2020 carbon pledge
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our commitment on carbon reduction
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Whatare we doing
Charnwood Borough Council is aiming to reduce its carbon
footprint by 15% by 2020
Our activities currently produce 2,132 tonnes of
CO a year
We’re aiming to reduce that by 320 tonnes of
CO a year to 1,812 tonnes
A tonne of CO would fill a cube over eight metres high - six of
them would be just higher than the Carillon in Loughborough.
355 towers would equal the Council’s current carbon footprint
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£Whyare we doing it
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To help tackle global warming – it’s everyone’s
responsibility
To save public money being spent on energy bills
There’s a legal requirement - the Climate Change Act
requires local authorities to tackle carbon emissions
To encourage others to tackle carbon emissions
Howwill we reduce our carbon foot print
Using more LED lighting in our
buildings, car parks and sheltered
accommodation. LED lights are more
efficient and last longer
We believe we can reduce our carbon
footprints by an estimated 202 tonnes a
year by introducing more LED lighting,
saving £48,000 a year
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We’re using more environmentally
friendly electric vehicles which
produce less CO
We’re encouraging staff to reduce
business travel by car sharing and
using public transport
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Using more efficient
heating systems will
reduce our footprint by
an estimated 62 tonnes
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Council staff are taking part in a scheme
to encourage energy saving such as by
making sure computers and lighting are
switched off overnight
We’re planning to invest £300,000 before
2020 to reduce our carbon footprint. The
investment will pay for itself in less than
four years thanks to lower energy bills
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Howcan you help
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Turn it off
Switching off appliances, rather than putting
them on standby, can help you save up to £80 a
year on your electricity bill
Careful in your kitchen
Use a bowl to wash up rather than a running tap
and save £30 a year in energy bills
Only fill the kettle with the amount of water that
you need and save around £7 a year
You can play your part by taking some simple energy saving measures yourself
Take control of your heating
Even turning down your room
thermostat by just one degree can save
between £85 and £90 a year
Switch to LEDs
If the average household replaced all of
their remaining old-fashioned bulbs with
CFLs, and all of their halogens with LEDs, it
would cost about £100 and save about £35
a year on bills
Turn off lights
Switching a light off for just a few seconds
will save more energy than it takes for the
light to start up again, regardless of the type
of light. This will save you around £15 on
your annual energy bills
Get a draught excluder
DIY draught-proofing of windows, doors
and blocking cracks in floors and skirting
boards can cost around £200, but can
save up to £25 to £35 a year on energy bills
For more handy advice, visit www.energysavingtrust.org.uk