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Cabinet
Tuesday, 18 April 2006



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ITEM CA7 - ANNEX 1

CABINET – 18 APRIL 2006

FUTURE FIRST ACTION PLAN 2006-2007

Future First Action Plan 2005-2006

Evaluation of progress against targets: 12 month review

Target

Progress

1. Cross cutting issues

Energy and climate change

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

 

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.

Travel

Increase take-up of staff travel loans by 30% 2005-2006

Review central offices parking

 

Run trial car share scheme

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

Waste

Multi-material recycling by at least 11 new workplaces by March 2006

Resource efficiency (paper)

 

Monitor paper consumption

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

Water

Review of County Council water use

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.

2. Corporate tools and levers

Facilities management

 

 

Procurement

 

 

 

Data collection

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.

3. Services

One innovative or street lighting or signage scheme in 2005-2006

 

 

Environmental accreditation (CS)

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.

4. Schools

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%

 

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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