The Cranston Estate in Hackney, which consists of seven separate blocks and totals 215 flats, has recently utilised Dalkia’s energy efficient Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology and saved an estimated 550 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum.
Committed to providing low carbon cost-effective energy to communities where fuel poverty is a real issue, Dalkia the specialist energy and utilities management company, has installed a 375kWe CHP to replace the existing heating system for the estate, which was approaching 55 years old.
After becoming increasingly inefficient to run and expensive for residents, initial funding to replace an old and failing energy system was backed by the Homes and Communities Agency Low Carbon funding Initiative to Hackney Homes. The new CHP system is part of a wider initiative to connect over 500 residential units to 1km of heat network piping. The provision of a local demand-side energy network will help to maintain efficiencies, because energy that is generated only has a short distance to travel, so energy losses are minimised.
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