PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL will be supporting WWF’s Earth Hour once again this year, on Saturday, 30th March.
Earth Hour brings together people across the world to call for greater action on protecting the planet. Approximately half a million people in Wales participate every year.
Ian Westley, the Council’s Chief Executive, said the Authority is proud to support the global initiative.
“Local authorities have a big role to play in helping to tackle climate change, and Pembrokeshire is no exception,” he said.
“In recent years, the actions of our energy and design and maintenance teams has resulted in carbon dioxide emissions from our Council buildings decreasing by over 33% since recording began in 2003.
“This is due to the hundreds of energy-efficiency and energy-generation schemes which we have installed at schools, leisure centres, libraries and other public buildings across the County.
“The schemes include LED lighting and lighting controls, PV solar panels, low carbon new building designs, heating controls upgrades, biomass wood pellet heating, solar hot water panels, insulation and many others.
“We also have many exciting projects planned for the future, including looking beyond pure energy efficiency building designs to projects such as a roll-out of Electric Vehicle charging to allow residents and visitors to shift towards low carbon forms of transport.”
(PV solar panels at Narberth CP School.)
