In 2023/24, Scene supported ONECarluke Area Network (ONECAN) COP 26 Response Group to conduct a baseline assessment of the Carluke area’s carbon footprint. The report is a comprehensive assessment of the carbon emissions associated with all of the area’s activities, across both the domestic and non-domestic arenas, and breaks down the emissions associated with all electricity, natural gas, heating sources, transportation, land use, and waste activities. The report directly informed a ONECAN Net Zero Strategy, which identifies feasible activities that can provide the greatest positive impact to Carluke’s overall carbon footprint, and on the most cost-effective basis.
The study's recommended low carbon actions included:
1. Community influencing actions (including clean air campaign, low carbon information hub).
2. Community Infrastructure Investment (including EV car club, district heat networks, home retrofiting, community energy club).
These actions where brought together into a practical and cohesive net zero routemap for Carluke, providing short, medium and long term goals and means of decarbonisation across all sectors.