What Devon County Council is doing

Climate Change

Devon County Council is committed to reducing its carbon emissions by at least 2.1% per year by:

Running a Doing it for Devon @ Work campaign to encourage staff to reduce energy usage within corporate buildings and reduce the amount of office waste produced;
Introducing an automatic meter reading system for main buildings, covering gas, electricity, and water usage, as well as heat output from the new biomass boiler;
Installing a renewable biomass boiler to heat council buildings on the County Hall site, replacing existing gas and electrical heating systems;
Introducing voltage optimisers in selected buildings to enable us to use electricity more efficiently;
Rolling out loft and cavity wall insulation in selected corporate buildings;
Installing replacement lower energy lighting systems in some corporate buildings.

Devon County Council is working to the following targets as part of its Recycle@Work scheme:

To introduce a high profile centralised colour coded recycling system in all premises, enabling staff and visitors to recycle easily.
To actively promote and increase the level of reuse by County Council staff.
To actively promote the purchasing of recycled products such as recycled paper, in all departments.