Buildings and heating climate action scorecard

Our climate action scorecards assess climate action across seven sections. 

2 - Buildings and heating

  • Has the council completed extensive retrofit work on any of its significant buildings to make them low carbon?
  • Does the council have a target to retrofit all significant council buildings (excluding homes) and has this been costed?
  • Are the council's operations powered by renewable energy?
  • Are the homes owned and managed by the council energy efficient?
  • Does the council have a target to retrofit all council-owned and managed homes and has this been costed?
  • Is the council part of a programme or partnership to support home retrofitting, through providing the skills and training needed or in other ways?
  • Does the council have a staff member employed to work on retrofitting across the council area?
  • Are the homes and buildings in the council area energy efficient?
  • Is the council actively enforcing Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards of homes in the private rented sector?
  • Does the council provide a service to support private homeowners to make their homes more energy efficient?
  • Does the council offer funding to private renters or homeowners to retrofit their homes?
  • Does the council have a scheme to allow residents to purchase renewable energy cheaply, through collective buying?
  • Has the council supported local community renewable energy creation?
  1. Biodiversity
  2. Buildings and heating
  3. Collaboration and engagement
  4. Governance and finance
  5. Planning and land use
  6. Transport
  7. Waste reduction and food