Carbon emissions for council owned property - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Excluding EPC ratings, does your local authority measure carbon emissions due to energy use in relation to your built assets (e.g. council owned housing property, council owned facilities, council owned offices and other council owned buildings) ? Yes / No / partially / don't know

2. What was the annual carbon footprint (in CO2) of your council’s head quarters building in 2018?

3. Does your local authority have a carbon emissions reduction plan in place, for energy use related to your built assets? Yes / No / don't know

4. With the UK Government having signed legislation to commit the UK to a legally binding target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, is your local authority already planning towards "net zero carbon" operation by 2050? Yes / partially / No / don't know

Decision

1. Yes Lincolnshire County Council does measure carbon emissions due to energy use in relation to your built assets (e.g. council owned housing property, council owned facilities, council owned offices and other council owned buildings) 

2. The annual carbon footprint (in CO2) of your council’s head quarters building in 2018 was 964 TCO2.

3. Yes.Lincolnshire County Council does have a carbon emissions reduction plan in place, for energy use related to the built assets

4. Yes Lincolnshire County Council is already planning towards "net zero carbon" operation by 2050.

Reference number
FOI0804
Date request received
04 November 2019
Date of decision
02 December 2019