Including the closely related term solar.
… we purchase for our own use. This is mainly the emissions from the electricity that we buy. Our largest consumer of electricity is street lighting. Business centres and offices are the next largest users. We have a small number of sites that generate electricity using solar power export a small amount of electricity to the grid. Scope 3 – 19% of our emissions, or 1,263 tCO2e. These are any…
…) Our current position Our 2019 baseline emissions from buildings were 3,374 tCO2e. We have installed energy conservation measures in 22 of our buildings through the Smart Energy Greater Lincolnshire project. Eight of our buildings have generate electricity from solar power. We have energy dashboards for some of our buildings, that all staff can see and monitor. Since April 2020 we have…
…, including putting energy measures into public buildings, supporting local businesses with grant funding, solar projects, we now need to take further steps towards achieving net zero. This plan represents our own analysis of what actions we now need to take. Climate emergency declaration In September 2019, a climate emergency was declared in North East Lincolnshire. As a council we confirmed our…
… vehicles, but with more technologies now available there are more opportunities to expand this into all the fleet, including larger vehicles. There is the opportunity for us to demonstrate and encourage the use of electric vehicles within North East Lincolnshire. The greening of modes of transport can also be linked to renewable generation projects, such as solar carports and EV charge points…