ECO NEWS
LED Lighting System Delivers Big Savings For Council
LIFE Long Energy has supplied an LED lighting system to replace ageing high pressure sodium lighting at Scarborough’s indoor swimming pool
complex. The existing discharge lighting was around 40 years old, well past its best and often tripped out, meaning that maintenance had become increasingly time consuming and costly.
Installation of LIFE Long’s Mithras LED luminaires, which included complete re-wiring of the lighting system, has transformed the pool and its surroundings areas with improved lighting levels and a whiter light. Electricity costs will be reduced by around
71%, with a reduction in CO2 emissions of 16,000kg per annum and a projected payback period of five years. The lighting upgrade without re-wiring would have delivered a return on investment within three years. The innovative design of the Mithras luminaires enables ingress protection to IP67 for
Thermapool Receive Gold Green Apple Award
Thermapool, the swimming pool insulation company based in Bishop’s Stortford, has won a Gold Green Apple Environment Award in the national campaign to find Britain’s greenest companies, councils and communities.
protection against the humid atmosphere while also ensuring excellent thermal management of the LED light sources to extend their life. Some of the lighting points were also re-positioned to maximise the light penetration into the water.
The project was financed with the support of an institutional energy saving funder and included a range of other energy saving measures. These included solar photovoltaic panels, a heat-saving pool cover, improved insulation, T5 lighting in the gym, variable speed drives on pumps and fans and occupancy sensors for lighting.
Life Long Energy 0115 961 4000
www.lifelongenergy.co.uk
They competed against more than 500 other nominations and received a Green Apple Award in the Engineering and Manufacturing category at a glittering presentation ceremony in the House of Commons. As a result of this success they have been invited to have their winning paper published in The Green Book, the leading international work of reference on environmental best practice, so that others around the world can follow their example and learn from their experience. They will also be considered to represent their country in the
European Business Awards for the Environment. The Green Apple Awards began in 1994 and have become established as the country’s major recognition for environmental endeavour among companies, councils, communities and countries. The awards are organised by The Green Organisation, an independent environment group dedicated to recognising and promoting environmental best practice.
Judges for the Green Apple Awards are drawn from the Environment Agency, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the Chartered Institution for Wastes Management and other independent bodies.
Specifically designed to clad the sides and bottom of a swimming pool, Thermapool is a durable insulation panelling system that prevents an incredible 90% of heat loss which means significant cost savings.
Nigel Rose, Managing Director of Thermapool receives the award
Thermapool 01279 323222
www.thermapool.co.uk
Save Energy And Money With A Heat Retention Pool Cover
It’s a scientific fact that your uncovered swimming pool could be losing up to 80% of its heat through evaporation – hitting both your finances and your green credentials.
The simple solution is to install a heat retention pool cover from leading UK manufacturer Forge Leisure.
Not only will you feel the benefit in terms of heat reduction losses of between 50% and 70% allied with a noticeable reduction in fuel bills; the associated reduction in chemical evaporation and condensation afforded by a heat reduction pool cover will also slow down the structural deterioration of the pool itself, thus saving even more money on structural repairs. Chris Bland, Operations Director of Forge Leisure said: “With increases in
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environmental legislation, emissions reduction is one of the many issues facing pool operators today and, it would appear, those taking action to reduce their carbon footprint are not only keeping up with legislation but are also building a strong green reputation. “What’s more, when all the financial savings are taken into consideration, you could see pay back in under two years.” Forge Leisure is a
Northumberland based company with nationwide coverage and more than 25 years’ experience in the design, manufacture and installation of swimming pool covers.
The company provides a comprehensive range of pool covers made from the best quality innovative materials with a choice of manual or
motorised storage systems. The Heat Retention pool covers range provides a highly efficient method of saving energy and, by implication, money too. They can create individual systems to suit your own requirements using the in-house technical design service and offer a full installation and after sales service including maintenance, servicing and repair of any pool cover system. Forge Leisure can also
fabricate a wide range of custom stainless steel items such as replacement gulley covers etc. Pipers Corner School, an independent day and boarding school near High Wycombe, Bucks, for girls aged three to 18, has recently installed a bespoke Forge Leisure heat retention pool cover and storage system. Bursar, Peter Forrester said: “At Pipers
Corner we are conscious of the need to improve continually and develop our facilities to ensure that they not only continue to meet the changing needs of our girls but also help us to achieve our policy of minimising the school’s carbon footprint. “We are delighted with our new heat retention pool cover which is one of the latest initiatives. It was designed specifically to fit with its surroundings and meets our school’s requirements in terms of aesthetics, economics and our environmental ethos. Forge Leisure provided us with an excellent service from initial enquiry through detailed survey of requirements to final installation.”
Forge Leisure (UK) Ltd 01670 522022
www.forgeleisure.co.uk
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