Including the closely related terms streetlights, lighting, and street lighting.
… across the Council, including: All council buildings (including offices, maintained schools, other) Street lighting Council fleet School travel Staff travel (including staff using their personal cars for Council business (grey fleet)), rail, taxi and other forms of travel i.e., hire cars) Others (including outsourced services delivered for the Council by wholly owned companies - TDA and SWISCo…
… for a number of years. Recent actions include: Commenced the development of two solar farms in Torbay Installation of solar PV panels, electric forklift trucks and LED lighting across the Council estate Delivered a range of energy efficiency and low carbon heating installations across the estate and local schools Installed efficient energy saving LED streetlights Upgraded some of the fleet to be more…
… 2024 Explore the development of a sustainable design and construction policy for all new buildings/infrastructure projects built by/on the behalf of the Council Upgrade remaining streetlighting (~30-35%) to new LED lighting and investigate ways to further reduce consumption and improve efficiency across traffic signals and other highways assets Travel Staff travel and journeys made by our fleet…
… robust carbon footprint for the Council * Review the corporate energy contract in 2023 and procure greener energy from 2024 * * Spend at least £225,000 on energy efficiency projects through the existing Salix Recycling Fund. * * * Spend £1m on projects to decarbonise our estate and fleet/other. * * * Upgrade remaining streetlighting (~30-35%) to new LED lighting and investigate ways…
… plan. Council estate, energy and streetlighting In some cases, the energy (gas and electricity) use in council buildings can make up 70% of a council’s direct carbon emissions. Over the next 8 years we will work towards decarbonising the estate, starting with understanding and improving the worst performing buildings. Over the next two years we will: Provide additional resources to understand…