A NEW map has revealed which areas of Reading has the best and worst carbon footprints.

The map, termed a place-based carbon calculator, grades areas of the district by the level of their carbon emissions, with the difference between the best and worst areas a whopping 14 tonnes of carbon

It looks at the average amount of carbon emitted per person in total and from electricity, gas, other heating, car driving, van driving, flights and consumption of goods and services, and for each gives a grade from A to F.

To get an A- or higher grade an area is in the best ten per cent of areas for emissions, while A+ areas are in the top one per cent. For F+ and F- grades it is the same, but at the other end of the scale.

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Perhaps surprisingly, the areas with the lowest emissions are all based in inner city Bradford, while the worst offenders are in more rural areas of the district.

The map is broken down in Lower Super Output Areas, covering areas of around 1,500 people, breaking the district into more than 100 different areas.

One area in Reading gained an A+. Church near Lower Earley has emissions below 3,000kg of CO2 per person.

The area around the University and is dominated by flats and students, which explains the low energy usage and very low emissions from driving, with each person emitting 2,240kg of carbon dioxide a year.

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At the opposite end of the spectrum lies places like Southcote, Burghfield, Abbey, Coronation, Loddon and Calcot which have received F grades where the emissions are a huge 17,800kg and 20,200kg of carbon per person.

The area around Coronation performed particularly badly on emissions from consumption of recreation, food and drink and flights, which could be down to the more affluent residents in this area.

In comparison, Minster, Church, Caversham, Whitley and Tilehurst received grades of C+ where the emissions are low at 6280kg and 5,960kg of carbon per person.

The research has been compiled using a mix of detailed data where available as well as surveys and modelling.

It was created in collaboration between the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions, the Universities of Leeds and Manchester, Transport for the South East, and Steer, using funding from UK Research and Innovation.

It comes as part the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy annual CO2e emissions for 2019.

Reading Borough Council said they have a long standing commitment to action on climate change.

A signatory to the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change in 2006, it was one of the first authorities in the UK to produce a detailed Climate Action Plan.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Reading have fallen by 41 per cent, which is greater than all but 19 of the 405 authorities in Great Britain.

Reading Borough Council said they have reduced its own emissions by 53 per cent since 2008, reaching its own target three years early.

Councillor Tony Page, Reading’s lead member for strategic environment, planning and transport, said: “Reading’s success in cutting carbon emissions is there for all to see. The Council recently met its own target to cut carbon emissions by 50 per cent three years early, helping to achieve the borough wide reduction of 41 per cent which puts it in the top 20 local authorities in Britain for progress.

“By creating a ‘golden thread’ of action on climate change across all areas of the Council’s work, we aim to give it the prominence and priority it needs across every single Council service and committee.

“Committees will be expected to regularly report on the relevant elements of Reading’s Climate Change Strategy and the Climate Emergency Action Framework, ensuring services are held to account in public forums and that it remains top of everyone’s agenda. The creation of a new Cleaner Air and Safer Transport Forum will also help add another level of scrutiny to the progress being made."