Including the closely related term water usage.
… consumption in the council’s corporate buildings A review on the council’s water usage will help highlight areas where water saving systems could be installed. Examples range from using low water use WCs and no water use urinals to increasing flow restrictors on taps/showers and ensuring leak detection systems are installed. Additional water savings could be made by installing grey water/ rainwater…
… systems, however retrofit systems can have a high cost. This will be considered within action 1 above. Technical Services Ongoing Low emissions reduction, although it does offer important benefits environmentally and reduces costs associated with water usage. Officer time to undertake this work based on project 1. 5 Undertake yearly monitoring of the council’s emissions Yearly…
…. Environment and Climate Change Short Carbon footprint of works will be minimised and offset where possible. No overall net increase in carbon use due to the ongoing management of the completed works. A total of £7.23 million of funding has been secured for this project from the ‘Levelling Up Fund’. 8 Review options to reduce water consumption in the council’s corporate buildings A review…
… on the council’s water usage will help highlight areas where water saving systems could be installed. Examples range from using low water use WCs and no water use urinals to increasing flow restrictors on taps/showers and ensuring leak detection systems are installed. Additional water savings could be made by installing grey water/ rainwater systems, however retrofit systems can have a high cost. Technical…
… Services Short Low emissions reduction, although it does offer important benefits environmentally and reduces costs associated with water usage. Officer time to undertake this work based on action 1 above. 9 Link building audits with planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules for corporate buildings Ensure that any upgrading schedules generated from audits are listed within…