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Devon County Council

… will be implemented where feasible: The budget for providing new school buildings is largely provided by national government using a prescribed formula. Examples of innovative approaches that have been implemented include the Montgomery Primary School in Exeter which was the UK’s first Passivhaus certified school and the new Loddiswell Primary School generates more energy over a year than it consumes…

… of building maintenance lies with the individual governing bodies. 3.3. County Farm Dwellings’ Carbon Footprint The authority provides 65 tenanted county farm dwellings generally as starter businesses to enable new entrants into the farming sector. The carbon footprint of the 68 dwellings across these holdings is not monitored as the energy consumption and billing of that consumption…

… the decarbonisation of local-authority-maintained schools in collaboration with local governance arrangements. 4.3. County Farm Dwellings’ Carbon Footprint The council will use its role as a responsible landlord to improve the energy efficiency of the dwellings in the county farm’s estate. 4.4. Innovation The authority will continue to take opportunities to evaluate and test new approaches…

… for many elements of building maintenance lie with the individual governing bodies. 10.2. The Council’s Approach 10.2.1. Existing School Buildings The building maintenance activity that is the responsibility of the council will continue to look to install the best available technology for the budget available and make use of grant funding. As an example, the heating maintenance projects…

… loans for energy projects to all schools in each area. These will be useful to the schools to install energy measures that are the responsibility of local governing bodies. 10.2.2. New School Buildings Meeting current building regulations generally results in a new building achieving Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) level B. Innovative approaches to go beyond minimum requirements…