Environmental Law Foundation Environmental
Case reference EIR2023/00664
Published 3 May 2023
Request
1. Housing and building
a. Renewable electricity generation:
i. There has been a total of 26 heat pumps installed under the grant schemes across eligible domestic properties.
1. Do you have an emissions reduction figure for the 26 heat pumps?
b. Herefordshire future homes:
i. Do you have a predicted figure for the emissions savings for this project?
2. Energy
a. On this you noted that 31 council buildings have been fitted with solar PV and assumably generated 1,082, 914 kWh of electricity, do you have an emissions reduction figure for this?
Response
1. Housing and building
a. Renewable electricity generation:
i. There has been a total of 26 heat pumps installed under the grant schemes across eligible domestic properties.
1. Do you have an emissions reduction figure for the 26 heat pumps?
A: Five of the most recent installs have been reviewed and based on those the estimated carbon savings for the 26 properties is to be 87.78T annually.
b. Herefordshire future homes:
i. Do you have a predicted figure for the emissions savings for this project?
A: 39 Future Ready Homes Herefordshire surveys = 179.79T annually
72 Herefordshire Council funded extra surveys = 331.92T annually
108 total Herefordshire surveys = 511.71T annually
2. Energy
a. On this you noted that 31 council buildings have been fitted with solar PV and assumably generated 1,082, 914 kWh of electricity, do you have an emissions reduction figure for this?
A: 505,195kWh are on the West Mercia Energy (WME) contract therefore REGO backed electricity and 577,719 is not on WME and unknown.
Documents
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