Low carbon work has helped a Denbigh primary school become more energy efficient.
Denbighshire County Councils Energy Team has helped Ysgol Twm O’r Nant improve energy efficiency and lower long term costs following low carbon work at the school building.
The team has managed projects across Council owned buildings including a number of schools, to help improve building energy efficiency, reduce emissions and also usage costs over the longer term.
The Council’s Energy team assessed the building to help focus on what areas of energy use could be improved by introducing new technology on site.
This included the installation of a (14.94KW) solar panel system on the school roof. Each Kilowatt generated and used by Ysgol Twm O’r Nant will save around 22 pence. This capacity not only reduces substantial carbon emissions it also reduces strain on the local grid infrastructure.
Storage batteries were also installed alongside the solar panel system to help the school harness excess energy generated by the panels to use on site.
LED lighting was installed inside the school building to also help improve energy efficiency and drive down usage costs.
This work is estimated to save annually around 13664kWh, over 5.6tonnes of carbon emissions and over £5,997.00 per annum in reduced energy costs, paying back what has been invested in a short space of time.
Martyn Smith, Property Energy and Carbon Manager, said:
“It’s been great to bring together various pieces of energy technology to help bring down the school’s usage, carbon emissions and long-term costs. This will also help improve the building environment for both the pupils and staff.”
Cllr Barry Mellor, Lead Member for Environment and Transport, added:
“The Council is committed to reducing our own buildings carbon emissions and we thank the Energy Team for their continued proactive work and the support from pupils and staff at Ysgol Twm O’r Nant for allowing this project to be completed.”
