Appendix 1: Forecast greenhouse gas savings of 2022-24 CNF projects
As explained in paragraphs 3.12 and 3.13, savings per pound investment should not be compared across projects, as the full carbon-reduction potential of many projects exceeds forecasted savings reported in the table below.
|
Project title |
Project summary |
Funding allocation |
Estimated tonnes CO2e savings |
Relative confidence level in CO2e estimate |
|
Traffic Signal Carbon Reduction Programme |
Replace the old incandescent bulbs in signal heads with LEDs to increase their brightness and reliability while significantly reducing (87% less) the electricity used for the city’s traffic signals as well as the number of signal faults and associated vehicle journeys required to attend them. These changes will present no additional safety considerations. |
£ 600,000 |
27.6 |
Medium |
|
Seafront Heritage Lighting Restoration 22/23 - 25/26 |
Restore the historic grade II listed cast iron street lighting columns along Brighton’s Seafront to preserve the cities heritage and expedite the replacement of existing lanterns with new LED variants. |
£ 1,400,000 |
444.4 |
Medium |
|
Low Carbon Heat Implementation at Children Centres / Nurseries |
Implement low-carbon heating technologies at two council children centres and nurseries. |
£ 250,313 |
190.2 |
Higher |
|
Moulsecoomb Hub and Housing project |
Additional sustainability measures to proposed project to deliver Community Hub containing a Library, Youth Club, GP Surgery, Café, and Pharmacy, and 212 new homes (Affordable Housing units, owned and managed by BHCC). The scheme incorporates good quality public realm with opportunities for natural play, biodiversity and ecological enhancement, food growing and social interaction. To fund installation of boreholes for Ground Source Heat Pumps. |
£ 725,122 |
2136 |
Higher |
|
Sustainable Building Improvements for St Ann's Well Café |
Work with café tenants to make sustainable changes to the café building when it is expanded next year (2023), such as installing heat pumps and adding a green roof. |
£ 75,000 |
NA - awaiting detailed plans |
NA |
|
Solar Panels at Stanmer Workshop |
Install solar panels at a new workshop being built at Stanmer to charge electric plant and machinery housed there overnight. |
£ 40,000 |
14.61 |
Higher |
|
Electrical Infrastructure at City Parks Fleet |
Improve the electrical supplies to City Parks’ depots across the city to ensure that the expanding fleet of electrical vehicles and equipment can be efficiently and effectively charged. |
£ 100,000 |
NA - enabling project |
NA |
|
Electrical Vehicle for Waterhall |
Purchase a set of conservation management tools and an electric allterrain vehicle to reduce the carbon footprint of the Wilding Waterhall project by removing the need for daily return travel to Stanmer Park. |
£ 31,500 |
42.16 |
Higher |
|
City Park Diesel Reduction Programme |
Install event electrical utilities to reduce the use of diesel generators in our city and provide clean power for event and community use. |
£ 130,000 |
2297.7 |
Medium |
|
Rechargeable Medium Sized Machinery |
The council has a programme to move from fossil fuel to electric vehicles. City Parks are also changing small plant such as hedge cutters and smaller strimmers to rechargeable electrically operated machines. The team now has a rechargeable electrically powered ride on mower which is working well. The technology for this type of maintenance has advanced to a point where we believe this type of machinery now offers a practical solution to mowing in the city. The intention is to buy more rechargeable, middle sized, grass cutting equipment to accelerate the change and test the practicality of the equipment. |
£ 12,500 |
40.7 |
Lower |
|
Public Toilet Refurbishment Programme |
Fund energy and water efficiency measures at four public toilets being refurbished as part of the larger £2.7 million public toilets refurbishment programme. |
£ 126,500 |
163.7 |
Medium |
|
Allotments Water Infrastructure Upgrades |
The project will replace water infrastructure at 6 allotment sites in the city where significant leakage is suspected. It is anticipated the work will save in the region of 8778.5 cubic metres of water per year. |
£ 210,500 |
41.57 |
Lower |
|
Water Efficiency Fund - Phase 2 |
Build upon Phase 1 of the Water Efficiency Fund, further investment is requested to broaden the monitoring scope of BHCC’s water portfolio. This should enable leaks and high usage to be identified and repaired resulting in significant water, carbon and financial savings. |
£ 50,000 |
16.34 |
Lower |
|
E-Cargo Accelerator Project |
Purchase eCargo bikes to meet increased demand from the council’s eCargo Accelerator project. |
£ 90,000 |
17.45 |
Lower |
|
Electrical Vehicle Fast Charger Installations and Improved Access Initiatives |
Extend charging provision of electric vehicle fast chargers to areas of the city not eligible for Government “Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV)” funding. |
£ 86,000 |
2252.82 |
Medium |
|
Western Road Improvement Project |
Provide additional funding to the Western Road Improvement Project. The CNF allocation would fund street tree planting, including measures to help the trees establish in their new environment, and remediate cycling pinch points. |
£ 532,500 |
232.7 |
Lower |
|
Determining Emission Categories of the Citywide Vehicle Fleet |
Installation of camera technology around or on entry to Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) to provide baseline and ongoing data collection about vehicle flows and types to inform the potential impacts of various interventions, such as an extended ULEZ. |
£ 200,000 |
NA - enabling project |
NA |
|
Kingsway to the Sea |
Improve the biodiversity net gain of the Kingsway to the Sea project through exemplar soft landscaping and reduce the building’s operational carbon through various sustainability measures. |
£ 700,000 |
NA - awaiting detailed plans |
NA |
|
Palace Place & Old Steine |
Install renewable energy technologies to reduce the converted building’s operational carbon. |
£ 89,000 |
NA - awaiting detailed plans |
NA |
|
Improving the Communal Bin System |
In phase 1, pilot improvements in the communal bin system designed to improve recycling rates at 135 sites. In Phase 2, expand the pilot area applying learnings from phase 1. |
£ 820,000 |
668.9 |
Lower |
|
Improving WEEE Recycling |
Install new, more secure Waste Electricals and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) bins across the city to increase the volume of electricals recycled and increase the overall number of WEEE recycling points. |
£ 84,555 |
504.7 |
Medium |
|
Solar Smart Litter Bins |
Refurbish and redeploy large capacity, solar smart bins to the outskirts of Rottingdean, Ovingdean and Saltdean that have inbuilt technology which notifies the office when the bin is full, reducing travel thus reducing carbon emissions. |
£ 115,000 |
N/A - withdrawn |
NA |
|
BUTT You Can Save Water & Compost |
Provide subsidised home composters to residents across the city and introduce a subsidised water butt scheme for residents. |
£ 48,000 |
NA - cc adaptation |
NA |
|
Concrete Road - Lifecycle Extension Programme |
Trial the use of new techniques to rejuvenate and rehabilitate fourteen of the City’s failing concrete roads. The techniques are low carbon and expected to extend the lifecycle of these assets by up to 10 years. |
£ 1,000,000 |
694.2 |
Higher |
|
Flood Drainage Systems for Tree Pits alongside Parks |
Replace existing tree stumps with tree pit drainage systems to reduce flood water risk in the city whilst increasing tree planting which also supports flood mitigation. |
£ 150,000 |
50.7 |
Medium |
|
Purchase of Decompaction Machine for all Grassed Areas |
Purchase specialist shockwave machinery for the decompaction of all short mowed, high use grassed area such as sports pitches, events areas and leisure spaces to improve their water retention and carbon sequestration. |
£ 27,000 |
NA - climate change adaptation |
NA |
|
Norton Road Rain Gardens |
Install rain gardens at two locations on
Norton Road: |
£ 75,000 |
NA - climate change adaptation |
NA |
|
Rewilding Residents of Brighton & Hove |
Install guided trails around the new Waterhall Local Nature Reserve, improve low-carbon travel options to site, and raise awareness of the climate change and biodiversity crises. The project will focus on connecting residents who would usually lack the confidence to explore wild spaces like Waterhall. |
£ 15,500 |
NA - biodiversity |
NA |
|
Downland Dew Pond Creation |
Pilot project to create a new Dew Pond on
Waterhall ex-golf course increasing the site’s biodiversity
and improving the resilience of the freshwater network across the
Downland Estate and wider South Downs National Park. The project
will provide educational opportunities |
£ 25,000 |
NA - biodiversity |
NA |
|
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9836.5 |
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