Including the closely related terms business transport, and transport services.
… understand our Carbon Footprint and address priorities for becoming carbon neutral. 3.4 When tackling Bridgend County Borough’s community-based emissions that include community and business transport and energy and heat for homes, for example, here, the Council has a role in influencing, driving and facilitating change. Therefore aligning low carbon strategies and sharing best practice with Local…
… schemes on our estate of buildings and land to produce electricity that offset demands. Look at how we buy energy Smart metering across our entire estate Transport: Full electrification/ or hydrogen fuelling of our fleet Rapid expansion of community electric charging Employee commuting and business travel Commissioned Transport Services specify electric for example; Home to School…
… collaboration, academia, industry and the third sector and helping create sustainable jobs. 3.2 The areas of focus for decarbonisation are energy, transport, buildings and open spaces. The energy focus is to reduce the amount used and shift energy production to clean sources. Utilising buildings better, designing new ones to be energy efficient, using open spaces to provide carbon offset and provide…
… direct renewable power opportunities, changing fleet and buying better overall. These aspects are in the control of the Council to influence and change. 3.3 Carbon emissions are measurable on what the Council own and buy for communities, for example: how energy is purchased and used, buildings heated and powered, transport contracts or fleet purchased. Data collection needs improving to fully…
… down into smaller areas and then targeting and resourcing the changes necessary to reduce emissions (i.e. energy, transport, buildings) and increase offsets (i.e. solar panels, heating schemes, green infrastructure, tree planting, wetlands). It is also essential to make the areas specific, to help engage staff, residents and business in what Bridgend want to achieve. Where we are now 4.3…