentary Using and producing clean and green energy The consultation showed support for us…