Green Digital Charter Study

Tour

Welcome to Birmingham

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Heike Schuster-James Program Manager

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Smart City Birmingham

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Green Digital Charter

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Birmingham co-developer and first wave signatory 2009

Close cooperation internally Climate Change & Sustainability, Digital Birmingham, Property Services

Chapter ‘ICT & Energy Efficiency in the Roadmap’ with 6 actions Energy data Building management Estate management School premises Wellbeing and fuel

poverty Intelligent energy

infrastructure research

Street Lighting Amey – 25 strategic contract and

partnership (PFI) Improving and maintaining

Birmingham’s highways 2500 km of roads >850 highways structures and bridges < 100,000 street lights 2010-15 accelerated improvement

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Home Logbook An one-stop online place for social housing tenants Supporting behaviour change and sustainable

tenancies Take responsibility for own home (payments,

heating, ventilation, furnishings) Work with Family Housing Association includes

energy savings advice Tenant training house offers information about

electricity, gas and water usage, each room gives different advice

Direct and indirect carbon savings: landlords save on printed information and have more lasting tenancies, tenants change their behaviour

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Smart Spaces Building Energy Management 3 pilot sites Training building professionals Informing building users through

website

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Thank youEnjoy your Visit!

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