Issue - meetings

To receive an update on the Council’s Carbon Management Plan

(a) That the information be received

(b) That the timers on the lights in Chesterton Park be adjusted.

A report was submitted providing the Committee with an update on the Carbon Management Plan.

The Council’s Head of Housing Services confirmed that £35,000 had been awarded to the Council from the Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (IEWP) Low Carbon Fund, to invest in energy efficiency schemes in 2012. This was awarded with a commitment to repay 10% of the annual financial savings for three years after the first year of implementation. There was a predicted annual saving of £19,255, which would equate to three annual payments of £1,925. There would be many more projects during 2012 than in the previous year.

The Council’s Head of Housing Services circulated information to the committee which had been requested at the previous meeting and illustrated comparable information on electricity usage within the Council. This information would be used going forward to monitor energy usage and to enable the Council to be more aware of how electricity and gas were used.

Members noted the projects to be undertaken in 2013, in particular the home working project, which would cost approximately £63,000 to implement with no figure to be repaid. Officers confirmed that partners moving into the Civic Offices would offset the cost of implementation.

Members raised the question of the lights in Chesterton Park which were on quite late at night, and therefore wasting electricity. Officers confirmed that the lights were on timers, but would be adjusted so they turned off at an earlier time.

RESOLVED:            (a) That the information be received

                                    (b) That the timers on the lights in Chesterton Park be adjusted.