Including the closely related terms lighting, and street lighting.
… ❚ Corporate estate 8 ❚ Schools 11 ❚ ICT 13 ❚ Street lighting 16 ❚ Transport - fleet vehicles and business mileage 18 Commitment Climate change has continued to rise steeply up international, national and local agendas. To help avoid the potentially devastating effects of climate change, the UK government has established that we need to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 per…
… and greenhouse gas emissions in the council estate and council activities. Overall target To reduce greenhouse gas emissions 1 by 3 per cent per annum. Scope Emissions in scope for the Carbon Management Plan and target are from: ❚ energy consumption in buildings (including schools) ❚ electricity consumption in street lighting (including lighting for signs, bollards etc) ❚ fuel use in fleet…
… Gloucestershire Council Carbon Management Plan 2012 www.southglos.gov.uk 4 Greenhouse gas emissions by source 2010/11 Schools 48% Business mileage paid 3% Fleet vehicle fuel 7% Street lighting 24% Corporate buildings 18% The base year for greenhouse gas reporting was 1 April 2009 – 1 April 2010 (set to align with Government’s new local GHG reporting requirements 3). The council’s overall target…
… of the increased use of ICT and greater use of school facilities outside the traditional school day) partially offset by a 5.04 per cent decrease in other buildings and a 1.12 per cent decrease in street lighting. 3 http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/indicators/ni185/ni185.aspx The table below provides a breakdown of where GHG emissions from the council’s estate and activities…
… in schools 964.09 1,694.13 -43.09 Heating oil in all non school buildings 230.11 225.15 2.20 Electricity in schools 8,078.07 7,650.02 5.60 Electricity in all non school buildings 3,504.72 3,690.53 -5.04 Electricity in street lighting 7,364.49 7,848.47 -1.12 Fleet vehicle fuel 2,028.17 2,113.29 -4.03 Business mileage paid 968.74 1,139.82 -15.01 GHG emissions data for period 1 April 2009 to 31 March…