Posted 07.01.16
More than 700 Glasgow households will see their heating bills reduced through a £10.6 million project.
A new energy centre will be constructed in Broomhill, Glasgow, to provide heating and hot water to 702 homes through the Cube Housing Association District Heating project.
Cube HA has already introduced district heating schemes in Collina Street in Maryhill and Gorget in Knightswood as part of the project.
The low carbon central heating system aims to reduce fuel poverty in the area, and is projected to deliver significant CO2 savings over its lifetime, including 2,008 tonnes of CO2 in its first year.
The Broomhill district heating project will be part funded by a £5 million loan from the Scottish Partnership for Regeneration in Urban Centres (SPRUCE) Fund, a joint Scottish Government and European Regional Development Fund initiative. The remaining funding will come from British Gas.
The Broomhill scheme is the final allocation of funding from the initial £50 million SPRUCE fund which, since 2011, has invested in various regeneration projects across Scotland. These include the redevelopment of land at Haymarket in Edinburgh, creation of offices at Queen Street and St Vincent Plaza in Glasgow, construction of industrial units in Coatbridge and a Low Carbon Innovation Centre in Fife.
The final allocation of funding means that investments, including the £9.6 million Queen Street loan, which has been repaid, can be released and recycled into additional regeneration projects.
British Gas is carrying out the building and installation work at Broomhill. The energy centre will include three 500kW wood pellet boilers with thermal heat stores, plus 1.5MW of condensing gas boilers to provide severe weather top up and standby energy sources.
Underground heat mains, a new distribution pipe network and heating systems and metering will all be installed in the area.
