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BBC News
4 days ago
- Business
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Devon council shelves £1.2m leisure centre plans
Councillors have shelved £1.2m of decarbonisation plans for a leisure centre after a meeting heard it would not reduce of Torridge District Council in Devon were told although a new installation at Holsworthy Leisure Centre would achieve "substantial" carbon savings, it could actually cost more to run the facility over time, said the Local Democracy Reporting centre will now not have its 13-year-old oil boilers replaced with an air source heat pump system for heating the swimming pool and sports were satisfied other energy efficiency measures that were installed over the past seven months were doing enough. These measures included a new roof and doors, triple glazing, solar panels and draft Redwood, major projects manager for the council, said the boilers were performing adequately and he expected them to continue to function without being too said changing areas were reinstated and a new combined air source heat pump and ventilation system would "significantly improve" the internal environment and comfort work so far was largely funded by grants from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, the Rural Prosperity Fund and Sport England, it said.
BBC News
22-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Newcastle's Elswick swimming pool reopens after £3m investment
A swimming pool has reopened after £3m was invested to make the site more energy panels and a new heating system have been fitted at Elswick Community Pool and Gym in Newcastle, completely removing the building's reliance on gas, according to the councilThe local authority estimated the work would save the carbon equivalent of 2,352 round-trip flights from Newcastle to New York over the building's Juna Sathian said the pool was an important community asset and the sustainability changes meant it could be "enjoyed by people of all ages for generations to come". "Not only will the works that have been carried out reduce the pool's running costs, but it also helps us provide cleaner infrastructure that contributes towards our goal of combatting climate change," she money for the project was secured by the Labour-led council from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), Sport England and the North East Combined Authority's Green New Deal Fund. The council said the investment had also reduced the building's energy consumption through the use of pool covers, triple-glazed windows and insulated manager Phil Jameson said modernising the ageing plant equipment and improving insulation would allow the centre to "keep providing a range of physical and mental activities at affordable prices to benefit everyone in the community". Follow BBC Newcastle on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
17-07-2025
- Health
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Work starts on Scunthorpe Hospital solar panel covered car park
Work has started to build a car park covered with solar panels at Scunthorpe carports will replace the existing staff car park and provide 450 is part of a £27m project to reduce the hospital's carbon emissions by more than 4,000 tonnes a work includes replacing gas-powered heating boilers with electric ones and improving insulation across the site. More than £20m of the money came from the government's Public Sector Decarbonisation Best from the NHS Humber Health Partnership said the NHS made up "more than 5% of the UK's total carbon footprint"."We know we're a significant part of the problem," he said."That also gives us the chance to play a big part in putting it right."Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices.
BBC News
03-07-2025
- Business
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Pershore's former police station may undergo £1m transformation
A former Worcestershire police station could be turned into offices in a refurbishment project costing more than £1m. Wychavon District Council has submitted planning permission to transform the building at Queen Elizabeth Drive, Pershore, which it has estimated will cost £ building was built in 1990 but has been empty for about 10 years and is now managed as a vacant property incurring running costs of about £27,000 per year, the council said in a report. The council also said numerous attempts had been made since its closure to let the building to third parties, but efforts had failed because of the costs of conversion. They also said the current layout, being specifically for a police station and offices, made it redundant to today's business and public service space demands. The council's report states funding will be generated by the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (£145,000), the enhanced building capital budget (£160,000) and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (£250,000). The council has recommended the approval of the funding gap of £565,000 to be met from reserves. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
18-06-2025
- Lifestyle
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Cherwell sports centres to undergo eco-friendly improvements
Four leisure centres and sports pavilions are set to undergo eco-friendly enhancement works worth a combined £ funding will be used to help decarbonise Spiceball and Woodgreen leisure centres and North Oxfordshire Academy sports pavilion, all in Banbury, as well as Stratfield Brake pavilion, in District Council said it secured money for the improvements through the government's Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS).The authority said the works would save 234 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year – the equivalent of driving a car for more than 820,000 miles (1.3m km). Improvements will include replacing fossil fuel-based heating systems with low-carbon alternatives, such as heat upgrades, including insulation improvements, will also be carried Beckett, the council's greener communities chief, said the authority was "committed to addressing climate change head-on"."While we've invested before in decarbonisation measures at our leisure centres, there's still more to be done to reach our carbon net zero ambitions," he said."This [funding] will allow residents' trips to the gym or swimming pool to feel both good for personal health and planetary health."The majority of the works are expected to be completed by March 2026, in line with the council's goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2030. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
