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Urban wind turbines deliver
Scheme for sustainability
poor results, says new research
leadership created
Engineering consultancy
Arup has joined forces with n
Most wind turbines deliver
very disappointing results
Cambridge University to if they are installed in an urban
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create the new Cambridge setting, according to new research
Programme for Sustainability produced by London South Bank
Leadership, which aims to University (LSBU).
develop and spread best Professor Tony Day told a recent
practice in combating climate meeting of the CIBSE/ASHRAE
change by creating jobs and group that “manufacturers tell
improving quality of life in us how marvellous they are”, but
cities. proper statistical analysis tells a
different story.
R&D centre to be built LSBU studied a 6kW horizontal
Consultancy Mott MacDonald axis turbine installed 42 metres
has been appointed to work above street level on an 11-
on the construction of a storey south London residential
new four-storey research apartment block for a year. It
and development (R&D) delivered less than nine per cent
centre in Cheshire, UK, of its total maximum capacity of
by pharmaceutical group between 8 and 9 MW/h. As the
AstraZeneca. Mott MacDonald turbine cost £32,000 to install, Day
will provide structural, civil and said that equated to about £1,200
architectural design, as well as per tonne of carbon saved.
overall design co-ordination He added that a 36 per
and construction support. cent discrepancy between
the manufacturer’s claimed Wind turbines need to be more ‘intelligently sited’
WYG to design new prison performance and the data his
Multi-disciplinary consultant team gathered should be taken an identical turbine in a more The plant’s owner, Danish firm
WYG has won a three-year into account when local authority sensible location had generated 50 Vestas, partly blamed “a lack of
contract to manage the design planners are considering whether a per cent more electricity; and both political initiatives” in Britain for the
and build of a new 800-cell wind installation meets carbon- presenters agreed there was hope situation.
prison in Londonderry for the saving criteria set down by for the future of the technology. But the company’s comments
Northern Ireland Prison Service initiatives like the London Plan. “Wind technology is where came as plans for the world’s
on an existing prison site. “Turbines need to be more cars were about 100 years ago,” biggest off-shore wind farm, in the
intelligently sited,” said fellow said Day. “People laughed at the Thames estuary, were given the go-
Free pipe-joining training researcher Dr Steve Dance, who Model T Ford and it could well be ahead by the UK government – with
CIBSE members can get studied the noise and vibration that future versions of turbines the aim of supplying electricity for
free training in pipe-joining impacts of the installation. “In this will make a more meaningful the London Olympics in 2012.
methods from Victaulic. The kind of location it will effectively contribution to carbon saving.” In addition, Europe’s largest
CIBSE-accredited presentation deliver nothing for eight months In a separate development, on-shore wind farm in East
introduces the technology, of the year as the wind speeds Britain’s only wind turbine Renfrewshire, Scotland, has been
explains how it works and its [averaging 3.8m/s over the year] are manufacturing plant, on the Isle of completed with a total of 140
benefits in welding, flanging too low.” Wight, faces closure because of a turbines. The installation aims to
and threading. To arrange a However, he pointed out that lack of demand in the UK. provide power for 180,000 homes.
presentation call Andy Carter,
product engineer, on 01438
310690.
Nominations open for the
£60m for uni builds
Building works worth £60m have
South London schools refurb been approved on a further 47
A £200m partnership to WES Karen Burt Awards new projects at 26 universities.
rebuild seven schools, put up The funding was authorised
two new ones and complete Nominations are now being highest-calibre, newly-chartered by the Higher Education Funding
four building refurbishments, accepted for the 10th Karen Burt female engineer, applied scientist Council for England (HEFCE) as
has been signed by Balfour Awards. or IT professional, who has part of the government’s second
Beatty, Southwark Council, The awards, by the Women’s demonstrated a commitment to round of the accelerated capital
Partnerships for Schools Engineering Society (WES), are the promotion of her profession. projects spending programme
and Building Schools for the open to women in engineering The award commemorates the to help stimulate Britain’s
Future. All construction and or a related discipline who have late Dr Karen Burt, an eminent economic recovery.
facilities management will be achieved chartered status since physicist. The closing date for The programme was
carried out by Balfour Beatty, July 2008. nominations is 1 July. For more announced in December 2008,
an engineering, construction, WES asks professional bodies information call WES on 01438 with the first round of projects
investment and services group. affiliated to the Engineering 765506, email
info@wes.org.uk, approved in February.
Council to nominate their or visit
www.wes.org.uk
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