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Energy Efficiency

As part of its commitment to help to combat climate change, the Council is promoting better use of energy.

This will cover a wide and growing range of activities.

Council Signs Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change

During Environment Week in June 2007 the Council signed the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change, that commits it doing its work in a way that counteracts climate change. To find out more, follow this link to the website of the Energy Saving Trust who administer the Declaration.

Cut heating costs and get a £50 Council Tax rebate

Also during Environment Week in June 2007, the Council launched a scheme in partnership with British Gas to encourage private sector residents to save energy in their homes. It offers discounted insulation work and a £50 Council Tax rebate. Click here for information about the scheme.

What can I do?

When it comes to minimising impact on the world, which overlaps with reducing energy bills, there is a simple order of importance that helps when trying to decide what to do first:

  • reduce the need for energy
  • make your use as efficient as possible
  • use renewable energy as much as possible
  • If fossil fuels have to be used, make it as efficient as possible

 

 

 

To get you thinking, we have some facts on these issues:

 

 

 

As we develop policy and practice we hope to bring more and more useful advice.

Work out your own "Carbon Footprint"

A great pace to start working out what to do is to find out what impact you are having now: you can work out your own Carbon Footprint by following this link to the Government's Personal Carbon Footprint Calculator.

A practical step, of course, is to insulate your home properly! This will be a real saving for almost everybody who can do it. See our scheme above for example.