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Household insulation, heat pumps and rewilding are some of the methods that will be implemented to cut Leiston's carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030.
Leiston saw applications to build houses flood in from developers when the Neighbourhood Plan, 2015 to 2029, was being created.
Leiston's Long Shop Museum is aiming to cut its emissions - Credit: Archant An industrial museum in Leiston is planning to install a new heat pump as part of the market town's ambition to have a zero-carbon output. The Long Shop Museum, in Main Street, has applied to East Suffolk Council to seek permission to replace its gas boiler with the 7kW air-source heat pump. Heat pumps perform a similar function to boilers, but they do not produce carbon emissions when in use. Net Zero Leiston, an initiave between Leiston-cum-Sizewell Town Council and the Leiston Together Board, is aiming to reduce...