Stratford Eye’s a green future
company news from - Ener-g
15 July 2008
A landmark regeneration project will use a state of-the-art community heating system to boost London’s green credentials as the capital gears up for the 2012 Olympics.
Stratford Eye, a mixed tenure development of offices and apartments, overlooking the Olympics site in East London, will harness tri-generation technology to create its own cooling, heating and electricity.
As part of the same end-to-end solution, supplied by ENER-G (www.energ.co.uk), competitive procurement and advanced measurement and metering systems from
ENER-G sister companies CMR and Switch2 will cut residents’ utility bills by as much as a third.
An all-inclusive 15-year contract covers every aspect of energy management from utilities procurement through to customer care, billing and maintenance. Tackling fuel poverty is critically important to developers London & Quadrant, and ENER-G has worked closely with the client to optimise fuel use.
The combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) equipment will reduce the 19-storey building’s C02 emissions by approximately 93 tonnes per annum – equivalent to the environmental benefits of a 36 hectare forest containing 14,000 trees.
The CCHP system is highly energy efficient as it recovers heat created in the electricity generation process. In conventional power stations this heat disappears into the atmosphere and is wasted. Instead, it will be used to provide heating, cooling and hot water for the futuristic building.
Stratford Eye will use an ENER-G 110 natural gas powered reciprocating engine with a synchronous generator, electrical output of 110 kWe and heat output of 181 kWh. The system additionally provides some 130kW of chilled water through an absorption chiller.
Switch2 will deliver a comprehensive utilities management programme that includes metering controls, cash collection and financial administration. The metering controls mean residents in all 160 apartments can cut their utility bills by up to 30 per cent, compared to an unmetered supply. Procurement of gas, water and electricity is being provided by CMR
Derek Duffill, CEO of ENER-G Plc, commented: “It is vital that the regeneration programme in East London creates a balanced and sustainable community with better quality of life for everyone.
“ENER-G contributed substantially to this vision by producing energy efficient homes that ultimately create a cleaner, safer environment for residents. We are the only energy business able to deliver this all-embracing solution that covers everything from the community heating source and electricity supply through to smart-metering, negotiating competitive utility prices and managing cashflow.”
