Decision details

The Executive will be asked to approve a Carbon Management Programme containing a number of projects and activities that aim to reduce the Council’s energy consumption, carbon emissions and energy bill.  It includes energy efficiency projects in Council buildings, renewable energy installations and measures to reduce fuel consumption from the vehicle fleet.  The programme aims to reduce the Council’s carbon emissions by 20%

Further to minute 88 (Executive 7 November 2006), received a report detailing the proposed Carbon Management Programme for Council Activities which set a 20% carbon reduction target for the Council’s principal civic buildings by March 2010.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council achieve its Community Priority of

“Making Barking and Dagenham Cleaner, Greener and Safer”, to:

1.  A 20% carbon reduction target for the Council;

2.  The establishment of a ring-fenced invest-to-save funding pot for energy efficiency measures;

3.  The governance structure for implementing the Carbon Management Programme and the requirement on various parts of the Council to provide quarterly progress reports; and,

4.  The re-phasing of the capital programme to reflect the anticipated delivery of the projects and the future reduction of revenue budgets to repay the investment.