XML FeedsDead Man Swimming? UK Crematorium to Heat Local Swimming Pool
By CostBenefit on Feb 2, 2011 | In General, Energy, U.K., Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Savings, Costs and Benefits
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The Redditch [UK] Council wants to warm its Abbey Stadium Sports Centre, including its swimming pool, with renewable energy from its neighboring crematorium. By the transfer of heat from the crematorium’s incinerators to a system that would warm the sports and leisure facility, the town estimates that it could not only conserve energy, but save about UK£14,000 (about US$23,000). The cost would be about £39,000, so we are talking about a quick return on investment. A conventional heating system, meanwhile, would set Redditch back over £100,000 (US$160,000).
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Last fall it ran a pilot scheme at which bodies were stockpiled before cremation in a step towards cost savings and energy efficiency.
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By Leon Kaye, Editor of www.GreenGoPost.com
January 28th, 2011
The Redditch [UK] Council wants to warm its Abbey Stadium Sports Centre, including its swimming pool, with renewable energy from its neighboring crematorium. By the transfer of heat from the crematorium’s incinerators to a system that would warm the sports and leisure facility, the town estimates that it could not only conserve energy, but save about UK£14,000 (about US$23,000). The cost would be about £39,000, so we are talking about a quick return on investment. A conventional heating system, meanwhile, would set Redditch back over £100,000 (US$160,000).
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Last fall it ran a pilot scheme at which bodies were stockpiled before cremation in a step towards cost savings and energy efficiency.
...
By Leon Kaye, Editor of www.GreenGoPost.com
January 28th, 2011
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