- A strong cut in Brent Council's own emissions
- A BREEAM Outstanding Civic Centre building that drastically reduced Brent Council's own carbon emissions
- Other changes to the property portfolio such as the new Willesden Library Centre, that reduce emissions.
- The introduction of a new generation of LED street lighting across Brent
- A massive shift away from landfill waste (which generates huge amounts of methane, a much more potent greenhouse gas
- Two district heating schemes in Wembley and Kilburn.
- The inclusion of specific environmental targets in new contract such as the public realm contract.
- Planning policies that explicitly encourage lower carbon usage for example through the CSH framework.
- A slew of transport policies designed to discourage car use and more use of public transport and other more environmentally friendly forms of transport.
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Sunday, 15 September 2019
Carbon Emissions and Brent Council
I am surprised by Environment Lead's rather tepid answer on monitoring carbon emissions in this Brent Times story. ClientEarth should know that the Council already has an Energy Plan that should be publicly available. She ought to know that Brent Council has chalked up some impressive environmental achievements relating to climate emergency, not least:
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