Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit

Sustainable Energy Strategyand Energy@Home

Sara Grimes

Corporate Sustainability Officer

26.03.14

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Overview

» Sustainable Energy: Progress and our emerging Strategy

» Energy@Home and retrofit opportunities

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Aims

Overall target of a 45% cut in district-wide CO2 emissions by 2026.

Sustainable energy and retrofit can:

»Reduce carbon pollution

»Provide local economic benefits

»Generate social benefits

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Sustainable energy: Potential

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Potential for renewable energy

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Heat Network Potential

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Planning Policy Support

Draft Core Strategy target is 110 MWe electricity and 165 MWth heat installed

Also…»Green Belt guidance»Sustainable Construction & Retrofitting SPD»Historic Building Guidance

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Not much on the ground…yet

LA Renewable Electricity Capacity     Renewable Heat Capacity    

  Kwe Per Capita SW Rank Per km2 SW Rank KWth Per Capita SW Rank Per km2 SW Rank

B&NES 5000 0.028 14 14.5 15 2000 0.011 10 5.8 14

Bristol 26600 0.062 10 241.8 1 19000 0.044 5 172.7 1

N Som 15400 0.076 8 41.2 8 3400 0.017 8 9.1 7

S Glos 12400 0.047 12 24.9 11 3300 0.013 9 6.6 11

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Encouragement!

» B&NES Council won 2013 Regen SW award “Most Proactive Public Sector Body”

» Cited by DECC as exemplar for our Cooperation Agreement with Bath & West Community Energy

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Sustainable Energy Strategy Objectives

» Describe a pathway to Core Strategy targets

» Set Strategic Principles

» Create a framework for decision making and action planning

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Retrofit: B&NES Energy@Home Partnership

» LA & community delivery partnership

» Promote energy efficiency, better heating and renewable energy in B&NES

» Appointment of key partners including an Advice Service and Retrofit Delivery Provider

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The customer journey

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Delivery partners & roles

Advice Service Retrofit Delivery Provider

B&NES Council

• Promotion & marketing

• Advice, information & guidance

• Assessor & assessment co-ordination

• Follow up & aftercare

• Arranging finance (grants or loans)

• Project managing and delivering installations

• Project management

• Community marketing

• SME support

• Research & intelligence

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Applying for the contract

» Supplying the South West procurement portal» Make sure you are signed up!» www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Procurement:

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Any questions or comments?