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All that's best in Combined Heat and Power |
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7 Dec 2011, 5:55 PM
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The CHPA Awards, showcasing achievement, innovation and best practice from across the combined heat and power and district heating sector, were presented recently. The Awards, now in their fourth year, were presented in five categories.
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The Innovation Award, sponsored by Nabarro LLP, was presented to Vital Energi Utilities and Cynergin Consultants for The National Sports Centre. Vital Energi and Cynergin Consultants have worked together to install a record breaking low carbon CHP solution at the iconic National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace, a listed heritage building which was opened in 1964. The project is particularly innovative for utilising waste heat from the gas engine exhaust to enhance efficiency and performance.
The Community and Residential Award was presented to Regeneco for Graylingwell Park. Graylingwell Park is set to be the UK’s largest net zero carbon new development built to date. It boasts an integrated district heating scheme that is introducing the benefits of distributed energy to a new sustainable community on this former hospital site. Siemens plc was awarded the Industrial and Commercial Award for UPM Caledonian paper mill. With huge amounts of electricity and heat required to drive processes in the pulp and paper industry, UPM Caledonian has explored ways of reducing its energy costs while improving competitiveness at its Irvine site. A CHP plant incorporating Siemens technologies has been instrumental in helping UPM to reduce its CO2 emissions by around 75,000 tonnes annually.
The Public Sector Award, sponsored by AEA Technology, went to the Olympic Delivery Authority with Cofely GDF SUEZ for the Olympic Park and Stratford City. The scheme comprises two inter-linked energy centres serving the Olympic Park’s temporary and permanent venues, the Olympic Village, Westfield Stratford Shopping Centre and businesses and homes in Stratford area. The energy centres will also deliver low carbon energy to the Olympic Park’s legacy buildings and surrounding developments, including the regeneration of Stratford City.
The Champion Award, recognising an outstanding contribution to the advancement of CHP or district energy in the UK, was presented to Bill Clark, Sustainability Policy Manager at Southampton City Council. With three major networks, Southampton has achieved a status as the leading city for district heating and cooling with CHP. Bill Clark’s drive and determination has seen the networks in the city expand and prosper and he has gone on to use his knowledge to champion the approach in other towns and cities and provide advice to other councils wishing to follow Southampton’s lead. The Champion Award was sponsored by Vital Energi.
The entries were assessed by Mahmoud Abu-Ebid who is a Chief Consultant with overall responsibility for CHP at AEA Technology plc. mahmoud.abu-ebid@aeat.co.uk A distinguished group of judges made up the 2011 judging panel: Alan Whitehead MP; Ute Collier, Committee on Climate Change; Steve Hodgson of Cogeneration and On-Site Power Production Magazine; and Eoin Lees of Eoin Lees Energy.
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