Find out what the council is doing to Act on CO2 and make Eastbourne a Low Carbon Town.
Partnership and Strategy
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Community Environment Partnership for Eastbourne set up in May 2009 to oversee overall environment of Eastbourne
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Environment Strategy published with ambitious target to reduce carbon emissions by 35 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050
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Carbon reduction will cover homes, buildings, transport, waste and food
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Partners already working on developing a cycle network in Eastbourne
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Developing a programme to give people access to more locally grown food
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Council committed to reduce emissions by 40 per cent by 2020
Improving Our Assets
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Investing in low carbon technologies for the council’s main building at 1 Grove Road
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Exploring the possibility of replacing the 1 Grove Road gas boiler with a biomass boiler
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Installation of solar panels on council homes and buildings with the SolarBourne project
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New council homes being built are to be some of the best in the country
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Better procurement of energy and data management
Planning and Policy
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Energy Plan produced that identifies where renewable energy could be installed in Eastbourne
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Planning applications for new development must demonstrate how they contribute to the current Energy Plan
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Developed an award winning grant programme to help make homes low carbon
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New development should be designed to maximise the opportunities to accommodate a district heating solution
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Developments where this is shown to be unviable will be subject to a financial payment into a Carbon Buyout Fund
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Achieve a 15 per cent reduction in residual CO2 emissions over Buildings Regulations
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Ambitious recycling rates
