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Proposal code: CONSUL-2023-08-79

Carbon Reduction Works

We would like to make the Roundhouse, a well used community building in Whitfield less dependent on fossil fuels to provide our energy and heating: As a first step we want to improve our insulation by replacing the existing single glazed windows with thermally efficient units, and to replace outdated and expensive to run florescent strip lighting with low energy LED units.

 

While some of the windows have been replaced with double glazing, about half of the windows remain as single glazed plastic units, which are both unsightly and cause of heat loss. The cost for replacing these windows is in the region of £10,000 

 

With a building that dates from the 1980’s we still have fluorescent strip lighting in much of the building, we want to replace this with modern, energy efficient LED lighting units to reduce both our operating costs and our carbon footprint. The cost of replacing 65 units across the building is estimated at £5,700 

 

Currently our building is functional rather than welcoming, and upgrading the decaying entry doors, which are a further significant source of heat loss, with robust commercial aluminium doors is estimated at £4,375  

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