Blake Lapthorn solicitors' Climate Change team held a green breakfast seminar on Eastleigh's green challenges on Tuesday 9 October 2012.

1. South Coast
Green Breakfast
Tuesday 9th October 2012

2. Councillor Keith House
Leader Eastleigh Borough Council

3. Overview of the Borough
7,977 hectares
53,000 homes
123,000 residents
3,500 businesses
60,000 people work in borough

4. What we do:
Key frontline services include;
•Recycling and waste collection
•Grass cutting and grounds
maintenance
•Street cleaning
•Leisure and art facilities/development
•Housing services
•Regeneration & planning
•Transport & engineering
•Community safety
•Environmental health

5. What sort of organisation are we?
• Entrepreneurial
• Punch above our
weight
• National leader
• Try new things
• Do things differently
• Take some risks…..but
to secure better return
for our community

6. Why is Climate Change a
priority for EBC?
• Environment
• Impact on economy – opportunity for
green energy and jobs
• Community – threat of climate
change; fuel poverty

7. So what are we doing?
• Air quality
• Waste
• Energy efficiency
• Energy generation
• Travel
• Adaptation
• People – our own staff and
residents/businesses
• Food
• Policy/regeneration – planning
• Water
• Biodiversity

8. Waste
• Engagement with residents
• Alternate weekly collections
• Side waste
• Increased recycling
• Food waste – recycling but also
minimisation
Where next?
•Continue to minimise
•Continued increase in recycling
•Waste as a resource - AD

9. CO2 reduction - EBC
 Council Carbon Management Plan
 Carbon Neutral Eastleigh
 18% reduction in EBC’s CO2 from 2007 to 2012
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Operational CO2 emissions
1200
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1000
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600
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10. Where next – EBC?
• Reduce Council CO2 emissions by 50% by 2020
• New Civic Offices – BREEAM Excellent
• Bursledon Community Centre – BREEAM Excellent
• Retrofit other buildings
Bursledon Community Centre Eastleigh House new Civic Offices

11. Energy use reduction -
Community
• Borough of Eastleigh
Energy Project
• Carbon Free – home
insulation
• Insulate Hampshire
• Planning policy for new
development - BREEAM,
Code for Sustainable
homes
• Green Deal

12. Renewable & Low Carbon Energy
Demonstration projects
•IVCP
– Wind turbine
– Ground source heat pump
– Biomass boiler
•Solar PV and thermal at Lakeside Country Park

13. Renewable & Low Carbon Energy
• Fleming Park CHP
• Large scale Solar PV – all
council buildings plus
community buildings
Future schemes
•More PV and solar heat
•Biomass
•District Energy Schemes - Eastleigh
Town Centre?

14. Travel – what we’ve done
• Civic Travel Plan - target
of 15% reduction in
business mileage by 2012
• Route optimisation & ‘in
cab’ technology
• Pool cars/bikes
• Changing facilities
• Air travel policy
• Staff incentives for public
transport

15. Travel – across the borough
• Travel plans for all
schools
• Park and stride
• Walking bus
• Secure cycle shelters
• Increased cycle routes
• Better cycle facilities @
train stations
• Invested in bus
transport
Secure Cycle Parking at Eastleigh Station

16. Travel – the future
• Solent Oyster card
• Station facilities
• Completing green links to district centres
• Work with partners

17. Key lessons
• Courage of your convictions • EBC – 50% reduction
in CO2 by 2020
• Not just green but what
• Borough – 34%
makes good sense for the reduction in CO2 by
business 2020
• Messaging is key
• Team work
• Whole organisation
approach

18. Thank you