Local authorities
The Retrofit Accelerator for Homes will provide financial support to local authorities and housing associations to make ‘urgent’ upgrades and improvements
Local authorities in England, outside London, are being invited to bid for funding to replace an entire city or town’s bus fleet to fully electric vehicles
They can apply for projects including electric vehicle charging points, cycling infrastructure and developing local online air quality resources
Five councils will install a total of 73 charging networks across 33 car parks
Energy Systems Catapult suggests better energy planning is needed to improve how local areas prepare for decarbonisation
The money from the government’s Air Quality Grant will be shared by 23 councils
They will be able to use the funds to upgrade buses with technology to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions
They could include upgrades such as new bus routes, smart technology aimed at reducing congestion or docking stations for e-bikes
The London Pension Fund Authority has only 2% of its entire holdings invested in fossil fuel companies
They will retrofit buses with technology to reduce tailpipe emissions of nitrogen dioxide
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