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Amesbury

Amesbury The Stonehenge School

• Oil to Gas Conversion
• Avoided 43 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 17,800 annually
• Description:The old, inefficient oil boilers will be replaced with modern, efficient gas boilers. This will protect the school from rising oil prices and cut carbon emissions.
• Status: Expected completion - 1 September 2011

Durrington Swimming Pool

• Heating Efficiency Upgrade
• Avoided 3 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost:£ 950 annually
• Description:A device was fitted to condition the heating system water to improve the efficiency of the boilers.
• Status: Completed

Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon Library

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 5 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 700 annually
• Description:Some of the fluorescent lighting in the library was replaced with energy-efficient fittings. The thinner fluorescent tubes improved the overall light quality while reducing energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Calne

We are currently looking for opportunities.

Chippenham

Chippenham Emery Gate Car Park

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 39 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost:  £ 5,450 annually
• Description: The fluorescent lighting in the car park was replaced with energy-efficient fittings. The thinner fluorescent tubes improved the overall light quality in the car park while reducing energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Corsham

Corsham Springfields Leisure Centre

• Insulation Upgrade
• Avoided 27 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost:  £ 2,750 annually
• Description: This project was to install insulation to reduce heat loss from the building, reducing the annual heating costs.
• Status: Completed

Devizes

Devizes Leisure Centre

• Sports Hall Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 26 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 3,650 annually
• Description:  This project replaced the lighting in the sports hall, replacing the out-dated yellow-colour light with a clear white light. The new light fittings reduced glare when playing sports and provided a brighter environment with reduced energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Devizes Leisure Centre

• Variable Speed Motors
• Avoided 23 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 2,550 annually
• Description: This project was to install efficient motors to pump water around the leisure centre. These motors were fitted with special controls to slow them down whenever possible. The new motors do not work as hard as the motors they replaced and so use less energy.
• Status: Completed

Devizes Leisure Centre

• What: Heat Recovery
• Avoided 60 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 8,950 annually
• Description: This project was to install new air-handling equipment to capture heat from the warm swimming pool air just before it is replaced by fresh air from outside as part of the normal building operation. This heat was passed into the cool fresh air before it arrives in the swimming pool area to cut the heating cost without reducing air quality.
• Status: Completed

Devizes Leisure Centre

• Lighting Sensors
• Avoided 13 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 1,800 annually
• Description: This project added light and motion sensors in the corridors and activity rooms to switch off the lighting when the room is empty or there is already enough natural light.
• Status: Completed

Devizes Leisure Centre

• Plant Room Insulation
• Avoided 17 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 750 annually
• Description: This project added insulation to reduce the amount of wasted heat escaping from the heating system.
• Status: Completed

Urchfont Manor Residential College

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 3 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 400 annually
• Description: This project was to replace conventional lighting with an energy-efficient type.
• Status: Completed

Malmesbury

We are currently looking for opportunities.

Marlborough

Marlborough Leisure Centre

• What: Main Hall Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 19 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 2,700 annually
• Description: This project replaced the lighting in the sports hall, replacing the out-dated yellow-colour light with a clear white light. The new light fittings reduced glare when playing sports and provided a brighter environment with reduced energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Marlborough Leisure Centre

• Activity Hall Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 6 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 750 annually
• Description: This project replaced the lighting in the activity hall, replacing the out-dated yellow-colour light with a clear white light and reduced energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Marlborough Leisure Centre

• Lighting Control and Efficiency Upgrade
• Avoided 7 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 1,000 annually
• Description: This project replaced inefficient lighting with high-efficiency lighting and installed sensor controls throughout to ensure lights are not left on in unoccupied spaces.
• Status: Completed

Marlborough Leisure Centre

• Occupancy Sensor Trial
• Avoided 1 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 100 annually
• Description: This project trialled the use of occupancy sensors in storage areas, where lights are often left on between periods of regular use.
• Status: Completed

Marlborough Leisure Centre

• Variable Speed Motors
• Avoided 17 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 1,850 annually
• Description: This project was to install efficient motors to pump water around the leisure centre. These motors were fitted with special controls to slow them down whenever possible. The new motors do not work as hard as the motors they replaced and so use less energy.
• Status: Completed

Melksham

Shurnhold Council Offices

• Air-Source Heat Pumps
• Avoided 9 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 2,800 annually
• Description: Two unheated spaces at the Shurnhold council office site were identified for heating by electric heat pumps, rather than extending the inefficient oil heating system. These heat pumps use electricity to efficiently capture heat from the outside air, even in cold weather. The technology is cheaper and emits less carbon than oil-fired heating.
• Status: Completed

Melksham Kings Park Primary School

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 4 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 500 annually
• Description: Some of the fluorescent lighting in the school was replaced with energy-efficient fittings. The thinner fluorescent tubes improved the overall light quality while reducing energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Pewsey

Oxenwood Outdoor Education Centre

• Biomass Boiler
• Avoided 32 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 8,900 annually
• Description:A biomass boiler with fuel store will be installed to replace the existing inefficient oil boilers and electric heating.
• Status: Expected completed - 15 October 2011

Burbage School

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 2 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 250 annually
• Description: Some of the fluorescent lighting in the school was replaced with energy-efficient fittings. The thinner fluorescent tubes improve the overall light quality while reducing energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Salisbury

Salisbury Five Rivers Leisure Centre

• Leisure Centre Combined Heat &Power
• Avoided 242 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 38,000 annually
• Description: This project was to install a device to generate electrical power and heat for the leisure centre. The unit is situated outside the building next to the main entrance. The unit has dramatically reduced the cost of running the leisure centre by generating electricity to use on site, instead of drawing it from the National Grid. Heat is a side product of this process and is used to heat the pool water.
• Status: Completed

Salisbury Five Rivers Leisure Centre

• Variable Speed Motors
• Avoided 52 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 7,500 annually
• Description: This project was to install efficient motors to pump water around the leisure centre. These motors were fitted with special controls to slow them down whenever possible. The new motors do not work as hard as the motors they replaced and so use less energy.
• Status: Completed

Salisbury Central Car Park

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 41 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 5,600 annually
• Description: The fluorescent lighting in the lower deck of the car park was replaced with energy-efficient fittings. The thinner fluorescent tubes improved the overall light quality in the car park while reducing energy consumption.
• Status:  Completed

Salisbury City Hall

• Auditorium Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 32 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 4,700 annually
• Description: The lighting in the auditorium was modernised to halve the energy consumption and bring the standard of the equipment up to date.
• Status: Completed

Salisbury Culver Street Car Park

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 21 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 3,000 annually
• Description: The fluorescent lighting in the car park was replaced with energy-efficient fittings. The thinner fluorescent tubes improved the overall light quality in the car park while reducing energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Salisbury Five Rivers Leisure Centre

• Liquid Pool Cover
• Avoided 8 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 800 annually
• Description: This project was to install a dosing system to put a special ingredient in the pool water that cuts down heat loss when the pool surface is not broken by splashing. This is ideal for areas where a conventional pool cover cannot not be installed.
• Status: Completed

Salisbury Five Rivers Leisure Centre

• High-efficiency Hand-dryers
• Avoided 1 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 400 annually
• Description: This project was to install efficient hand-dryers to cut energy consumption all year round.
• Status: Completed

Salisbury Culver Street Car Park

• Toilet Lighting Sensors
• Avoided 2 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 300 annually
• Description: The public toilets were fitted with motion sensors to switch the lights off in the toilet areas when not in use.
• Status: Completed

Southern Wiltshire

We are currently looking for opportunities.

South West Wiltshire

Wilton Depot

• Boiler Upgrade
• Avoided 9 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 900 annually
• Description: An inefficient gas boiler was replaced with a modern high-efficiency boiler.
• Status: Completed

Tidworth

Ludgershall Castle Primary School

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 1 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 100 annually
• Description: Some of the fluorescent lighting in the school was replaced with energy-efficient fittings. The thinner fluorescent tubes improve the overall light quality while reducing energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Trowbridge

Trowbridge Castle Place Car Park

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 105 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost: £ 14,500 annually
• Description: The fluorescent lighting in the car park was replaced using adaptors to permit energy-efficient lamps to be fitted. The thinner fluorescent tubes improve the overall light quality in the car park while reducing energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Trowbridge Longmeadow Primary School

• Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 4 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost:£ 600 annually
• Description: Some of the fluorescent lighting in the school was replaced with energy-efficient fittings. The thinner fluorescent tubes improved the overall light quality while reducing energy consumption.
• Status: Completed

Warminster

We are currently looking for opportunities.

Westbury

We are currently looking for opportunities.

Wootton Bassett and Cricklade

We are currently looking for opportunities.

County-wide

Across Wiltshire

• Street Bollards Lighting Upgrade
• Avoided 250 tCO² annually
• Avoided energy cost:£ 36,800 annually
• Description: The fluorescent lamps in many of the bollards across Wiltshire were replaced with LED fittings. The new fittings generate light even more efficiently than the ones they replaced, using a fraction of the electricity to light the bollard.
• Status: Completed

Should you require any further information on these or other projects please contact the Energy, Change and Opportunities Team.

Last updated: 22 August 2011