LONDON UNDERGROUND
“As a result of that, we’re now rolling elements of this out to other stations. So, above all of the escalators I’m responsible for, we’re now going to be using low-loss lighting tubes – thin, T5 tubes – which we think could save us about £100,000 per annum.
“We’re also looking at what we can do with high-level lighting: those are the ones that require us to shut stations for periods of time to maintain them.
“All of this is about reducing energy, making assets last longer, and not interfering with customer flows, so people can get from A to B as quickly and with as few interruptions as possible.”
He also welcomed the collaborative approach taken by different directorates who worked together to make the project a success.
Others clearly recognised the work done: Lucy West won TfL’s Destination Green award for the project.
Seeing the change
The environmental agenda at LU is part of a broader TfL push on green issues: it has a target to reduce normalised emissions across public transport services by 20% per passenger km by 2017/18, compared with 2005/6. It is on track so far: the 2010/11 figures are 16% below that baseline, and 4% down on the year before. That is despite a rise in passenger numbers across public transport, including on the Tube.
It’s important that
passengers are aware of the changes at Sloane Square,
Skuse said,
which is why they’ve installed highly-visible energy monitors at the station, showing what was being used last
year, and how much less is being used now.
He said: “As London Underground, as the biggest user of electricity in London, we have a strong moral and corporate responsibility to try to reduce the amount we use, and the carbon we generate.
“We wanted people on the station to see that if you do something and make a change, it has a real effect. People are in control of the electricity they use – and that they can save.
“The Sloane Square project was ultimately about turning things from ideas into reality: coming up with solutions that would work across all of our stations.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.tfl.gov.uk/environment
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