Including the closely related terms lighting, and street lighting.
… influence 5 Policy Context 5 Co-benefits of climate action 7 Council Estate & Operations 8 Corporate Building Stock 9 School Buildings 10 Street Lighting 11 Fleet 11 Procurement 11 Decision Making 12 Carbon Literacy 13 Reducing emissions from transport 14 Reducing emissions from existing homes 15 Reducing…
… the largest contributor (47%), followed by schools (31%), street lighting (17%) and fleet (5%). 9 | Corporate Climate Change Action Plan The following text sets out the steps required that will start to reduce emissions from all of these areas. As will be discussed elsewhere in this report, we will not be able to reduce our emissions to absolute zero, which means those…
… schools need to be net zero by 2030 Street Lighting (17% of emissions) How to reduce emissions Around 70% of publicly owned street lighting has already been converted to run on LED bulbs, however this still leaves 6,705 street lights on the adopted highway which will need to be converted to also run on LED bulbs. What we need to do In order to convert the remaining street lighting…
…, e.g. heat pumps • using more efficient lighting • use energy efficient devices and machines • installing Solar PV • investing in Building Energy Management Systems • factoring energy use into considerations around assets and occupancy times In terms of the building’s occupants, this means we must change behaviour so that people: • only use the energy they need • recognise the need…
… forms of heating, e.g. heat pumps • using more efficient lighting • use energy efficient devices and machines 11 | Corporate Climate Change Action Plan • installing Solar PV • investing in Building Energy Management Systems • factoring energy use into considerations around assets and occupancy times In terms of the building’s occupants, this means we must change…