CONSTITUENCY


I am delighted to hear that Gracemount High School in the constituency recently received an ‘Awards for All’ grant from Big Lottery Fund. The School will


establish a range of new after- school sports clubs and purchase new exercise equipment to refurbish the school fitness gym for use by pupils, staff and the wider community. This grant of £8,908 will help fund gym equipment, sports club coaching fees/equipment, rugby strips and a bike storage container. Congratulations to all


the teachers, parents and pupils.


Over the coming years, the City of Edinburgh Council in- tends to replace Edinburgh’s existing street lights with new, more energy efficient and more environmentally friendly lighting. The first phase of this


initiative will be to pilot differ- ent technologies and I have been informed that this will commence in October 2012 in the Saughton Mains and Gilm- erton Dykes areas of Edin- burgh. It is hoped the average energy saved will be 31 to 33 per cent which is important in tackling climate change in the City.


The areas will retain


some of the existing lights to act as a comparison, and some of the new lights will be ‘dimmed’ from late evening onwards where and when possible to further reduce costs and environmental im- pact. The effect of dimming is unnoticeable to the naked eye and complies with current guidance. A consultation will take


place in early 2013 to gather feedback from local residents in both areas.


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The energy savings are as follows: Gilmerton Dykes Area 1 – 35 per cent Gilmerton Dykes Area 2 – 22 per cent Gilmerton Dykes Area 3 – 42 per cent


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