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estern Power Distribution (WPD) is a busy operation, delivering electricity to more
than 7.6 million customers over a 55,300 sq km service area, and it takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously. Environmental care and pro- tection is a key priority for the business and its highly successful ‘keen to be green’ initiative supports a range of community activities like tree-planting and energy conservation. In an effort to improve energy-
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efficiency at its own Cwmbrân site, WPD enlisted commercial lighting specialist, Litenow Limited, to upgrade 1,049 of its fluorescent lamps. Using Save It Easy – a plug-in device from Energys Group – a specialist in low- carbon retrofit technologies – Litenow was able to slot the replacement low- energy T5 lamps into the existing fittings at the WPD site. WPD was able to reduce energy use without the expense, waste and
Western Power Distribution set to save 35 tonnes of CO2
innovative lighting upgrade
disruption of replacing the light fittings. As a result of the project, WPD is expected to reduce its annual lighting energy consumption by 45 per cent, saving 65,798 kWh of electricity every year. This translates to an annual cost saving of £8,480. The massive savings mean that the Save It Easy upgrade is projected to pay for itself in just three years and two months. Mo Eshelby, WPD’s East Wales
distribution manager, explained: “The Save It Easy lighting installation is proving to be a cost-effective part of achieving this goal.” Steve Hiscox, Litenow MD, com-
ments: “Finding new ways to make budgets stretch further, while also keeping an eye on sustainability, have proved to be the twin challenges... Western Power Distribution show that it’s possible to meet these challenges head on, if you’re willing to look to innovative retrofit solutions like Save It Easy.”
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The Trust seeks visionaries N
ational land charity the Land Trust is launching an interna- tional competition to find the
most inspirational design and funding team to create a new visitor destina- tion and public open space at the former Cronton Colliery in Knowsley. The competition is open to architects and architect-led, multi-disciplinary design teams and is being run by the Land Trust in association with RIBA Competitions. The competition will be in two
stages, judged anonymously in the first stage. A shortlist will then be invited to enhance and present their designs and potential funding proposi- tions at interview as part of the second stage. It is the intention of the Land Trust
to identify an architect or team who is able to demonstrate an empathy and understanding of the site based on its past and future contexts, as set out in this brief, and in tune with the vision and values of the Land Trust. Explaining the Trust’s decision, the Trust’s chief executive, Euan Hall,
a year with
commented: “The former Cronton Colliery is a fabulous space that has the very real potential to become a magnificent 21st
Century visitor desti-
nation for the North West. “By working with RIBA on this we
are hoping to change the way design teams create schemes of importance in the future. We believe that open spaces have the potential to be the catalyst for change and can impact far more than just the ‘environment’. “The issue of long-term funding
for new schemes is often overlooked but we are hoping that, through this process, we can go some way to changing that mind-set, whilst provid- ing a sensationally designed scheme for the local community and visitors to the site.” The competition officially opened December 2011 and will run
on 12th
until the last week of March 2012. The closing date for Stage 1 submissions is 15th
February 2012 and more details
can be found on the following websites:
www.thelandtrust.org.uk/community www.architecture.com/competitions.
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