Questions from the Floor

During the Summit, delegates had the opportunity to pose questions via the Slido app, and below you’ll find a selection of those questions with their responses. We will endeavour to build on these, and other questions posed on the day, through the upcoming events and activities including through the SELCC Sustainability group, formed out of the Summit.

Are heat pumps noisy?

The legal noise limit for a heat pump is 42 decibels. This is measured from the nearest neighbouring property. So, the loudest your heat pump should be at the boundary to your neighbour’s property is 42 decibels. To put that into perspective, this is a similar volume to a refrigerator. Visit How Noisy Are Heat Pumps? (heat-pumps.org.uk) for further information.

How many electric vehicle charging points in the borough?

According to the borough’s Electric Vehicle Policy Framework Action Plan https://bit.ly/4aNxfio issued in October 2022, approximately 1% of vehicles in Greenwich are electric (~1,500 vehicles out of 80,000 total), supported by a network of ~300 public charging points. TfL predicts 34-49% of all vehicles in London will be electric by 2030 and we can expect this to apply to Greenwich. In order to support the charging requirements of these vehicles there will need to be a mix of 1,200 –2,700 EV charging points in Greenwich by 2030.

You can find your nearest charging point on ZapMap: https://www.zap-map.com

What are the next steps after this session?

This report is one of the first steps. As pointed out elsewhere in this report, the Chamber will hold a series of events around the topics discussed at the Summit, including the four projects selected. In fact, we held an on-line event by Coventry University London “How Climate Change May Impact Your Business”, on Monday 8 April, just a few days after the Summit. In addition, we have formed a SELCC Sustainability Group to support the realisation of the four selected projects and the 13 other projects discussed in the Summit.