Including the closely related term government.
… efficient sources of heating and lighting, encouraging behaviour change and looking for opportunities to add renewable sources of energy such as solar PV. Corporate Energy: This refers to the energy purchased by the Council for its operations. We will reduce energy usage and move to using ‘clean’ energy to meet our remaining energy needs. Governance and Procurement: We will expect all our…
… electricity generation becoming cleaner whereas the emissions associated with gas remaining largely static throughout and make up an increasing proportion of the total. These figures are based on government forecasts so, while they are long term forecasts and liable to change, they are as realistic estimates as possible now. Page 13 of 31 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Corporate Carbon…
… and delivered. • Heating strategy will need to be a focus but may be developed more clearly as government policy evolves. In terms of technology though, heating stoves suitable for use with a variety of fuels including hydrogen are already available for purchase. • LED and rooftop solar are likely to figure in early actions. • Reduction in emissions from third party contracts will be essential…
… when all effort has been made to reduce carbon emissions. To adhere to the convention of carbon reduction, only emissions that cannot be abated by other means should be offset. Significant offsetting leaves the Council exposed to the market to meet their target. The carbon offsetting costs (£/tonne CO₂e) used in this analysis are based on government forecast figures in a mid-range scenario…
… local opportunities to invest in activity which extracts CO2 from the atmosphere. E.g., local bio-diversity schemes (see Green Alliance report “New routes to decarbonise land use” and the government’s Biodiversity Strategy 2020). A detailed analysis of the various modelled scenarios can be found in the full LASER report in appendix A. Central Scenario As stated above the charts of net…