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Climate-KIC
2 October 2012
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Birmingham’s Aim
“To accelerate Birmingham’s transition
to being one of the world’s leading green
Cities”
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Green Commission• Review the whole of Birmingham’s
carbon reduction targets – 60% cut by 2026
• Create a clear plan and carbon and energy roadmap to drive progress forward at the pace we need
• End November - 1st Report
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Energy Imports!• Birmingham imports 16,000 GWhr of
energy• A leakage of over nearly €2bn from city
economy• Transport fuel adds another €1bn
Annually!!
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City Energy Plan• To “provide the most efficient and
sustainable energy infrastructures for the city”- Delivery Group established- Cofely District Energy, Western Power & Distribution,
National Grid- now mapped energy infrastructures – linking to development/regeneration opportunities- District energy schemes high priority- need for more effective energy master planning
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Land Use
LandFill
(Local)Livestock
Food Food Waste
Anaerobic Digestion
Bio-Gas
Combined Heat &
Power
Hospital
General Waste
Bio-Diesel
Park
Coppicing
Agriculture & Allotments
Bio-Mass Fuel· Parks & Landscaping· Coppicing
Filtering & Refining
Waste Food OilWaste
Solar Thermal
Solar Photovoltaic
Plants
Ground-Source Heat
Waste
School
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Re-Use
Carbon Dioxide(CO2)
Creating Integrated Solutions
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Birmingham Energy Savers• Accelerating Building Retrofit
- Delivery Partner to be announced – 8th October- 15,000 homes 1st phase- continue to take advantage of FITs – now over 2000 solar PV installations in city
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Collective Energy Purchase• “Collective Energy Offer to all
Birmingham citizens to get a much better energy purchase deal from the energy companies”- dialogue taking place supported by uSwitch- learning from Cornwall and other locations with DECC
support- working with BES & Benefits Advice- Details to be announced later this year
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Smart Waste Plan• To refresh how we manage the City’s
waste from our households, businesses and public bodies
- a “resource efficiency” approach
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“Green Bridge”• To accelerate transition of city’s
economy towards energy efficiency, sustainability and carbon reduction- RGF Bid “SME Supply Chain Transition to Green Economy”- selected to proceed to the next stage- nationally short-listed 278 bids (€2billion)
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Green Planning• “A new approach combining Core
Strategy, GI, Adaptation and SPD providing effective planning guidance to support investors, developers and our communities to plan for a secure and sustainable future”- Green Infrastructure- City Ecosystems approach
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Lessons• Collaboration between city
stakeholders• Being clear about what we need to
achieve• Understanding the “footprint” of the
city on the planet
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Contact Details
• Sandy TaylorHead of Climate Change and EnvironmentBirmingham City Council
• [email protected]• 00 44 (0)121 303 4026• 00 44 (0)7970 815054