kate evans city of edinburgh council

8/14/2019 Kate Evans City of Edinburgh Council

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Kate Evans

City of Edinburgh Council


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Outline

1. The City of Edinburgh

2. Climate Change in Scotland

3. Edinburghs approach to climate change

4. The role of planning

5. Case Studies

6. The future?


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Welcome to Edinburgh


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The City ofEdinburgh


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An introduction to Edinburgh

www.edinburgh-inspiringcapital.c


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Climate Change in Scotland


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12Photo from Stop Climate Chaos Call for climate change action 22nd April 2009


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Scottish Climate Change PolicyTotal carbon emissions 1999-2002

Source Scottish Governmen


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Scottish Climate Change Policy

Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

Strongest piece of climate change legislation inthe world:

Reduce emissions by 80% by 2050

interim 34% by 2020.interim 50% by 2030;

20% of Scotland's total energy use to come from

renewables by 2020.


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15Source Scottish Governmen


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Climate Change Delivery Plan

Scotland must change its ways:

focus on green technology to transform Scotland into a low carbon economy

the widespread development and uptake oflow carbon vehicles

Increasingly tight building regulations leading to low carbon homes by 2017

with better building standards

to be carried out at a local level by all partners



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We dont have a choice on whether to act onclimate change, but we do have some choices onhow to implement the changes needed.

Many of the measures in the Delivery Plan are not

issues Government can legislate on, they have abig motivational job to do to get others toimplement the change.

Professor Jan Bebbington,

Vice Chair Sustainable Development Commission, Scotland



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Climate change in Edinburgh

The City of Edinburgh


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By 2015, Edinburgh will lead the most successful

and sustainable city region in northern Europe and

sustain the highest quality of life of any UK city.Edinburghs City Vision



The City of Edinburgh


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Edinburgh Council commitment to reduce its owncarbon emissions by:

20% by 2015,

30% by 2025

And to be carbon free as a council by 2050

Planning has a key role in delivering carbonreductions in Edinburgh


Edinburgh City Local Plan - Spatial Strategy


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Edinburgh City Local Plan Spatial Strategy


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The Edinburgh Standards for

Sustainable Building

All new development shouldbe designed to mitigate thecauses of climate change

minimise carbon and othergreenhouse gas emissions

include features that provideeffective adaptation to thepredicted effects of climate

change.

Climate Change Policy


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Edinburgh Standards forSustainable Building:

all new buildings must be designedto:

avoid a specified and risingproportion of greenhouse gasemissions from their use

through the installation ofrenewable energy technologies.

target should increase overtime.


Cli t Ch P li


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The Edinburgh Standards for Sustainable Building

Reducing the carbon footprint of our buildings is anessential first step


1. Energy Efficiency

Reduce predicted CO2 emissions by 5%

over target rate set by BuildingStandards

2. On-site Renewable Energy Generation

A minimum 10% of remaining energy

requirements to be supplied by on-siterenewable energy generation


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Case Study - Craigmillar

Edinb rgh


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Edinburgh


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Case Study Craigmillar


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Renewable Energy Short Term

20% of Craigmillars energy requirement to be met from lowcarbon energy produced on site.

Challenging target to meet, in the short term, given the stage

the local housing market is at and the anticipated pricing ofthe properties.

Solar Thermal has the most viable renewable energy measureto meet the ESSB target.

Case Study Craigmillar


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Renewable Energy Long Term

Solar will not meet the targets which have been set forhigher carbon savings in the future, and the aspiration for zerocarbon housing

District Heating - preferred route to providing renewableenergy, not only to new housing, but to existing housing in thearea.

Goal of ending fuel poverty in the area - assist in improvingthe health and living conditions of the local population.



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Renewable Energy Long Term

establish an infrastructure of energy centres and distributionpipes which is then flexible enough to embrace developmentsin renewable energy sources.

need not be dependent on one energy source, but couldcombine biomass, for example, with solar.

The vision is to set up a local Energy Services Company(ESCO) which would generate and distribute the heat at a

price below the market price.



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The Benefits of Heat Networks

Optimisation of plant - sizing

Utilisation of CHP, waste heat andalternative fuels

Futureproofing/adaptability

Lower maintenance Lower customer costs Improved safety

(Parc and Ramboll)




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Distribution pipes

(Parc and Ramboll



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The vision when realised will:

produce major carbon savings,

end fuel poverty: 10-20%

reduction in cost of heat

compared with market,

Provide security of energy

supply.

Pilot scheme -172 existing

multi-storey flats and 194

new build homes.

(Parc and Ramboll


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Case Study Renewable Heritage

Case Study Renewable Heritage


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the challenge is to refurbish thehomes of the past as the homes for

the future

Building Research Establishment


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42Edinburgh World Heritage


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BEFORE


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BEFORE


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Edinburgh Evening News

front cover


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In summary

Climate Change in Scotland


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Strongest climate change commitment in the world

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Scotland has to change its ways and find solutions

HOWEVER

Scotland has the best wind, wave and tide resources in Europe

BUT

UK microgeneration industry is in its infancy The technology is relatively new to the UK Its still expensive to buy and install Fossil fuels (especially gas) are relatively cheap Retro-fitting to older properties can be complicated and Planning

in World Heritage Sites can be a problem


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