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The Energy Conservation Engineer introduced the report of the Director of Regeneration and Place which provided Members with details on actual emissions compared against the 2023/24 Carbon Budget Target. It was reported that there had been a plateau in progress with net emissions above the target by 1,269 tonnes CO2e.

The Energy Conservation Engineer outlined that the reduced usage of fossil fuels in buildings was the most successful way to reduce emissions with buildings accounting for 71.5% of gross emissions.

Members noted that the new Council office, Mallory, was a carbon neutral building and suggested that more functions could be moved here to support the target of reaching net zero by 2030 as well as whether cloud storage rather than physical servers in various buildings would be more efficient.

Resolved – That the Council’s performance and progress towards its target of carbon net zero by 2030 be noted.