Combined heat & power
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CHP keeps gyms fit for purpose
Resource management company, Veolia, is helping Total Fitness achieve a 32% reduction in gas consumption using combined heat and power (CHP) across 17 health and fitness facilities in the north of England and Wales
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he new 15-year contract will install the latest technology to achieve a 22% increase in electrical efficiency compared to the existing CHP units, lower energy costs and further reduce CO2 emissions from the 134,000m2 of
building space. As a leading operator of health, fitness, rehabilitation and aquatic facilities, Total
Fitness operates 17 health clubs within the UK, advising over 100,000 members on their health and well-being. The company’s continual commitment to drive down energy consumption, utility costs and further reductions in carbon emissions, is one of the key drivers of the its business strategy. Under the new contract each of the health and fitness centres will benefit from new co-generation plants that efficiently generate electricity and heat from a single fuel source to cover their energy demands. Each onsite plant provides electricity and heat for the whole building, gyms, pools, showers, saunas, steam
rooms, sanariums and domestic hot water. To match the locations’ base electrical and thermal loadings the plants are individually sized, ranging from 140kWe to 250kWe and will take the total co-generation capacity across all the sites to 3.17MWe – equivalent to the power demand from 8,400 homes. Over the last 20 years Veolia has worked with Total Fitness to continually reduce utility consumption through a number of key green initiatives. Over this time Veolia CHP units have saved over 60,000 tonnes of CO2 and significantly lowered the carbon footprint of the fitness chain. With the existing CHP fleet nearing the end of its operational life, the new CHPs will help further key sustainability goals by delivering the benefits gained from improvements in engine technology, and control systems over the past decade. The contract covers a fully engineered package covering installation and operation of the CHP units that will take pressure off the local electricity
!" July 2020
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