Corporate Work Stream 1 Changing The Culture

Corporate Work Stream 2 Medium Scale Capital Investment

Corporate Work Stream 3 Strategic Capital Investment

Raising awareness and promoting good local energy management. Changing behaviour.

Opportunities for small/medium scale improvements and upgrading of existing buildings

Major strategic opportunities for generating renewable/alternative energies

· Engage with The Carbon Trust to help develop better local management of energy

· Conduct a `green' audit of all buildings

· Staff/Manager workshops

· Governor Forum events

· Developing local energy champions and management

· Motivating/Incentivising staff

· Improving billing and metering

· Developing Corporate and local energy policies

· Review of energy use in offices

· Review energy use in schools

· Using Capital Programmes to make improvements to the thermal performance of buildings (eg the Primary Path Finder schemes) and capital repairs programmes

· Conduct feasibility work to examine the practical options to upgrade pre 1986 buildings towards a low or zero carbon status

· Carry out a pilot a scheme for carbon reduction measures in a pre 1986 building

· Strategic Property Review

· Feasibility for web-based smart metering and local energy monitoring

· Buildings Energy Performance Directive

· Street lighting - investigate de-illumination options

· Implement BSF opportunities in a way that significantly reduces the carbon footprint of schools

· Investigate use of large scale bio mass for heating installations of the future

· Joint feasibility investigation PBRS/ Environment Department looking at the use of waste for generating energy in buildings

· Opportunities for District heating from waste incineration/biomass

· Opportunities for (Combined Heat and Power) CHP District heating

· The use of commercial wind turbines

· Strategic alliance with energy supply companies

· Use PFI Schemes for new street lighting to improve efficiency