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Brighton & Hove Carbon Neutral Fund
Carbon Neutral Fund Projects
The Carbon Neutral Fund supports climate action across our services to deliver the Carbon Neutral 2030 programme. This is our main response to the climate and biodiversity emergencies.
Sustainable building improvements for St Ann’s Well café - £75,000
Solar panels at Stanmer workshop - £40,000
Electrical infrastructure for City Parks fleet - £100,000
Electric ’all-terrain’ vehicle for Waterhall - £31,500
City Parks diesel reduction programme, Preston Park and Brunswick - £130,000
Rechargeable medium-sized machinery, such as hedge cutters, mowers and smaller strimmers - £12,500
Energy and water efficiency for 4 public toilets (Hove, Portslade, Rottingdean and Queen’s Park) as part of the public toilet refurbishment programme - £126,500
Allotments - water Infrastructure upgrades at 6 allotments sites – Hove, Portslade, Rottingdean, Hangleton and 2 sites in Whitehawk - £210,500
Water efficiency fund to broaden the monitoring scope of the council’s water use - £50,000
Carbon reduction measures to operational buildings - £3.5 million ring-fenced
Electric vehicle fast charger installations and improved access initiatives - £86,000
Western Road Improvement Project, includes tree planting - £532,500
Use of technology to collect emissions data around or on entry to Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) from vehicle flows and types - £200,000
Air quality, 2 automatic analyser stations and continued diffusion tube monitoring - £200,000 ring-fenced
Built environment
Improving the biodiversity and sustainability of the Kingsway to the Sea project - £700,000
Install renewable energy technologies in the Palace Place & Old Steine buildings - £89,000
Waste
Improving the communal bin system to improve recycling rates, starting with a pilot in Brunswick and Regency wards - £820,000
Install new, more secure Waste Electricals and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) bins and increase the overall number of WEEE recycling points - £84,555
Refurbish and redeploy large capacity, solar smart bins to Rottingdean, Ovingdean and Saltdean - £115,000
Circular economy
Provide subsidised home composters to residents across the city and introduce a subsidised water butt scheme for residents - £48,000
Trial the use of new techniques to rejuvenate and extend the lifecycle of 14 failing concrete roads (£1 million)
Adaptation
Adaptation
Climate adaptation
Flood Drainage Systems for tree pits alongside parks - £150,000
Purchase specialist machinery for the decompaction of high use grassed areas to improve their water retention and carbon sequestration - £27,000
Norton Road rain gardens - £75,000
Conserving and enhancing biodiversity
Nature and environment
Install guided trails around the new Waterhall Local Nature Reserve, improve low-carbon travel options to site, and raise awareness of climate change and biodiversity - £15,500
Downland dew pond creation at Waterhall to help increase the site’s biodiversity - £25,000
Previous projects that have received carbon neutral funding
Carbon Reduction
Energy and water
Supporting schools with energy efficiency projects - £500,000
Low carbon (heat pump) pilot at Carden Community Centre and Portslade Town Hall - £190,000
Water efficiency measures across the council’s property portfolio - £50,000
Energy audits and improvements on 10 of the council’s larger commercial properties - £50,000
Replacing existing lighting with low energy LEDs in some sports facilities - £187,000
Hollingdean depot HGV EV charging infrastructure - £408,000
EV fast charging points at four council housing locations - £80,000
30 EV fast charging points in parks depots - £31,600
LED lighting at Withdean Sports Complex
Transport
Installation of fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers - £50,000
In 2021 £3.9 million of Carbon Neutral Funding was allocated to transport and travel projects including infrastructure such as:
Charging points to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles
Local investment in pedestrian crossings, cycle facilities, the bus network and rights of way improvements to encourage people to travel more sustainably