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environmental performance
Modest
adjustments
can result in
large savings
A TYPICAL yearly bill for gas and
electricity at Woodhall Hills Golf Club
in Calverley, West Yorkshire, is more
than £16,000 a year. Now staff at the
Above Hundreds of pounds can be saved with
club, which has been hosting golfers
a few simple and free energy-saving
since 1905, could save around
measures, says npower
£1,000 and over three tonnes of
carbon a year simply by cleaning the
beer cellar condenser and bottle fridge Funding for
Tile improves
grilles, ventilating the fridge/freezer
area, and swapping the 60W
renewables
air quality
incandescent lamps in the lounge with
compact fluorescent lamps.
A GOVERNMENT grant scheme to help
And, by investing in and installing
public sector and other not-for-profit
A ROOF TILE coating that will absorb
thermostats to better regulate the
organisations generate their own renewable
asthma-causing pollutants from the air in the
temperature throughout the building
energy is attracting large numbers of
urban areas is produced by Marley Eternit.
for a one-off cost of £600, more than
applications from local authorities, schools,
The coating, EcoLogic, contains a
£1,100 a year and five tonnes of
charities and community groups.
catalyst that is activated by the sun’s rays.
carbon would be saved. Other
Under the Low Carbon Buildings
This removes nitrogen oxides (NOx) which
measures include better insulation
Programme Phase 2 (LCBP2), £48m of
contribute to asthmatic and bronchial
throughout the property and reflective
grant funding is available for all such
problems from the air, along with other
strips behind radiators to improve
organisations wanting to take advantage of
atmospheric pollutants responsible for
heating efficiency.
free green energy. They can apply for grants
smog and acid rain.
These were the findings of a recent
of up to £1m to pay for half the equipment
Marley Eternit estimates that during its
energy survey from npower. To help
and installation costs associated with a
lifetime an average-sized roof with
Woodhall Hills begin its drive for
number of solar, wind, heat pump, biomass
EcoLogic tiles could remove an amount
energy efficiency, the business energy
and other renewable energy technologies.
equivalent to that emitted by a modern car
efficiency experts worked with eCube
Other ways in which the Government is
driving 100,000 miles.
and Elkay to provide eCubes for the
encouraging the use of renewables include
club’s refrigerators and time and
relaxing planning laws in relation to
Suits architectural styles
motion sensitive light switches for the
equipment installation, and proposals to
The tile also combines higher levels of
locker rooms, toilets and storage
double support for electricity from
recycled materials than standard concrete
rooms. The eCubes will reduce the
microgeneration technologies through the
tiles. EcoLogic has been introduced in a
energy used by the Club’s
Renewables Obligation.
Ludlow Major profile in the new colour
refrigerators by 17%.
There are still funds available in the
Bracken. This product has a brown
In total, it was concluded that
scheme for new applicants. Advice on the
granular textured surface to complement a
Woodhall Hills could shave nearly
best technology options, grant eligibility,
wide range of architectural styles, from
£2,500 off its annual gas and
the application process, obtaining match
urban renewal to new build developments.
electricity bill, as well as over nine
funding and other issues can be obtained
Ludlow Major tiles are popular in inner city
tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
by calling 08704 232313, or visiting
areas such as London, which is among the
with an investment of £1,115.
www.lowcarbonbuildingsphase2.org.uk a73
UK’s worst-hit locations for nitrogen oxides.
EcoLogic coating contains special grades
Recognising that while there are a
number of common areas where all
editorialcontacts
of titanium dioxide that trigger a reaction
under the influence of the UV radiation in
businesses can typically save energy,
sunlight converting NOx into nitric acid ions.
the most effective cost savings come
Marley Eternit
These are then neutralised by the lime and
from a tailored approach to energy
www.marleyeternit.co.uk
calcium carbonate in the concrete.
efficiency, according to npower. This
Max Fordham LLP
individual approach will take into
www.maxfordham.com
account a range of factors including
Nightingale Associates
Government has targeted
building structure, heating systems,
www.nightingaleassociates.com
a reduction of emission
the use of refrigeration and lighting as
Pellikaan
levels of nitrogen
well as a range of sector-specific
www.pellikaan.com
oxides from the 2004
needs and equipment in order to
SLM
level of 1.6m to below
maximise energy savings without
www.everyoneactive.co.uk
1.2m tonnes by 2010 compromising day-to-day operations.
Studio E Architects
www.studioe.co.uk
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