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Cut the Carbon
Published by Chris Bestwick on Feb 18, 2007
Dear Cllr Beckett
Climate change and Winchester City Council
Winchester City Council is soon to make decisions on two vital matters affecting the scale of the Districts’ contribution to climate change. These are the Silverhill development and the Local Development Framework.
Firstly, we urge the Council to do all it can to minimise the carbon footprint of the Silverhill scheme. As you will be aware, the proposals show very little initiative in terms of reducing on-site energy costs, or offering alternatives in the form of renewable energy generation. Friends of the Earth request that the developer reconsiders micro-generation options in more detail and that the conditions to planning approval include a target for 20% for renewable energy.
Secondly, in order to ensure that future developments encourage sustainable design, we also wish the Council to adopt the following statement within its Local Development Framework, thereby creating binding standards for future developments:
‘The Council will require all developments, either new build or conversion, With a floor-space of 500m squared, or one or more residential unit, to incorporate on-site renewable energy equipment to reduce predicted carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10 percent.’
We believe that without adopting rigorous standards for the reduction in energy consumption, the Council will fail to make any meaningful contribution to the reduction of green house gases.
Yours sincerely
The undersigned
Climate change and Winchester City Council
Winchester City Council is soon to make decisions on two vital matters affecting the scale of the Districts’ contribution to climate change. These are the Silverhill development and the Local Development Framework.
Firstly, we urge the Council to do all it can to minimise the carbon footprint of the Silverhill scheme. As you will be aware, the proposals show very little initiative in terms of reducing on-site energy costs, or offering alternatives in the form of renewable energy generation. Friends of the Earth request that the developer reconsiders micro-generation options in more detail and that the conditions to planning approval include a target for 20% for renewable energy.
Secondly, in order to ensure that future developments encourage sustainable design, we also wish the Council to adopt the following statement within its Local Development Framework, thereby creating binding standards for future developments:
‘The Council will require all developments, either new build or conversion, With a floor-space of 500m squared, or one or more residential unit, to incorporate on-site renewable energy equipment to reduce predicted carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10 percent.’
We believe that without adopting rigorous standards for the reduction in energy consumption, the Council will fail to make any meaningful contribution to the reduction of green house gases.
Yours sincerely
The undersigned
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