Climate Change, the Salford Response

Presentation to Scrutiny Committee25th April 2013Mike Hemingway

Climate Change Impacts on Salford and the North West•Summer temperature rises of up to 5.9 ºC.•The hottest day temperatures in NW exceeding 40 ºC (current highest is 38.5 ºC in Kent 2003)•Summer rainfall could decrease by 21%.•Increased probability of severe weather incidents.•Winter rainfall could be 16% higher than now.

How this might affect us

• Areas of Salford are at high risk of flooding and heat island effect.

• Increased storm damage and disruption to travel.• Summer water shortages• Public health problems around heat stress, skin

cancers and food poisoning• The high levels of deprivation and vulnerable

households in these areas make them less resilient to these impacts

Climate Change ……. What will it mean for Salford

Annual/seasonal averages• Warmer, drier summers (spring and autumn too)• Milder, wetter winters • Rising sea levels

Extremes• More very hot days• More intense downpours of rain• Shorter return periods for high water levels at

coast• Uncertain changes in storms - possible winter

increase (Source: UKCIP)

Changing National Situation• Dramatic energy price increases fuelled by insecurity of future energy

supply– Increased fuel poverty in difficult economic times

• 34% reduction in UK carbon emissions by 2022• 80% reduction required by 2050

• The government ambitions – Increased energy from renewables / sustainable sources– Decreasing demand for energy

• Green Deal is the Government’s flagship environmental policy– Launch in 28th January 2013

• End to current subsidies for household energy efficiency measures in Dec 2012 (CESP and CERT)– New subsidy (ECO) launched alongside Green Deal – Oct 2012

Salford’s Climate Change StrategyCreating a city prepared for the future (2010)

Three Key Themes

Carbon Reduction- Reducing our carbon footprint

Climate Adaptation- Making places resilient and

people safe

Behavioural Change- Understanding why and how

we can play our part.

Purpose of the Strategy

• Demonstrate a collective commitment to address Climate Change on behalf of Salford communities.

• Provide broad framework for partners to identify roles.

• Demonstrate a range of activity already taking place.

• Identify action and partnerships to take the agenda forward.

• The strategy covers the council as an organisation, managing our own estate, as a regulator and policy maker and as a community leader, working with communities and partners

Connecting People to Opportunities

• Energy efficiency : warm homes, healthy homes, financial and carbon savings

• Walking / Cycling : physical health, weight loss, self esteem, carbon savings

• Local Food Growing :mental, physical health, rewarding, healthy diet, carbon savings

Connecting People to Opportunities

• Business Opportunities

• Jobs / Skills / Training

• Reducing costs / Competetiveness

GM Climate Change Strategy 2011-2020

This AGMA strategy focuses on• Rapid transition to a low carbon economy.• Reduce collective carbon emissions by 48%.• We will be prepared for and actively adapting to

a rapidly changing climate.• ‘Carbon literacy’ will have become embedded

The GM strategy is supplemented by a climate change implementation plan for projects up to 2015.

Climate Change Implementation Plan

Themes and Sub-groupsThemes and Sub-groups

Enable and MeasureEnable and Measure

OutcomesOutcomes

City Deal - Low Carbon ElementsKey elements:

1) Develop a Low Carbon Huba) developing a joint Low Carbon Implementation Planb) Pathfinder (MOU) with DECC as part of 1 of 5 Pioneer UK Cities

2) 50/50 Joint Venture with Green Investment Bank

a) Programme to develop a pipeline of investable projectb) Develop and deliver projects

3) Extend low carbon work across Governmenta) Develop MOUs with BIS, DEFRA and other depts as relevant

Wider Greater Manchester Context“Combining the knowledge of GM’s universities with the innovation of GM’s businesses, under the governance of the GM Combined Authority”

• Deliver GM Low Carbon aspiration of 48% carbon reduction by 2020

• Partnership with Universities and Private Sector

• 7 `Delivery’ Sub Groups (2 cross-cutting Skills and LCEGS Sector Devel)

• Support from AGMA and GM `Family’

• Developing `Pathfinder’ MoU’s with Gvt Departments - DECC and Defra in particular

Significant GM ProjectsDelivering projects :• £3m Green Deal `Go Early’ Projects• GM Solar Photovoltaic Project • £10m social housing retrofit programme• Get Me Toasty and Energy Advice Centre• Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (OLEV)• Supporting £10m Electricity Northwest Grid capacity project,

NOMA, Scout Moor and Siemens Renewable Energy CentreDeveloping Projects: • Heat Networks and Heat Demonstrators• Project Development Capacity• Green Deal (DECC)• Climate Change Adaptation (Life +)

How are we engaging in Salford

• Salford is working with other AGMA authorities to deliver the Green Deal in a way which maximise outcomes for Salford residents

• Street lighting -24000 new energy efficient LED street lights are being fitted across Salford.

• GM Fair Energy scheme. Latest figures show that Salford had second highest participation rates as a proportion of households, in both auctions to date.

Hydro-electric power on the Irwell• Salford is working with

partners to develop Hydro Electric Power projects on the River Irwell weirs. These schemes have the potential to produce enough electricity to power over 300 homes and will incorporate fish passes to allow fish to travel upstream.

Retrofitting housing in SalfordToasty, Eco and the Green Deal

Toasty and Affordable Warmth• Since between 2004/5 to 31 March 2013 19,837

energy efficiency measures installed in the private sector

• £14.7 million of energy company & warm front grant brought into the city

• Get Me Toasty scheme has installed 3,002 measures to-date in Salford. This activity has generated annual CO2 savings of 1,982,020kgs Heating bill savings are: annual = £373,300

What is the Green Deal• Market driven approach with parameters set by

Government.

• The customer receives a package of energy efficiency measures at no up-front cost from a ‘Green Deal provider’.

• Agreement to package of measures that pays for itself over time – ‘Golden Rule’.

• Finance attached to the electricity meter – paid back over upto 25 years

• Accredited advice, products and installation.

• Support for poorer households and certain installations.

The Golden Rule

The Green Deal and ECO

Local Authority leadership• Focus and catalyse a growth market in GM

• Retain the benefits locally

• Encourage take-up

• Drive a neighbourhood / spatial approach

• Compliment the early, private sector market

• Low Carbon Leadership – ‘walk the talk’

GM Green Deal• 15, 000 homes retrofitted over 3 years (minimum)

• 2,100 fuel poor households supported, saving the NHS alone £3m

• £100m spend in supply chain in improving GM housing stock

• Minimum of £16m of ECO attracted into GM

• 1000 jobs supported in the wider supply chain

• £36m of GVA generated

• Upto 25% more households savings secured through behaviour change activity

• Opportunity to drive an increase in skills in GM, and create / support apprenticeship opportunities

Social Housing

• PFI – insulation and renewablesRefurbishment of 1270 properties in Pendleton. High and medium rise properties will benefit from rainscreen cladding insulation and exhaust air heat pump units to reduce emissions. Low rise properties will be over clad with insulated render and fitted with energy efficient boilers to increase thermal efficiency. Overall across the PFI scheme it is anticipated that there will 38% renewable energy achieved.

Salix Homes• The Salix Green project combines physical improvements to make

housing in Central Salford more environmentally sustainable with advice and support for customers to encourage changes in how energy is used in their homes.

• As a trailblazer for the Government's flagship Green Deal initiative, Salix Homes have developed a range of innovative measures to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, reducing their carbon footprint and providing significant savings for residents fuel bills.

• Salix and City West have both installed “Eco-pods” on their tower blocks. These cascade boiler systems supplemented by solar power cut carbon and resident fuel bills.

• Salix has trained up front line staff to provide basic energy advice to tenants.

Salford’s Carbon Management plan

A Green council

• Salford City Council has been awarded the Carbon Gold Saver Gold standard in two successive years. The council is now the first organisation in the country to have retained the maximum five star rating.

• Since 2007 the council has saved over £800000 and over 4000 tonnes of Co2 by cutting energy use in council buildings by 16.4%.

• This has been achieved by measures such as passive air cooling of computer servers at the civic centre; Voltage optimisation; installation of LED lighting across corporate properties.

• New schemes such as cavity wall and loft insulation, heating controls and lighting upgrades are already underway to save even more energy at council offices, primary schools and leisure centres. It is expected these new measures will save more than 150 tonnes of CO2 this year.

Communities Living Sustainably

• A recent success for Salford has been the Irwell Communities Living sustainably bid.

• The Irwell Valley Sustainable Communities Project recently won nearly £1 million from the Big Lottery.

• The project will support an area susceptible to flooding from the River Irwell, will train up community green champions, identify local projects to develop and to encourage the creation of jobs in the Green economy

• Locally based company WSP is developing a tool to help households follow a sustainable low carbon lifestyle.

Chat Moss - Carbon Sink

• Chat Moss Acts as a carbon store or Carbon sink - huge amounts of locked up carbon

• Rewetting of worked out peat areas will prevent further loss and begin carbon uptake.