Browser does not support script.
Bournemouth Borough Council would like to place cookies on your computer to help us make this website better. To find out more about the cookies, see our privacy notice.
Please accept cookies by ticking this box and clicking on the 'submit' button below.
Follow us on
Facebook and Twitter
With oil prices subject to greater volatility than ever, local authorities are intent on taking practical steps to help households and businesses adapt to a world of diminishing energy supplies and climate change.
Bournemouth has based its response on the work of the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre|, whose recent report drew together the most promising policies for tackiling peak oil, so that everyone can benefit from the best practices being developed both at home and abroad.
Bournemouth and Poole have the largest carbon footprints in Dorset. In Bournemouth, our carbon emissions come from:
Although not all carbon emissions originate from energy use, metered electricity and gas account for 63% of Dorset's carbon dioxide emissions, while oil (not including transport), coal and manufactured solid fuel use is responsible for approximately a further 7.5%.
Therefore energy efficiency is the most effective way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and is also the cheapest as its costs are offset by savings on energy bills.
Electricity and gas accopunt for 46% and 51% of our total domestic emissions respectively. In this sector, Bournemouth has the highest levels of emissions in Dorset.
There is no data for the carbon emissions or energy use of the business sector alone, but Defra figures give the combined emissions of businesses and the public sector (including hospitals and schools). After Poole and Purbeck, Bournemouth has the third highest level of emissions in Dorset.
For for information on the sectoral contributions from industry, and potential savings in these sectors please see page 11 of the Go Green Bournemouth Climate Change and Sustainable Community Strategy|
gogreen@bournemouth.gov.uk|