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Seeing is Believing: Wythenshawe Forum
The Council’s Corporate Estates Team have been delivering the estates carbon reduction programme. Supported by contractors Ameresco, and utilising funds from the Council and UK Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), a variety of decarbonisation measures have been installed. The highest carbon emitting buildings have been prioritised and Wythenshawe Forum was one of these buildings.
In a typical year (pre COVID-19), Wythenshawe Forum emitted 699 tCO2 from burning gas and 603 tCO2 from consuming electricity, totalling 1,302 tCO2 per annum. The work completed as part of the carbon reduction programme has resulted in the forecast carbon savings of approximately 640 tCO2 per annum, delivering a 49% reduction in emissions from energy consumption.
Decarbonisation measures installed at Wythenshawe Forum include:
- a large LED lighting and controls upgrade
- combined Heat and Power Engine
- new pool cover
- solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof
- solar PV battery storage
- a large Air Source Heat Pump
- a new Building Management System