NEWS In Brief
FEARS FOR BREEAM STANDARD IN SCHOOL RENEWALS... Education Secretary Michael Gove is considering dropping the requirement for new schools to use the environmental BREEAM standard, according to the UK Green Building Council. In response to the UKGBC’s claim, CIBSE president Andy Ford and president elect David Fisk wrote to Gove, stating: ‘The positive effect of using the BREEAM discipline in the design team is widely recognised by the construction industry and is a UK export success, enabling UK fi rms to compete with those using the US LEED rating tool. With energy costs rising, school budgets can ill afford to be hit by the costs of poorly designed buildings.’
... AMID NEW-BUILD DELAY Separately, Gove has revealed that the Priority School Building programme, which was introduced when Building Schools for the Future was scrapped, will now be published later this month. Gove said the publication of the schools involved has been delayed because ‘we want to be absolutely sure that marginal cases are fairly treated’.
HEATING SYSTEMS BRIEFING The Energy Institute has published a free, low carbon heating briefi ng, outlining how heat fi ts into the UK energy system, plus the associated challenges, technology options and the incentives available. Heat makes up 76% of all the energy used in the domestic, services and industrial sectors, it says.
www.energyinst.org
CONCERN OVER METALS By 2030, demand for 14 high- tech metals required in the production of six low carbon energy technologies are expected to be in short supply, with fi ve metals identifi ed as at a particularly high risk. The study was conducted to fi nd out if a shortage in metal supply could slow down efforts to deploy low carbon energy technologies in the EU.
http://etis.ec.europa.eu
District heating is a capital energy solution for London
The Mayor of London, based at City Hall by the Thames, is consulting on district heating proposals The review suggests that heat networks are needed
● Combined heat and power has been a major contributor to carbon savings, says report
Combined heat and power (CHP) and district heating schemes delivered most of London’s carbon savings in 2010 and have the greatest potential for future deployment, according to a review of energy policies carried out by the Greater London Authority (GLA). The series of reports published as part of the
review reveal that CHP accounted for 50% of CO2 savings, with 30% due to end-user effi ciency and a further 10% from renewables. Overall, new CHP projects have led to annual emissions savings of 36,392 tonnes of CO2. Heat networks could also meet as much as 27.5%
of the city’s total demand by 2031, according to the GLA analysis. It also shows that decentralised energy provided
cheaper energy at a lower capital cost than centralised renewables, while saving the most carbon per pound spent.
to expand the choice of energy sources including surplus heat from industry, biomass CHP and energy from waste. Combined Heat and Power Association director
Graham Meeks, said: ‘This [GLA] analysis conclusively demonstrates the importance of taking an integrated approach to decarbonising our urban areas. ‘Greater use of district heating will allow the UK
to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions for more homes and businesses, while enabling the most effi cient and effective use of valuable renewable energy supplies.’ In addition, as part of its Decentralised Energy Programme, the Mayor of London has produced a consultation document to announce the scope, intention and topics being considered for the London District Energy Manual.
For more information visit:
www.london.gov.uk/priorities/environment/ climate-change/decentralised-energy
Councils get smart to cut energy
A European initiative to boost the collection of building energy data could save one UK council more than £1m a year. The EU-funded, €7m SmartSpaces project, which will see 11 local authorities across Europe working in partnership with IT providers, was launched in Bristol. The three-year project will
invest in capturing and harnessing the data provided by automatic meter readers, which provide data on energy consumption every half-hour.
8 CIBSE Journal February 2012 Bristol City Council has had
them fi tted to almost all of its 500 buildings. The aim is to achieve better
energy monitoring of all council buildings, improved communications to all staff about the energy usage of their building – and, ultimately, considerable energy savings. Paul Isbell, energy manager
at Bristol City Council, said he expected to reduce the council’s energy usage by about 10%, leading to almost £1m of savings a year. The eight countries involved
in the project are the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey and Serbia. Bristol City Council leader
Barbara Janke said: ‘This is a truly signifi cant project that could play a major part in reducing energy usage throughout Europe. As it is a public project, it will be an open-source system too, which means it can be shared with other companies and local authorities to then use in their own buildings.’
For more information visit:
www.bristol.gov.uk
www.cibsejournal.com
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