Including the closely related terms streetlights, and lighting.
… streetlighting and lighting our buildings. Scope 3 carbon emissions from sources that the council does not own or control, such as business travel, goods and services that we buy and building materials when constructing new council homes. Bristol City Council Operational Emissions – 2020 - 21 Activities tonnes CO2e Buildings 5,832 Highways electricals 3,438 Council fleet 1,200 Business car mileage…
… in employees’ own vehicles 331 Total 10,801 Wind and solar electricity and heat generation 4,883 We have many different types of buildings and uses of energy with the largest ones being streetlighting, heating and lighting our offices and operating crematoria. 13 Bristol City Council Climate Emergency Action Plan 2022-2025 The city’s emissions Bristol City Council are only responsible…
…%20Strategy%202022-27%20-%20Cabinet%20Version.pdf 6 Bristol City Council Climate Emergency Action Plan 2022-2025 What Bristol City Council can do This action plan sets out the things we intend to do now – those things that are our responsibility or where we are best placed to act. It includes the changes we are making to our own operations such as replacing all our streetlighting with low…
… to the wider city’s carbon neutrality. We also have ongoing programmes for maintenance of streetlights and our buildings and the Budget set in Spring 2022 allocated £19 million of capital funding to help reduce emissions from the council’s buildings and fleet. The plan also includes our work on making the homes we own more energy efficient - a total commitment of £97 million over the next…
… to that strategy. The actions that relate to our own internal operations are listed under ‘Council Operations’. The actions that relate to helping the wider city to make progress are listed as ‘City’. Five of the biggest actions we are working on are: • We are spending £12 million to complete the replacement of all our streetlights with energy efficient bulbs and a new operating system. • We…