Our projects timeline

The story of our projects in a timeline.

Projects timeline - information as a table

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Date	Event	Climate or Sustainability
2010	DCC's first carbon management plan.	Sustainability
2010	OASES Sustainability Education in Schools begins.	Climate
2012	Brandon and Esh Winning Primaries get BREEAM Outstanding, a first for a UK Authority.	Climate
2012	Craghead domestic external wall insulation project.	Climate
2015	Wharton Park redeveloped with an Air Source Heat Pump.	Climate
2020	The council signs up to the Investors in the Environment Programme and starts developing an Environmental Management Scheme to lower our environmental impacts.	Sustainability
2020	The Sustainability Appraisal of the County Durham Plan is completed which has improved the sustainability of many policies governing development in the county up to 2035.	Sustainability
2020	Woodland creation programme commences.	Climate and Sustainability
2020 (January)	Tanfield Solar Farm installed.	Climate
2020 (December)	APSE Service Award Winners.	Climate
2022	Mandatory elearning course on Climate Change launched for all of Durham County Council's staff, reaching 11,366 full time equivalent employees.	Climate
2022	Woodland Primary School becomes the lowest carbon emitting school in the county following energy efficiency works, the replacement of oil heating with air source heat pumps and installation of solar panels.	Climate