Including the closely related terms lighting, and street lighting.
… of emissions are street lighting, its buildings and fleet. The council has already acquired the largest local government electric vehicle fleet in the UK, committed to halve the energy required for street lighting by transferring to LED and to replace gas in our city centre buildings with district heating. A series of further recommendations are made to the Executive Board, which include the following…
… zone related implementation and help with business to upgrade vehicles £47m, £16m of Council Housing Stock energy efficiency schemes, the Housing Leeds District heating scheme £36m, Street Lighting LED and other lighting replacement schemes £31m. The Council has provided £7.5m for the upgrade of its van fleet to electric. This Executive Board is considering approvals for Climate Emergency…
… of the council’s emissions and our five year aims. These are the emissions that are produced as a result of our estate and the fleet that we operate. Table 1 2018 Tonnes CO2e Proportion of emissions 2025 Tonnes CO2e Street lighting 13,821 20% 0 Buildings (gas) 28,618 40% 20,600 Buildings (electricity) 18,107 26% 1,405 Fleet 10,274 15% 9,000 Total 70,820 31,005 Our…
… buildings and street lighting 3.3.2 Since 2013 the council’s estate has been reduced by over a million ft2 of office space and the ambition is that over the next five years that this rationalisation will continue to deliver at least a further 20% reduction in the size of our office accommodation. This equates to just over 200,000 ft2. 3.3.3 This is estimated to reduce our emissions from gas…
… by gas. 3.3.8 There is also a four year £25 million investment programme to improve the energy efficiency of street lighting, saving 7,050 tonnes of CO2e per annum. Green electricity 3.3.9 There is also the potential for the council to enter into a ‘corporate power purchase agreement’ in order to reduce the impact of emissions associated with its own electricity consumption. Through…