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Target
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Progress
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1. Cross
cutting issues
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Energy and
climate change
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10% reduction
in energy use for Council buildings 2005- 05 and 2009-10
40% reduction
in CO2 emissions from Council buildings between 2004-05 2009-10
3% of Council
total energy use from on-site renewables by 2010
95% of electricity
for Council buildings from renewable sources 2005-2006
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Energy and
water policy now adopted
Prudential
Funding for energy (£200,000 in 2005-6) and repair/ maintenance
(£25m over 5 yrs) programmes in place
Energy reviews
of fire and rescue sites completed
Council has
been accepted by the Carbon Trust for the Local Authority Carbon
Management (LACM) programme
Stratfield
Brake coppicing project going ahead
Funding approved
for two wind turbines on school sites
CC purchase
of electricity from renewable sources, has risen to 100% since October
2005.
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Travel
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Increase
take-up of staff travel loans by 30% 2005-2006
Review central
offices parking
Run trial car
share scheme
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By end of February
2006, 367 loans taken up, an increase of 35% compared with Apr-Feb
2005.
Recommendations
approved by CCMT and implemented for April 2006. No officer parking
at Speedwell House or County Hall.
29 people signed
up for the scheme since April 2005
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Waste
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Multi-material
recycling by at least 11 new workplaces by March 2006
Resource efficiency
(paper)
Monitor paper
consumption
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Sites now recycling
include all 6 whole time fire stations, County Hall, Macclesfield
House, Foxcombe Court, Yarnton House and Calthorpe.
Printing study
completed in Speedwell House,
Electronic
document management systems being worked on.
Central procurement
is monitoring paper
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Water
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Review of County
Council water use
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Thames Water
audit of County Hall water use in completed in autumn 2005 indicated
that use was at a good level with few opportunities to improve further.
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2. Corporate
tools and levers
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Facilities
management
Procurement
Data collection
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Report to CCMT
in March 06 to recommend Terms of Reference for review.
Environmental
policy approved by procurement board April 2005
Contract database
set up.
Preparatory
work on carbon management, water and waste.
A significant
part of the LACM programme will include data collection and analysis.
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3. Services
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One innovative
or street lighting or signage scheme in 2005-2006
Environmental
accreditation (CS)
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Work has begun
to implement a trial in using solar energy to power lights in bus
shelters during the night. The trial is taking place on stops on
the Dorchester bypass. A solar sign has also been installed on the
road to Witney
The Programme
Board has agreed after investigation that implementing this would
not be good value for money.
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4. Schools
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Electronic
communication with schools
Increase
schools recycling by 20%
Increase
proportion of eco-schools to 30% of all schools
Increase
number of schools with Eco-schools Green Flag status by 50%
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Electronic-only
communication with schools policy has now been implemented (except
with consultation documents)
Action achieved:
20% of schools now have multi-material recycling schemes
30% of schools
in March 2006 are now eco-schools
8 schools in
Oxfordshire now have Green Flag status
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