London Borough of Haringey: Towards a Zero Carbon Future

Proposed

Addressing climate change is important for Haringey: Outside Wood Green Library. Credit Joe Baker

A modelling-led route map for a net-zero borough by 2041, from retrofits, renewable technology deployment and behaviour change across homes, workplaces, transport and energy generation in the borough.

Haringey council commissioned Arup to develop a trajectory and key actions that would take the borough to net zero emissions by 2050. Following the council’s declaration of a climate emergency in March 2019, we developed this work further to understand how much sooner the borough could reach net zero and what additional action would be required. The findings from this work support the council’s draft Climate Action Plan which sets out how the borough will become net zero by 2041.

Zero Carbon London

→ Over 90% reduction in emissions by 2041 (from 2005 baseline)

→ 35% reduction in building related energy demand by 2035

→ Halving the number of petrol/diesel vehicle journeys by 2024

→ Nearly all homes to be supplied by heat pumps and low carbon district heating

Haringey council commissioned Arup to develop a trajectory and key actions that would take the borough to net zero emissions by 2050. Following the council’s declaration of a climate emergency in March 2019, this work was developed and a new target was set of 2041. Evidence-based modelling was translated into meaningful recommendations, which included deep retrofit of all council-owned housing, planning policies that demand more ambitious emissions reductions, improved active travel infrastructure and disincentives to unnecessary private car use, and programmes and policies to encourage renewable energy installation.

Project information

Status

Proposed

Borough

Haringey

Completion

November 2019

Location

7th Floor, River Park House, 225 High Rd, Wood Green, London N22 8HQ, UK

Team Credits

M&E / Sustainability Engineer

Arup