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[ Project focus: Olympic Stadium ]

even send the small amount of leftover materials we have to local colleges and training centres so that they can use what we can’t. T Clarke’s approach to energy effi ciency extends beyond recycling though. Bryan comments: ‘Having a sustainable culture in the company means that we are always thinking of energy-effi cient ways to specify and install products.’ This stance is demonstrated by the use of lighting

control and passive infrared (PIR) sensors to turn lights on and off. The use of PIR will reduce waste in the Olympic Stadium and save a considerable amount of energy.

One step further

One of the Olympic Park’s major green initiatives is the construction of its Energy Centre. The Energy Centre will provide an effi cient heating and

cooling system across the Olympic Park site for the 2012 Games and for the new buildings and communities that will develop after the event. The Energy Centre will include biomass boilers

using sustainable biomass fuels to generate heat, and a combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) plant to capture the heat generated by electricity production. The project is one of the largest energy centre schemes to be built so far in the UK. Simon Wright, ODA director of infrastructure and

utilities, explains: ‘Sustainability is at the heart of the 2012 project and the Energy Centre will ensure a lasting legacy of green power in the Olympic Park for generations to come. The Energy Centre will be one of the largest in the UK and its lean, mean and green sustainability features will set a model for future urban regeneration schemes.’ T Clarke’s work on the Olympic Stadium, scheduled

The lifting of the lighting towers was a signifi cant engineering and construction challenge, and took a huge amount of work and planning

T Clarke’s approach to sustainability

■ T Clarke has successfully implemented an Environmental Management System to BS EN ISO14001:2004 standard;

■ As a registered waste carrier, it ensures that materials will be handled and disposed of in a manner that does not damage the environment or cause pollution;

■ T Clarke is committed to the reduction and, where possible, elimination of pollution levels;

■ As part of its procurement process, it seeks to purchase goods and services that can be manufactured, used and disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner; and

■ T Clarke procures from suppliers who show commitment to sustainable environmental improvement.

About the author

Rob Shepherd

Rob Shepherd is a freelance journalist who has worked in the electrical contracting industry for more than 10 years, most recently as editor

of Electrical Contracting News.

to fi nish by March 2011, is now in its fi nal phase and Bryan believes the company will complete three months ahead of schedule. At this stage, those who visit the site can get a real sense of how the Olympic Stadium will look by the time it hosts the opening ceremony in 2012. The Olympic Stadium is a construction that truly

befi ts an occasion such as the 2012 Games and one that Bryan feels particularly close to, given that it is right on his doorstep. He concludes: ‘I feel very proud to have played a part in the building of such an iconic structure and, as a local resident, I believe that the whole Olympic Park will provide a lasting legacy for this part of London.’

Towering ahead... the stadium development is surrounded by water on three sides.

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