Climate Information - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Climate Information
FOI Number
15630
Date Received
21/09/2021
Type of Request
EIR
Request or Question
Please note that there are six parts to this question.1. Has the council declared a climate emergency?2. Is there a councillor at Cabinet level who is a Climate Champion?3. Does the council have a Local Transport plan? If so, does the plan include a carbon budget as defined as a cap on the amount of greenhouse gases emitted?
4. How many council properties are there? How many council properties have been retrofitted to Energy Performance Certificate c or higher?
6. How many council-owned locations are there? Of these, how many electric vehicle charging points have been installed?
7. How many street lights are there? Of these, how many lights are LED?
Response
1. Scottish Borders Council declared a climate emergency on 25 September 2020. The relevant report can be found at the 1st link below.
2. Councillor Sandy Aitchison is the Executive Member for Sustainable Development and chairs the Council’s Sustainable Development Committee which is responsible for delivery of the Scottish Borders Climate Change Route Map.
3. The local access and transport strategy (LATS) replaces the previous local transport strategy, published in 2008 and is available on our website via the 2nd link below.
4. The Council has 325 operational properties. The Council does not hold how many council properties have been retrofitted to Energy Performance Certificate c or higher. Therefore we give notice under 10(4)(a) of EI(S)R 2004.
5. 11 installed in Council owned car parks. 135 car parks maintained by Scottish Borders Council plus 10 pay and display car parks
