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East of England renewable and low carbon energy capacity study

May 2011: Report prepared for DECC using the Government’s standard national methodology for conducting renewable energy capacity assessments to examine the potential for renewable energy generation in the East of England.

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Enfield

Enfield 2020 Action Plan – January 2013

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Greenwich

Greenwich Council’s climate change strategy and detailed action plan 8 March 2011
Information on energy efficiency and decentralised energy systems in the borough

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Energy Performance of Buildings Quarterly Data

20 May 2011: CLG release of ‘Code for Sustainable Homes and Energy Performance of Buildings: Cumulative and Quarterly Data up to March 2011‘ . Contains code certification data and SAP ratings of new homes being built. Data is available in the spreadsheet posted at link for London.

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Legal Frameworks for Sustainable Community Infrastructure

20 May 2011: The UK-Green Building Council – in conjunction with the Zero Carbon Hub – launched the  interim findings of the Legal Frameworks for Sustainable Community Infrastructure. The report represents work by an industry task group on what is needed for the development of standardised legal frameworks across the industry to facilitate the growth of Sustainable Community Infrastructure and reduce associated costs and burdens.

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Renewables Obligation: Guidance for generators

May 2011: Useful Ofgem overview of the generating technologies eligible under the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme. Explains how generators become accredited and sets out the information required from generators in order to issue ROCs.

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Hackney

Hackney’s Green Matter’s news website
Update on Hackney’s Climate Change programme of activities – Hackney’s Annual Report 2010
Hackney Climate Change Strategy September 2009

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London’s Energy Gap

19 May 2011: London Assembly Environment Committee note – in advance of a briefing session – on the issue of future energy supplies to London (see Agenda Item 8).

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FOE – Cuts to local government funding could decimate councils’ ability to tackle climate change

19 May 2011: Friends of the Earth have today published a short and useful study (undertaken by local government expert, Prof. Tony Travers, of the LSE) providing a summary of the changes currently being applied to local government and the likely adverse impacts that will arise in relation to council action to tackle climate change.

 

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Hammersmith and Fulham

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Haringey

Haringey Sustainable Design & Construction SPD – March 2013 (section 3&4 cover energy and climate change)
Haringey 40:20
Haringey publishes its first annual carbon report – 19 January 2011
Haringey Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at schools project
Muswell Hill Low Carbon Zone
Haringey Sustainable Design and Construction draft Supplementary Planning Guidance – Draft version from January 2011. Final version anticipated to be adopted February 2012. The draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) on Sustainable Design and Construction, once adopted, will form part of Haringey’s Local Development Framework and be considered in determining planning applications. It does not create new policy, but complements and provides clarity on the implementation of national, regional and local policies that promote sustainable buildings, reductions in CO2 emissions and decentralised energy initiatives.
Haringey Guide to Use of Renewable Energy Systems: Historic Buildings and Conservation Areas – October 2008
Haringey Carbon Reduction Scenarios Action Plan 2007

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Tidal energy trial in Thames

19 May 2011: A tidal turbine is being installed in the River Thames alongside World War II ship HQS Wellington in central London. If the trial proves successful and does not adversely affect the environment, hundreds of turbines could be installed between Kent and London. Further details are on the developer’s, Nautricity, website.

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