Tag Archives: Westminster

Wesminster: Solar panel scheme suffers set back

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Admin

15 November 2011: Another potential London renewable casualty of the FIT cut: “Westminster Council’s housing provider CityWest Homes was days away from signing a deal worth £12 million to put solar panels up on 600 buildings by March 2012.” Read full story here in the Westminster Chronicle.

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‘Smart’ London street lights to save power

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Admin

27 July 2011: Street lights that can be dimmed to conserve power are to be used across central London to cut energy bills and lower carbon emissions. More than 14,000 lights will be converted as part of Westminster City Council’s Smart Lights project.

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Pimlico and Whitehall Decentralised Energy

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Admin

7 July 2011: DECC’s Carbon Management Plan (see Note 7 of press release linked) published yesterday, provides a brief update on an LDA project which involves the connection between the Whitehall and Pimlico district heating schemes in order to improve the operational efficiency of the two existing combined heat and power (CHP) plants. The Plan states that “The feasibility of linking to the Whitehall District Heating Scheme will be investigated if this Scheme is opened to new participants over the period of the Plan. An estimated cost for joining the scheme has been included in the planned projects below but it is not currently possible to estimate what the likely costs or savings would be.” £50,000 has been allocated by DECC to progress this action.

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Westminster

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Admin

Improving Historic Soho’s Environmental Performance Practical Retrofitting Guidance June 2012

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Middle East unrest means increase in heating and hot water bills

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Admin

11 April 2011:News release from Westminster in relation to the pricing of energy from their communal heating systems: “Tenants and leaseholders in Westminster will see increases in their heating and hot water bills of around a five pounds a week, council bosses have confirmed.This is because energy costs are rising substantially, spikes in global demand and ongoing political instability in the Middle East. Around 5,000 households with communal heating systems will be affected. The council and CityWest have written to all affected residents.

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