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This special green edition e-newsletter is all about our efforts as an organisation to combat the big elephant in the room. Climate change.

Hyndburn Borough Council declared a Climate Emergency and Climate Pledge on the 19^th September 2019.

We pledged to achieve Council’s activities net-zero carbon by 2030.

Introducing Hyndburn Council's Eco Mascot

Why an elephant?

It gives us a unit of measurement for our impact. Imagine if we could clearly see the CO2 we are producing on a daily basis, that would be a lot of elephants sitting above us.

One elephant = one tonne of CO2.

Decarbonisation - what have we done so far?

After a carbon footprint study by "One Carbon World", we were advised to prioritise decarbonization particularly tackling the gas usage in the Council's buildings, a significant amount of progress has been made.

At Hyndburn Leisure Centre, we have:

✔ Reduced CO2 emissions by 71%

✔ Installed Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) technology

✔ Renewable electricity generation onsite

✔ Improved efficiency ventilation systems and air handling units

✔ Building Energy Monitoring systems

✔ Reduced fossil fuels to zero

At one of our buildings, Scaitcliffe House, we have:

✔ Reduced CO2 emissions by 67%

✔ ASHP technology to replace inefficient storage heaters

✔ Increased onsite renewable electricity generation with solar panels

✔ Installed LED lighting

At Cemeteries in Accrington, we have:

✔ Reduced CO2 emissions by 10%

✔ Improved efficiency control of the cremators

Overall achievements so far:

✔ 450 tonnes of CO2 saved per year

✔ Annual savings of more than £120,000

✔ £2.3 million external investment

✔ 100 Jobs employed on the works

Tree Planting in Hyndburn

In 2019, we pledged to plant a tree for every household in Hyndburn & work has been ongoing to achieve this goal.

This year, 4,000 trees were planted in Hyndburn on 16 sites and at 10 schools – including creation of microwoodlands, tree avenues, oak guilds, fruit trees, blossom and berries.

Tree planting has been community led - with thanks to local volunteers, families, schools, cadets supported by PROSPECTS Foundation and Woody (Hyndburn) CIC.

Natural Regeneration

To help the natural world recover and expand, natural regeneration trials have taken place on two sites in Hyndburn.

Natural regeneration is the process of replenishing woodlands with trees that grow from seeds that fall.

One example of future plans is Bury Meadows, a new Country Park in Oswaldtwistle, you can read more about this via the link below.

Read more

More Information

For more information about our efforts to tackle climate change, visit our dedicated webpage by clicking the link below.

Visit the Climate Change Webpage

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