One Planet Regions
Discussing energy efficiency with a Sutton resident
With the power to effect change through planning decisions, retrofit programmes and influencing behaviour, local government organisations can lead the way towards a sustainable future.
BioRegional’s One Planet regions programme comprises cities, local government organisations and municipal authorities that have committed to adopt and promote the One Planet Living framework.
The first local authority to become an endorsed One Planet Region is the London Borough of Sutton. Read more about the One Planet Sutton initiative below and on the One Planet Sutton website.
Several other UK local authorities are in the process of adopting the One Planet Living framework to become One Planet Regions. To find out how you can join them, visit our local government page.
London Borough of Sutton
One Planet Sutton is a major initiative that will enable local people, business and council services within the London Borough of Sutton to live and work within their fair share of the earth’s resources. As a typical commuter suburb with 80,000 homes and 186,000 residents, One Planet Sutton could have a major impact, both in its own right and through the lessons learned.
Working with Sutton Council, BioRegional has developed a One Planet Action Plan that sets targets for council operations and a series of interventions that will enable Sutton residents and businesses to achieve one planet living by 2025. The targets include for all council buildings to be zero carbon by 2017 and the whole borough “enabled” to be zero carbon by 2025.
Activities will also be focused on a 3,000 home pilot area, reducing energy demand through a retrofit programme and supplying renewable energy to make the area zero carbon. The project will tackle the key issue of behaviour change to demonstrate by 2012 how a whole neighbourhood can live and work sustainably.
A partnership between Sutton Council, B&Q and BioRegional is running a Home Energy Pay As You Save pilot scheme, which will give 100 Sutton households the opportunity to invest in energy efficiency and microgeneration technologies in their homes with no upfront cost. Find out more here.
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