Energy efficiency Fire station case study
Wembley fire station underwent a major refurbishment
Measuring change
A London fire station underwent an energy efficiency improvement programme two years ago. So how has it fared? In the third in a series of CIBSE-sponsored building-performance case studies, John Field and Alexandros Balaskas assess the outcomes and what more can be done to improve performance
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he London Fire Brigade (LFB) put in place an energy initiative in the 1990s, and set itself a target of radically reducing carbon emissions. As part of the programme, in 2005 the LFB
injected £4.4m into improvements to energy efficiency across all the fire stations. Under this scheme, Wembley fire station in north-west London underwent a major refurbishment in 2008. The original three-storey Wembley station was erected
in 1939 and is classified as a Grade II-listed building. The station shares the site with two additional buildings,
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both constructed in 1960: the Borough Command Headquarters and a training block known as the Life Building. The gross internal area of the whole site is 2,429 sq m. As part of the refurbishment, a photovoltaic (PV)
system was installed to provide renewable electricity for the running of the station, including lighting and space heating. A solar hot-water heating system was installed, and changes were also made to pumps and lighting to increase their efficiency. In 2010, CIBSE commissioned Power Efficiency, >
February 2011 CIBSE Journal 35
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