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State of the Environment report for London

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Admin

July 2011: London’s Environment Revealed is the first joint report on the State of the Environment in London, produced by the Greater London Authority, Environment Agency, Natural England and the Forestry Commission. The report looks at the state of London’s environment today, highlights the improvements that have been made, and the challenges the city faces. The report also features many projects and schemes at a local level that have improved the environment in London in recent years. Data presented for the report is also available as an Excel spreadsheet. GLA press release is available here.

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Underground technology could heat thousands of UK homes

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Admin

July 2011: The Environment Agency have produced a  good practice guide and position statement for ground source heating and cooling schemes. Environment Agency research indicates that there are around 12,000 ground source heat and cooling systems in the UK and that this figure could increase to more than 300,000 systems by 2020..
There are many challenges to the wide-spread use of GHSP in domestic sites in London, however, there are some excellent examples of commercial scale schemes operating in London, as the EA points out. These include the Sainsbury’s Crayford store in Bexley, and also the One New Change development in the City, which operates the largest GSHP installation in Europe (Land Securities press release from January 2011 at the opening of the development, providing details of the system).

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