Including the closely related term lighting.
… of the remaining predominantly complex projects continues to progress, which includes the installation of passively safe lighting columns. A small further increase in streetlighting emissions (c.2%) is expected for 2024-25 due to the Council adopting new streetlighting assets. In future years any increased energy consumption should be offset by continuing improvements in LED light efficiency, grid…
… target of 2032, or sooner, and the County’s net zero target of 2050, and the challenges being faced to reduce emissions from corporate property, streetlighting, core fleet and grey fleet. 2. Information and Analysis Background 2.1 As set out in the Corporate Environment Policy and the Climate Change Strategy, the Council has established a net zero target for its estate…
…). The Council’s net zero target includes four sources of emissions: • Corporate property (gas, electricity, oil and propane use) – excluding schools • Streetlighting (electricity use) • Core fleet (mileage) • Grey fleet (mileage) 2.4 Carbon emissions from the Council estate and operations (the above four sources combined) have fallen by 7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24, from 12,624 tonnes…
… Streetlighting 2,455 tonnes 3% increase 86% reduction Core fleet 1,305 tonnes 6% reduction 72% reduction Grey fleet 1,353 tonnes 15% reduction 75% reduction Total 11,759 tonnes 7% reduction 73% reduction Table 2: Explanation of Council emissions and key activities Emissions Source Progress to reduce emissions Corporate Property Despite a 11% reduction in energy use from the Council’s…
… but will rise over time. Streetlighting Despite electricity use for streetlighting being 4% lower in 2023-24 than in 2022-23, carbon emissions rose by 3%, again due to the increase in the carbon intensity of UK grid electricity. The streetlighting LED replacement programme is nearing completion with 99.4% of the Council’s 89,000 streetlighting assets now converted to LED. The delivery…