The council and its buildings
Cheltenham Borough Council owns a diverse range of properties. Cheltenham Trust sites include Cheltenham Town Hall, Pittville Pump Room, Leisure at Cheltenham, Prince of Wales Stadium and The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum. There are approximately 5,000 properties within the social housing stock. Smaller sites in CBC’s portfolio include public toilets, pavilions, car parks, fountains, and other miscellaneous properties.
The energy use in these buildings contribute towards the council’s carbon footprint, with gas emissions being accounted for in scope 1 and electricity in scope 2. This means when considering our net zero by 2030 ambitions, we need to reduce our carbon footprint and adapt through improving our infrastructure and moving to low carbon systems.
There are several previous, current and ongoing projects support our work towards decarbonising our portfolio, and progress continues to be made as technical and funding opportunities are identified.
We are currently commissioning decarbonisation plans for the major buildings, which will provide a strategy and associated costs to get our buildings to net zero.