Transforming Innovation into Action: What does it really take

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Transforming Innovation into ActionWhat does
it really take?
David Pickles OBE Energy Agency Manager NSDC
Policy Unit
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Newark Sherwood District Council

• 652 km2
• 106,366 population
• 46,236 dwellings
• 1.8 unemployment - but our north-west rural
  coalfield villages have 15 unwaged households
• 4 deprived Wards are amongst the 10 most deprived
  in County. Hidden rural deprivation

May 2003 elections a Labour-Independent-Liberal
Cabinet
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The Climate Change ChallengeUK CO2 Emission
Targets

• UK Kyoto CO2 reduction of 12.5 (1990-2010)
• deliverable with prudent
  management
• UK Government CO2 reduction 20 (1990-2010)
  represents a management
  challenge
• UK Renewable electricity 10 target by 2010

• Royal Commission CO2E reduction of 60 by 2050
  and 80 by 2100 the cultural challenge of
  sustainability
• The 2003 DTI Energy White Paper adopts 60 target
  1.18

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Newark Sherwood District Council2001 Corporate
Carbon Liabilities
4,000
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3,000
PFI coal to gas
1990 - 2001 Corporate CO2 savings 34.55
Leisure Services 1.096 tonnes CO2
2,000
CO2 Tonnes/year
Methane as CO2E equivalent
1,000
Kelham Hall HQ
0
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Corporate 80 CO2E Reduction Plan 1990/2020
a boiler plant life-cycle driven
proposal"
1990 6,688 tonnes
5,000
4,000
60 C02E as 2010 target
CO2 Tonnes/year
2,000
80 C02E as 2020 target
1,000
2001
0
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Corporate 80 CO2E Reduction Plan 1990/2020
a boiler plant life-cycle driven
proposal"
1990 6,688 tonnes
5,000
4,000
60 C02E as 2010 target
CO2 Tonnes/year
2,000
80 C02E as 2020 target
2003/5 PSA
PFI 2003
1,000
2001
0
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Carbon dioxide emissions from UK energy use 1990
Industry/commerce - 39
Transport - 26 ( 16 1990/2000)
Agriculture - 1
Public sector - 7
Housing - 27 (- 6.8 1990/2000)
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Fuel Poverty each winter a local problem
5,247 households not warm enough

• 4,830 private tenured householders in fuel
  poverty
• Risk of cold related illness accidents amongst
  our elderly. 1998, an estimated 150 cold related
  deaths
• Opportunity 1.38m pa savings to the local
  health service with the eradication of cold, damp
  homes

• Vulnerable householders with children, impacting
  on levels of illness, their development
  schooling
• Opportunity 0.82m pa increase in the collective
  disposable income after extra warmth taken 50
  betterment

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Eradicating fuel poverty from the Housing
stock by 2016

• Tackling Fuel Poverty
• 8.02m investment needed for 11.3 of the stock
  (Dec 2001)
• 2.4m government Warm Front grants yet to be
  claimed
• 6m shortfall on the governments Warm Front
  grants
• Rural proofing 4m needed for oil central
  heating where no mains gas

• Eradicating the Risk of Fuel Poverty from the
  Stock
• 19.64m investment needed for 28 of the stock
  (Dec 2001)
• 17.5m shortfall on the Warm Front grants
  available

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LSP framework supporting the Eradication of
fuel poverty from the housing stock by 2016
For the low income homeowner, for private
landlords, and to include the vulnerable under 60
year-olds

• Need identified for an acceptable equity based
  (not release) loan package for 2.5-4k central
  heating. Will increase value of home and will
  reduce on-going fuel bills. Land-charge on
  property as backstop.
• Need for credit union equivalent type of loans
  for small sums of money for the maintenance
  repair of heating systems topping up Utility
  grants for energy efficiency.
• Could be need to access 10m? over 13 years.

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Delivering the 60 AgendaOllerton
District Housing CO2 Opportunity

• 6,355 dwellings 1990 Baseline
• Energy Efficiency fuel switch
• Local Green Electricity

10.1 tonnes/year
Backcast from 1995/00 HECAMON
5.8 tonnes/year
After betterment
A 60 saving but housing growth ?
4 tonnes/yr
2.1
Green District Heating
0
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10
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Newark Sherwood District Household global
warming liabilities
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
CO2 Tonnes/year
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Revised 2003 data
3
2
1
0
House
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Towards a step-change in waste management?

• Local community support for a Mechanical and
  Biological Waste Treatment plant is in place,
  with unanimous cross party support.
• Must be compatible with County Waste Strategy
• Risk regards delivering initial waste targets
• Refuse derive fuel needs to be redefined as
  recycled
• Flexible regulatory regime to facilitate working
  from first principles programme of UK
  Pathfinding projects as a mechanism to share risk

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Newark Sherwood District Waste Management, a
CO2E Opportunity
11
10
9
8
7

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CO2 Tonnes/year
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Revised 2003 data
3
2
1
0
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Towards Sustainable Lifestyles

• Sustainability as a target, likely to emerge from
  a programme of activities across every aspect of
  daily life that recasts those activities in a
  low/zero polluting and energy use context
• Transport for a sustainable future,
• Whitelegg (1993).

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CO2 as the common currency 80 cultural and 20
technical
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Recasting every aspect of daily activities in a
low/zero polluting and energy use context
Whitelegg (1993).

• Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) residential
  energy efficiency. Where can a District Council
  add value? 2020 business-as-usual
  analysis Council owned dwellings 25.2 saving in
  energy 24.4 saving in CO2 1990/2020 CO2
  saving of 40.01 after betterment.
• Enhance HECA Education, Advice and Guidance to
  develop an understanding of householder carbon
  management
• Develop a package of local adult education
  opportunities exemplar projects, magazine
  newsletters, Eco-teams .
• Enhance eco-school thinking, schools reaching out
  into their communities

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LSP in support of Bowbridge Primary School
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Towards Sustainable Lifestyles within Newark
Sherwood District
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• David Pickles OBE Architect
• tel. [phone]
• david.pickles_at_nsdc.info www.nsdc.info