RENEWABLEENERGYINDUSTRYLEADERS &INNOVATORS

SUSTAINABILITY WITH VIABILITY

2003Mayday HospitalHospital energy centre rescuedPAGE 9.

1980’s - presentSheffield CityMajor UK city heat network PAGE 1.

2002Greenwich Millennium Village First sustainable Millennium Village PAGE 7.

2003 - 04Charles Dickens EstateLandmark funding for CHP project PAGE 11.

2004Ross CrescentFirst biomass project PAGE 14.

2005 - 06BAAHeating Europe’s busiest airport PAGE 15.

2006 - 22The Natural History and Victoria and Albert Museums21st Century heating forVictorian museumPAGE 19.

1980’s - presentNottingham CityUK’s largest district heating network PAGE 2.

1996 - 99 Shetland Heat & PowerAward-winning waste-to-energy schemePAGE 5.

2003 - 04Bonnyrigg EstateMarket changing CHP scheme PAGE 13.

2006Tachbrook TriangleConnecting to London’slargest heat network PAGE 17.

CONTENTS

2007Royal Arsenal RiversideFirst retro-fit into listed building PAGE 21.

2007University of LiverpoolSustainable heating for university PAGE 23.

2007 - 10MediaCityUKWorld’s first BREEAM community PAGE 25.

2008 - 12King’s CrossEurope’s largest city centre regeneration schemePAGE 27.

2009University of YorkSustainable campus expansion PAGE 29.

2010Greenwatt WayPioneering zero carbon community PAGE 31. 2010

Yarn StreetAffordable heating for eco-settlement PAGE 35.

2010Riverside DeneFirst retrofit residential ESCo PAGE 33.

2011National Sports CentreRecord-breaking CHP engine PAGE 37.

2011Commonwealth Games 2014Low carbon heating for ‘greenest games ever’ PAGE 39.

2012WyndfordTackling fuel poverty in Scotland PAGE 41.

CONTENTS MILESTONES IN OUR HISTORY

FOREWORD

ABOUT VITAL ENERGI

LEADING THE WAY TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE ENERGY PROVISION FOR THE UKBY GARY FIELDING & IAN WHITELOCKJOINT MANAGING DIRECTORS

Vital Energi’s vision is to create simple and reliable energy solutions that are kind to the environment and provide security of supply.

We are proud of our long history as one of the first UK companies to provide green energy systems and it is this experience that enables us to create quality solutions and products which stand the test of time.

At Vital Energi we are also passionate about innovation and are committed to being at the forefront when it comes to the development of pioneering renewable energy to provide the heat and power the UK needs.

Our goal is to bring the environmental and economic benefits of greener energy to as many public and private sector organisations as we can across the UK.

ABOUT VITAL ENERGI

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Fuel Purchase & Energy SalesData Collection Management& BillingNationwide Operation &Service DeliveryCustomer Service SupportPerformance to KPI Standards

Technical & Commercial Model Analysis Full/ Part Funded SolutionAssessmentShareholder Structure DevelopmentCommercial & Legal Structure Proposal

Demand AssessmentPolicy & ComplianceConcept Designs Business Planning

Optimising Design Solutions & System IntegrationTechnical 3D Plant ModellingAir Dispersion ModellingFull Architectural Structural, Acoustic & Vibration Integration

Planning, Programming & ProcurementH&S, Planning & Auditing Project Management of System IntegrationCommissioning, Testing & Performance Demonstration

We provide a complete sustainable energy service from a blank sheet of paper through to design, installation and long-term asset management. Our approach ensures the best solutions and technologies are adopted to provide significant financial and CO2 savings while also complying with policy and planning requirements and government incentives:

UNEQUALLED EXPERTISE100% IN-HOUSE

FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS100% TAILORED FOR YOU

1980’s - Present

CITY OF SHEFFIELD

Sheffield is England’s fourth largest city, has a population of half a million and is the fastest growing city outside of London. It also has one of the largest city heat networks in the UK, supplying heat to more than 2,800 homes and 140 public and private buildings including some of the city’s most famous landmarks - The Lyceum Theatre, Millennium Galleries, The Crucible Theatre and Sheffield City Hall. A joint venture between Sheffield City Council and Sheffield Heat and Power Ltd originally created the network to provide reliable, locally-generated and cost effective energy from a low carbon energy source. The focal point of the scheme is the incinerator which burns the city’s refuse, situated at Bernard Road. The steam that is created from burning the waste is converted to high temperature hot water for the community energy network while also producing electricity for sale to the

National Grid - enough to power up to 19,000 homes. Annually, it also saves 21,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

Sheffield Heat and Power is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Veolia Environmental Services which operates the continuously expanding network.

Since 1987 Vital Energi’s team of engineers has installed a network of more than 50km of specialist pre-insulated pipework beneath the streets of Sheffield City Centre for Veolia. Veolia realised the importance of specifying the best jointing system and consequently insisted on the installation of the “Band Muff” fusion welded joint system which significantly extends the life span of the pipework and is only available in the UK from Vital Energi. Vital Energi has built a strong and successful partnership with Veolia during the 25 years we have been working with it on the expansion of Sheffield’s low carbon, sustainable and award-winning community energy scheme.

Millennium Galleries - Opened in 2001 as part of Sheffield’s Heart of the City project

Sheffield City Hall - A Grade II listed building opened in 1932

ONE OF LARGEST CITY HEAT NETWORKS IN THE UK

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One of UK’s largest city heat networks

Supplying 2,800 homes and 140 commercial buildings

Heat and hot water created from incinerated waste

Electricity sold to National Grid

More than 50km of pre-insulated pipework

Band Muff fusion welded joint system

21,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions saved annually

Working in partnership with Veolia since 1987

25 YEAR PARTNERSHIP CONTINUALLY EXPANDING NETWORK

1980’s - Present

The University of Sheffield - One of the UK’s top 50 universities

HIGH QUALITY INSTALLATION

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CITY OFNOTTINGHAM

Vital Energi’s expertise and experience of providing safe, reliable and energy efficient district heating schemes has been instrumental in the development and expansion of Nottingham’s urban district heating regeneration scheme.

For nearly 25 years, our employees have designed, supplied and installed 85km of pre-insulated district heating pipe in and around Nottingham City Centre. Our high quality service and innovation has resulted in us becoming the preferred partner of independent energy services company (ESCO) Enviroenergy Limited which manages the city’s district heating scheme and is wholly owned by Nottingham City Council.

Domestic and commercial waste is collected in Nottingham and is burnt at the Eastcroft Energy From Waste facility. The steam produced is piped to Enviroenergy’s London Road Energy Centre (ELREC) where it is converted to a medium temperature hot water system and passed through a condensing extraction steam turbine to generate electricity and provide heat to the district heating network.

Enviroenergy has supplied electricity, hot water and steam to the city centre for more than 30 years. Customers include more than 5,000 householders, more than 100 commercial buildings, including numerous landmark city buildings such as the new National Ice Arena, the Broadmarsh and Victoria shopping centres, the Inland Revenue offices beside the canal, Nottingham Town Hall, Capital One’s UK headquarters and Nottingham Trent University.

Since 1989, Vital Energi has installed district heating pipework for Enviroenergy in various locations across the city, overcoming each project’s challenges along the way. These have included the UK’s largest district heating installation performed under a single contract to 4,700 homes in St Ann’s, providing a liaison officer to help minimise disruption to residents at Ransom Road, designing specialist steel-in-steel pipework to provide a steam connection to the Knoll pharmaceuticals building, constructing a bridge to carry pipework over Nottingham’s canal and most recently installing district heating to the new business district being created in the Southside of the city and to the new Stonebridge Estate in St Ann’s.

1980’s - Present

UK’S LARGEST DISTRICT HEATING INSTALLATION PERFORMED UNDER A SINGLE CONTRACT

Broadmarsh Shopping Centre - Home to 55 retail units

Stonebridge Estate - 95 new homes in the St Ann’s area

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85km of pipework

5,000 domestic customers and 100 commercial customers

Energy from waste

Specialist pipework

Bridge constructed over canal to carry pipework

Innovative canal diversion

27,000 CO2 savings a year

Challenging canal diversion

20 YEAR PARTNERSHIP UK’S LARGEST SCALE RETROFIT1980

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Nottingham City Centre - Home to one of the UK’s largest district heating networks

4. Capital One Headquarters Nottingham Trent UniversityNational Ice Arena

1996 - 1999

SHETLAND HEAT ENERGY & POWER

The waste fuel for the scheme comes from Shetland, Orkney and offshore

“Demand for connections to the Lerwick District Heating Scheme has been greater than we ever envisaged. With a turnover of £1m per year from the sale of heat, it is estimated that some £2m remains in the Shetland economy that would otherwise be spent on imported oil. We are now one of the most successful schemes in the UK and often have people from Britain and Europe visiting our scheme because of the environmental, social and economic benefits it continues to provide .”

NEVILLE MARTIN, DH MANAGER, SHETLAND HEAT ENERGY & POWER

Lerwick is Britain’s most northerly town and is at the forefront of environmentally responsible energy provision. The capital of the Shetland Islands has its own advanced Waste to Energy plant (WTE) which provides heat to many of its 8,000 inhabitants. It is owned by Shetland Charitable Trust and operated by Shetland Heat Energy and Power (SHEAP), a company wholly owned by the Trust.

In the late 1990s, the Shetland Islands Council (SIC) commissioned Danish consultants to compare the feasibility of different sustainable energy options and, in 1997, opted for an energy recovery plant which provided heat to a district heating scheme. Since 1998, senior Vital Energi employees have played a pivotal role in the scheme’s success by designing, specifying and implementing an effective and dynamic distribution system. Connecting the WTE plant to customers was no simple task. Our solution included a peak load and back up boiler station, with its own pump station, water treatment and pressurisation plant and two boilers.

Despite the challenges, we managed the construction, testing and commissioning of this facility and connected it to the Waste to Energy plant. To date, Vital Energi has installed nearly 30km of pre-insulated pipework in Lerwick to supply hot water from the boiler station to more than 800 homes and 100 commercial buildings including community centres, schools, fish processing factories, a fish farm net cleaning facility, hotels and churches.

We also worked with the Danish contractors and assisted with the training and transference of skills to local SHEAP staff to ensure that Shetland would be self-sufficient in operating and maintaining the incinerator and network, once it had been installed, as the Islands’ remote location means help can be days away if there is adverse weather.

The Lerwick District Heating scheme is a huge success and with our help, continues to grow. In 2000 it won the coveted Environment Award for Engineers.

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Waste to Energy Plant - Burns 22,000 tonnes of waste per year

CO2 reductions of 7,800 tonnes a year

A sustainable long term solution

Thermal hot water storage reduces reliance on fossil fuels

Affordable heating and hot water instantly and on demand

1996 - 1999WASTE TO ENERGY TRANSFERENCE OF SKILLS TO LOCAL STAFF

6. Peak load boiler house - The scheme generates 7MW of energy per year

Greenwich Millennium Village is an innovative modern housing estate located on the Greenwich Peninsula in south-east London. It was the first of seven new villages to be created under the English Partnerships initiative, the Millennium Communities Programme, which was designed to deliver a lasting legacy of environmentally innovative and sustainable developments in diverse and challenging locations. The villages promote innovative building technologies, increased economic and social self-sufficiency, high urban design standards and sustainable development principles.

Vital Energi was contracted to design and deliver an unobtrusive, easy to operate energy solution to supply the heat, hot water and electricity for 1,377 of the planned 3,000 properties. We specified, designed and installed a world-class CHP Energy Centre – one of the first of its kind to be used on a new-build development.

Offering a full range of advanced capabilities, including the scope for remote operation and management, our energy centre uses a gas fired engine to generate electricity. The heat created in the process is captured and used to heat water. This is then stored before being supplied to customers on demand to meet their heating and hot water needs. Vital Energi designed and installed 3km of district heating pipes to distribute the hot water to each home. The pipework uses our own Band Muff fusion welded jointing system, which significantly extends the life expectancy of the pipe. We also installed Vital Aqua Varm Hydraulic Interface Units within the individual properties, to provide tenants with greater control over their instantaneous domestic hot water, and heat and water meters (with remote reading facilities) to measure consumption.

GMVGREENWICH MILLENNIUM VILLAGE

2002 - 2003

View of the first Millennium Village - An exemplar sustainable new community

Greenwich Millennium apartments

FIRST CHP ENERGY CENTRE FOR NEW BUILD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

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Reduced maintenance costs

A solution with increased life expectancy

State-of-the-art surveillance system

Instantaneous heat and hot water

Reduced CO2 emissions

Automated data collection

3km district heating pipes

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8. Greenwich Millennium Village - The first substantial private new development to achieve BREEAM “Excellent” in the UK

2003

MAYDAYHOSPITAL

When Mayday Hospital’s energy centre didn’t perform as it expected, it called in the experts to put things right. Vital Energi was chosen to bring the Croydon hospital’s energy centre up to full capacity in 1999, after completing an in-depth proposal that demonstrated our experience and expertise in designing, building and operating similar installations successfully. Others installed the original underperforming energy centre but our improvements made sure that when we’d finished it was running at full capacity. After an in depth appraisal of the existing infrastructure, our team proposed several modifications. These included new plate heat exchangers and a remodelled heat recovery system. Together these initiatives ensured that most of the heat given off by the CHP engines and turbo chargers was captured and then re-used by low temperature hot water boilers to provide heat and hot water. Recycling heat in this way significantly reduces energy costs.

We fitted the CHP engines with a new lubrication oil system which regularly and semi-automatically changes the oil used by the engine, ensuring optimum performance at all times. Exhaust flue purge fans were also installed. These improve safety by blowing air through the engine prior to it starting and subsequently preventing the build-up of dangerous flammable gases. After completing our improvements, we serviced, commissioned and brought the CHP engines on line. We also installed a bespoke control system for the entire energy centre so that a single operator can monitor and control it easily and efficiently. As a direct result of our successful delivery of this project, Vital Energi was awarded the contract to operate and maintain Mayday Hospital’s energy centre.

”The Trust operates two gas CHP’s to produce electricity, this reduces not only CO2 emissions but provides a cheaper energy source than purchasing electricity from external sources.”

MR STEPHEN WELLS, DIRECTOR OF ESTATES & FACILITIES MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST

Low temperature hot water boilers

External energy centre

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First hospital scheme

Rescuing under-performing energy centre

Modifications made to improve safety, efficiency, capacity and performance

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10. Mayday University Hospital

2003 - 2004

CHARLESDICKENS ESTATE

The first time Vital Energi retrofitted a modern, low carbon Combined Heat and Power energy centre, into an existing boiler house, was in one of Portsmouth’s most deprived areas.

Portsmouth City Council commissioned us to carry out the work in order to alleviate fuel poverty on the Charles Dickens estate, named after the famous author who was born nearby.

The project was also aimed at helping the Council meet its target of improving domestic energy efficiency in the city by 27 per cent by 2006.

Charles Dickens estate consists of 515 flats in eight medium and high-rise blocks. When we began the project in 2003, two blocks were supplied by an existing district heating system, the rest were heated by a mixture of gas fires, electric fan heaters and under-floor electric heating.

Rather than remove the old district heating system, we upgraded it to a modern, efficient CHP district heating system to supply all the flats with heat and hot water.

We also expanded the system to include two local schools and a new arts and leisure building and designed it so that it had the capacity to connect to additional buildings at a later date if required.

Following completion of the scheme Vital Energi was appointed to continue the operation and maintenance of the system.

The project was made possible by a grant from the Community Energy Programme (CEP) which promoted schemes providing heat and/or power to a number of buildings from a central source including those using biomass heating or Combined Heat and Power (CHP). The programme, which provided funding of £60 million, closed in 2007.

It was one of the first funding streams for CHP which incentivised local authorities to invest in district heating and was an important impetus for the way we grew and adapted our business.

“I think what is being done here is brilliant, the council should be commended. We need more schemes like this.”

IAN PEARSON, ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

70m3 Thermal Store

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Inside the Charles Dickens energy centre

515 flats in 8 blocks

Retro-fitted CHP energy centre

Community Energy Programme Funding

Estimated annual fuel bill reductions of approximately £120 per household

Expected to save 424 tonnes of carbon per annum

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TACKLING FUEL POVERTY FUTURE-PROOFED

12. Charles Dickens estate named after the famous author who was born nearby

2003 - 2004

BONNYRIGGESTATE

In 2003 Midlothian Council commissioned Vital Energi to replace the ageing infrastructure on the Bonnyrigg estate in Edinburgh with a more efficient, reliable and environmentally-friendly energy supply.

The existing heating scheme on the estate had reached the end of its 50-year life expectancy and was becoming increasingly inefficient, unreliable and expensive to maintain.

Our solution, completed in 2004, included a new energy centre to house a 330kW gas fired CHP engine, to complement the existing gas fired boilers, and 3.5km of pre-insulated underground district heating pipes to connect the CHP engine to the 250 properties on the estate and significantly reduce heat losses.

We also installed a state-of-the-art surveillance system to continually monitor the network for moisture in the pipe insulation and provide preemptive alerts to allow corrective action to be

taken before serious problems occur. This results in less disruption for the residents and minimal repair and maintenance costs for the council.

Vital Energi also manufactured and installed our own Vital Aqua Varm hydraulic interface units (HIUs) to enable residents to have total control over their heating and hot water.

This project, which was part-funded by Community Energy Programme (CEP), was completed successfully and with the full support of residents who have benefitted significantly from a more reliable energy supply and the ability to control their consumption and costs.

On completion, Vital Energi took over full responsibility for the scheme’s operation and maintenance.

This was one of the first ever projects to benefit from grant funding provided by the Government to incentivise local authorities to invest in Combined Heat and Power.

MARKET MOVING UPGRADING

“CHP provides a highly flexible and reliable energy resource that not only saves money across its lifespan, through lower heating bills for residents and reduced maintenance costs for the Council, but also reduces CO2 emissions, regenerates the local community and provides safe, reliable and instantly available heating and hot water.”

GARY WHYTE, ENGINEERING & FACILITIES MANAGER, MIDLOTHIAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

MONITORING MAINTAINING

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3.5km of pre-insulated pipe 330kW gas-fired CHP engine

Bonnyrigg Estate, Edinburgh

2004

ROSSCRESCENT

In 2004, Vital Energi was asked to come to the rescue of Scotland’s first wood-fuelled community heating scheme at Ross Crescent Estate, in Argyll.

We were recommended for the work by the schemes original financier, The Co-operative Bank. The original energy provider had gone into liquidation and the scheme, for Fyne Homes Housing Association, was experiencing operational problems. The development at Ross Crescent, Lochgilphead, Argyll, consists of 51 dwellings, built as a partnership project between owner, Fyne Homes, and local construction firm M&K McLeod.

Vital Energi was commissioned to carry out an immediate assessment of the installation and conduct emergency repairs to make the biomass energy centre operational. As part of the re-commissioning project, we were responsible for repairing and modifying the estate’s existing district heating mains network, modernising the on-site

water treatment facilities and upgrading the wood-chip-fuelled boiler to increase reliability and achieve security of supply.

Vital Energi carried out a substantial programme of capital improvements including providing local on-site personnel to deal with the operation of the energy centre and providing information and assistance to local residents.

As part of the improvements, each home was fitted with a new heat meter to monitor and charge for the hot water used in under-floor heating systems. We also designed, installed and administer an ‘EasyPay’ pre-payment system that allows tenants to purchase heat credit on a swipe card from their local Spar shop.

Vital Energi has ensured this scheme is functional, efficient and reliable. Our improvements have also enabled the estate to meet its long term objective of reducing CO2 emissions and achieving a cost effective energy supply.

“Restoring key utilities to our tenants was of critical importance and Vital Energi‘s engineering staff were able to deliver the competence and expertise quickly and efficiently to take over the implementation of our stalled project and provide emergency problem solving support. As a result, the upgraded community heating solution means that we now have the peace of mind that our system offers reliable and continuous energy to each of our tenants and in an efficient manner.”

PETER MCDONALD, OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, FYNE HOMES

FULLY FUNDED SHARED BENEFIT

ROSS CRESCENT

The new build Ross Crescent estate

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2005 - 2006

HEATHROWAIRPORT

It took £4.3bn, 60,000 workers and six years to build, and is the largest free-standing building in the UK. Opened in 2008, Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 can handle 30 million passengers a year, taking total passenger numbers to around 90 million, and making it the world’s busiest airport.Committed to reducing greenhouse gases, BAA, which owns Heathrow Airport, embraced environmentally friendly policies as part of the T5 construction project.

It appointed Vital Energi as a first tier supplier and commissioned us to design, supply, install, test and commission around three kilometres of district heating pipes to distribute heat and hot water from the CHP plant within the World Cargo Energy Centre to a new Energy Centre within the T5 terminal. During the project we demonstrated our ability to protect the environment while overcoming the challenges of carrying out a complex project within a busy airport.

The route of the pipeline crossed several buried services including high-pressure fuel and steam mains, gas and drainage pipelines and the airport fire main. Our engineering team also overcame the logistical difficulties of installing pipeline underneath power, data and fibre cable critical to ensuring aircraft land safely. In spite of all these challenges, Vital Energi successfully completed the project on time and to the agreed programme. The T5 sustainable energy scheme has provided both economic and environmental benefits to BAA. The World Cargo CHP site supplies more than 80 per cent of T5’s heat demand, resulting in an annual net benefit of more than £500,000.

This is predominantly as a result of fuel savings at T5 plus additional savings from the Climate Change Levy at World Cargo. There are also significant CO2

emissions savings of approximately 10,877 tonnes a year.

“London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 project provided an opportunity for BAA to set and deliver new standards in environmental sustainability for the construction industry. Throughout the design and construction, project teams and suppliers were encouraged to apply innovative techniques and best practice to deliver exemplary environmental performance. Vital Energi’s sophisticated underground pipe network installation, taking waste heat from an existing combined heat and power plant, provides T5 with 85 per cent of its heat on demand resulting in significant CO2 emissions savings.”

NICK STAYT, PROJECT LEADER, BAA Heathrow Airport Terminal 5

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District heating pipe connecting Heathrow’s Terminal 5

Connecting Terminal 5 to existing energy centre

CHP Energy Centre

3km district heating pipe

Supplying 80 per cent of T5 energy demand

Environmentally-friendly construction

Crossing buried service pipes

Financial benefit of £500,000

CO2 emissions savings totalling 10,877 tonnes a year

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16. Helping to provide heat and hot water to around 26.3 million passengers per year

2006

TACHBROOKTRIANGLE

Tachbrook Triangle is modern mixed with traditional in the form of three new apartment buildings enveloping a terrace of Grade II listed Georgian houses built on an island site in the Vauxhall Bridge Road, west London over the original Tach brook. Barratt West London has created a mixed scheme on the site that skilfully wraps new build residential accommodation, a retail unit and a large doctor’s surgery for Westminster Primary Care Trust around the refurbished houses. The three new buildings rise to four, five and nine storeys in height, with the triangular nine storey block occupying a prominent location at the street corner and clad in a buff brick to complement its Georgian neighbours. This nine story block includes 37 contemporary private apartments and 17 affordable homes for A2Dominion Housing Association. Working for Barratt for the first time, Vital Energi was appointed to provide a turnkey heating solution for this landmark urban development.

Our expertise was required to connect the internal community heating pipework in the new buildings at Tachbrook Triangle to the Pimlico District Heating Undertaking (PDHU). PDHU is the UK’s oldest community heating network providing heat and hot water to more than 3000 homes and commercial buildings. We also installed an innovative and cost effective meter reading solution with a radio communications module to accurately measure heat consumption inside the dwellings. Data is collected from each meter by “touring” the premises with a wireless Bluetooth receiver and handheld computer to receive real-time on-demand data. It means residents can be billed accurately. The development at Tachbrook Triangle has won several awards including Affordable Housing Development of the Year at the British Homes Awards 2008.

”The internal pipework installation looks beautiful and neat, and very accurately positioned. It’s a shame it will have to be boxed in. Vital Energi has taken time and trouble in its work which compliments the rest of the pipework being undertaken by a mechanical sub-contractor.”

TED GREEN, BARRATT WEST LONDON, SENIOR TECHNICAL COORDINATOR

Pimlico District Heating Undertaking (PDHU) provides heating and hot water services to 3,256 homes, 50 commercial premises and three schools in the area

PDHU - The UK’s first CHP district heating network

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Modern mixed with new

Landmark London mixed use development

Listed Georgian buildings

Connection to London’s oldest and largest heat network

Affordable housing

Remote meter reading

Award-winning

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18. The award-winning Tachbrook Triangle development

2006 - 2022

THE NATURALHISTORY AND VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUMS

Vital Energi’s flagship tri-generation energy scheme has brought the National History Museum’s Victorian heating and energy system into the 21st century.

It is also saving this historic London building an average of £1 million in energy costs - nearly double the savings it was targeted to make. It is exceeding the guaranteed annual carbon reduction target of 1800 tonnes of CO2 by saving more than 2,300 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year.

The installation was a major retro-fit project over an 18 month period, during 2005-2006, to update the Natural History Museum’s Central Boiler House – which dates back to the 1880s. This complex project involved many technical challenges in order to integrate the new plant without affecting the day to day running of the Natural History Museum (NHM) and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The museums have critical heating, cooling and power requirements 24 hours a day to preserve world-renowned collections. Any major alterations had to ensure a robust and reliable supply was maintained.

The NHM chose Vital Energi as its Energy Services Company (ESCo) for our experience, capability and proposal for tri-generation. We offered the museum a turnkey solution which covered the energy centre, energy distribution (heat, cooling and power), customer service and metering and were awarded the contract to design, build, finance and operate the energy system.

Vital Energi worked with the museum over several years to ensure we provided the best technical, financial and environmental solution. We were appointed as ESCo under an innovative Public Private Partnership Scheme and secured financing of £3.5 million, for the plant and equipment, saving the NHM the £3m it had raised to pay for the refurbishment.

As well as a reduction in the annual carbon dioxide emissions, the museum is also benefiting from a low-risk agreement that guarantees large annual financial savings over the lifetime of the project.

“This is a fantastic project. The Natural History Museum’s building might date back to Victorian times, but it houses an energy centre fit for the 21st century.”

CHRIS MATTHEWS, SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, THE CO-OPERATIVE BANK

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The Darwin Centre - A new wing of the NHM that will house 20 million plant and animal specimens

Inside the Natural History Museum

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Finance arranged by Vital Energi

Flagship tri-generation project

Retrofit into historic building

Complete turnkey solution

Guaranteed Performance Contract

£570,000 guaranteed savings per annum (index linked) - achieving closer to £1m

Guaranteed 1,800 tonnes of CO2 – achieving in excess of 2,300 tonnes

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20. The Natural History Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum

2007 - Present

ROYAL ARSENAL RIVERSIDE

Occupying a prime location along the River Thames, Royal Arsenal Riverside is one of South East London’s most exciting new riverside addresses. It is a flagship project at the forefront of the wider Thames Gateway regeneration initiative.

Work on the 76-acre development began in 2007 and is due for completion in 2021. It is located on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich, south east London on the site of one of London’s most significant military landmarks – The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Vital Energi is making history with developer, Berkeley Homes, by turning the former Royal Arsenal into a sustainable and vibrant new community. It is unique because it is one of the first projects in the UK to bring a low carbon energy solution to Grade I and Grade II listed buildings. It is also a landmark development for Vital Energi as it marks the first project that Vital Energi and SSE worked in partnership on.

Vital Energi developed the concept design into a viable and efficient energy solution capable of expanding with the development as it grows. We have designed and built an efficient energy solution to initially serve over 460 apartments in The Armouries as well as a nursery unit, Primary Care Trust and commercial units. We have connected a further 290 homes, known as The Warehouse, as well as additional commercial buildings, and continue to work on future stages of the development. Throughout the project, we have paid special consideration to the requirements of the local environment and the residents of adjacent buildings and ensured the energy solution has flexibility to expand as the Royal Arsenal development continues to grow.

Gas fuelled boilers providing heat and hot water to the Thames Gatewayregeneration project

Model of the 76 acre Royal Arsenal Riverside in South East London

“Berkeley Homes has been working with Vital Energi at the Royal Arsenal Riverside for the past five years. During this time they have become an integral part of the delivery team providing a comprehensive service for the design, supply, installation and maintenance of the Energy Centres and district heating networks serving the site.”

DAVID BANNON, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, BERKELEY HOMES

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Development of historical landmark

UK’s first sustainable energy retrofit into listed building

Due for completion in 2021

First project for SSE/Vital Energi partnership

Future-proofed for further development

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22. Royal Arsenal Riverside - A former munitions factory has been transformed to provide a blend of converted and new build residential properties

2007 - Present

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

The University of Liverpool is one of the UK’s most environmentally aware and progressive institutions and between 2007 and 2011 underwent a complete transformation in its energy infrastructure. Vital Energi worked with the University, and with contractors EMCOR and Bardsley Construction, on a number of district heating pipework projects, to assist with this transformation. We have developed a close working relationship with the University, and its contractors, over the six years we have assisted with the creation of the campus community heating system. During this time, Vital Energi’s experience and expertise in our specialist market has enabled us to effectively manage complex logistical challenges and provide guidance on pipe sizing and expansion solutions to ensure the successful completion of the projects.

All of the projects required meticulous planning in order to minimise disruption to the University which remained open throughout some of the work. Vital Energi’s expertise and experience of working with challenging logistics meant that all of the projects were completed on time and to budget.

The University of Liverpool is a sustainable university and recognises its responsibility to ensure sound, environmentally responsible operational practice in all its activities. It has adopted a Carbon Management Plan which commits it to a target of cutting 30 per cent of its CO2 emissions by 2016/17. The University now has a state of the art sustainable energy solution that meets its energy needs, lowers its costs and reduces its environmental impact while also incorporating innovative solutions for its future energy challenges.

The University of Liverpool energy centre

District heating pipework connecting old and new buildings

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University of Liverpool - Attended by 27,000 students

“The University has worked very successfully with Vital Energi over the past six years in the delivery of a number of strategically important projects that have been delivered within challenging programme and budgetary constraints.”

IAN MURRAY, PROJECT MANAGER AT UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON COLLABORATIONREPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATING BEST VALUE

Installation across major highways in Liverpool City Centre

Long term partnership based on collaboration

Part of University’s £600 million expansion plan

Improving energy efficiency of new and existing buildings

2,000 metres of district heating pipe

2007 - Present

24. Liverpool City Centre - Europe’s 2008 Capital of Culture has received £1billion for regeneration

2007 - 2010

MEDIACITYUK

MediaCityUK is Europe’s first purpose built creative and media development and covers 200 acres of waterfront at Salford Quays on the banks of Manchester’s historic ship canal.

Completed in 2010, the £650 million project was developed by The Peel Group and is the new home for the BBC, ITV, Coronation Street and the University of Salford.

MediaCityUK was the first development in the world to become a BREEAM approved sustainable community.

Vital Energi delivered an energy efficient tri-generation scheme based on combined heat and power technology providing electrical power, heating and cooling. The system helped MediaCityUK achieve the highest global environmental saving rating and can save up to 20,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. It also won the Combined Heat and Power Association’s (CHPA) Industrial and Commercial Award in November 2009.

With more than 30 years’ experience developing decentralised energy generation and distribution projects,

Vital Energi was the obvious choice to deliver a scheme of this size and complexity. We overcame a number of logistical challenges while constructing the energy centre within a purpose built car park.

Taking advantage of MediaCityUK’s waterside location, our in-house design engineers also developed a novel on-site canal cooling system. The system extracts recyclable canal water to cool the BBC studio buildings in the winter months and provide cooling for the absorption chillers and the CHP unit during the summer. Integrating the cooling from CHP with “free cooling” from the canal, provides for even greater cooling efficiency in the overall system, helping to lower energy bills and reduce the impact on the environment.

MediaCityUK’s energy system is future proofed and has the unique ability to adapt to incorporate the use of other forms of energy generation which may become commercially viable in future years as technology develops.WATCH VITAL ENERGI’S MEDIACITY:UK ANIMATION VIDEO ON YOU TUBE:http://www.youtube.com/vitalenergi

“Environmental issues are important today but, when the site is up and running in 2011, these issues will be all the more critical. We are working hard to make sure MediaCityUK is future-proof by incorporating the very best environmental and sustainable credentials into every aspect of the development.”

ED BURROWS, PROPERTY DIRECTOR, PEEL MEDIA

The University of Salford

BBC Buildings - 2,300 BBC staff have moved to Salford to work at MediaCityUK

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First BREEAM approved sustainable community

Europe’s first purpose built creative and media development

£650 million project

Tri-generation energy scheme

Winner of 2009 CHPA Industrial and Commercial Award

Novel on-site canal cooling system

Future-proofed for new technologies

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26. MediaCityUK - Europe’s first purpose built creative and media development covers 200 acres of waterfront at Salford Quays

King’s Cross Central was Europe’s largest city centre regeneration scheme and one of the UK’s most significant and high profile developments.

The £2 billion, 67-acre development even has its own postcode – N1C. It has received recognition as an exemplar scheme and has been visited by senior officials from the Department of Environment and Climate Change and the Greater London Authority.

The challenge for its developers, the King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership, (made up of Argent King’s Cross Ltd, London & Continental Railways Ltd and DHL Supply Chain) was to provide an energy efficient and sustainable site without compromising the quality of living or the availability of supply.

Their target was to cut carbon emissions by at least 50 per cent. Vital Energi was appointed by the development’s Energy Services Company (ESCo), Metropolitan King’s Cross Ltd (a joint venture between Argent and Metropolitan).

Initially, we were awarded the contract to design, supply and install 2km of district

KING’S CROSS DEVELOPMENT

heating pipes, but our transparency, flexibility and specialist knowledge subsequently led to us winning a number of other contracts on this prestigious scheme. The most significant of these was the contract to design and build the pioneering CHP Energy Centre capable of providing all the heat and hot water for the eight million square foot development.

When economic conditions worsened, we recommended installing a temporary boiler house for the initial stages of the development. This would be more energy efficient and enable our client, MKC, to defer capital investment in the main energy centre.

In response, MKC commissioned us to design and install a temporary containerised energy solution which included equipment that could be transferred to the main energy centre or left intact and transported for use on another site. When construction of the new King’s Cross Energy Centre was completed in 2012, Vital Energi was awarded responsibility for its operation and maintenance for up to 30 years.

“Vital Energi provides expertise and also integrates into the greater team. They are very professional and work well with our project manager and also the developer’s on site team. Communications are very effective and a strong team ethic has developed.”

JOHN MARSH, OPERATIONS DIRECTOR OF METROPOLITAN

2008 - Present

Inside the Energy Centre at King’s Cross

Vital Energi branded pressure gauges

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2MW Combined Heat & Power Engine

£2bn mixed use scheme

67 acre Central London project

Europe’s largest city centre regeneration scheme

Carbon reduction target of at least 50 per cent

2km of pre-insulated pipe

Temporary energy centre provided energy and

financial efficiency during early phases

New buildings to achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating

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2MW Combined Heat & Power Engine

King’s Cross Central - Europe’s largest city centre regeneration scheme and one of the UK’s most significant and high profile developments

The £2 billion, 67-acre development even has its own postcode – N1C.

2009

THE UNIVERSITYOF YORK

The University of York put renewable energy at the heart of its campus expansion plans. It investigated a number of alternative energy technologies and opted for a combination of CHP and biomass heating as providing the greatest opportunity to reduce carbon emissions.

Vital Energi supplied and installed a low carbon biomass and CHP-fuelled district heating system as part of the University’s £750 million expansion programme which upgraded its existing Heslington West campus and created a brand new Heslington East campus to double the University’s campus size.

The University’s expansion programme was divided into four phases which included multiple contracts. Vital Energi successfully secured four of the energy services contracts for the first two phases.

These included the installation and extension of a new multi-utility infrastructure corridor and the design and build of two new CHP engines and one biomass boiler. Work on these contracts was carried out between 2009 and 2012.

We have also been awarded the contract to operate and maintain the CHP engines and biomass boilers for five years.

Vital Energi has developed a close working relationship with The University of York over the four years that we have been assisting with the achievement of its ambitious campus expansion plans.

Our sustainable energy system enables the University to generate heat and power more efficiently, fulfil its expanding energy requirements and meet its target to use 10 per cent renewable energy to power its campus.

“The biomass boiler was manufactured off-site and was installed within a two day period. Vital Energi completed all the preparation work in advance and this was one of the smoothest installations to be completed at the University. We have a very good working relationship with Vital Energi and this was demonstrated perfectly during this operation.”

ROGER HARTSHORN, ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY MANAGER, THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK

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External view of the main energy centre One of the new CHP engines installed

850kW biomass boiler External view of the containerised biomass boiler

Biomass and CHP-fuelled district heating system

Installation of new multi-utility infrastructure corridor

Part of University’s £750 million expansion plan

Doubling campus size

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30. Phase 1 of the University of York’s £750million expansion plan

The £2 billion, 67-acre development even has its own postcode – N1C.

2010

GREENWATT WAY

The 10-home development at Greenwatt Way in Chalvey, Slough, sets the benchmark for zero carbon homes of the future.

The main aim of this pioneering research project, completed in 2010, was to study energy usage and consumption in zero carbon homes. The findings are being used in studies by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), Reading University, the National House-Building Council (NHBC) and the Building Research Establishment (BRE). Four different renewable technologies – biomass district heating scheme, solar thermal panels, an air source heat pump and a ground source heat pump – have been installed at Greenwatt Way in order for their effectiveness to be compared with each other. Vital Energi played a pivotal role. At the heart of the project is our bespoke energy centre which houses a zero carbon 350kW wood pellet biomass boiler. We also installed an innovative building management system (BMS) which all the micro-generation technologies on the development feed into, a district heating network, hydraulic interface units and a smart metering system. The renewable technologies used significantly reduce the developments CO2 emissions enabling it to achieve Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

Studies have already shown that our biomass boiler exceeds the Dwelling Emission Rates (DER) required for a zero carbon community. In fact, when the biomass boiler is used independently to heat Greenwatt Way, the DER emissions on a one bedroom flat are more than three times lower than the minimum requirement of Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. As one of the first sustainable energy companies to contribute to the installation of renewable technologies in a zero carbon community in the UK, Vital Energi is helping to lead the way in meeting the government’s aim of cutting 80 per cent of the country’s CO2

emissions by 2050.

The ground-breaking eco community at Greenwatt Way received the Combined Heat and Power Association’s (CHPA) prestigious Innovation Award in 2010. In 2011 the scheme also received the H&V News Award for Renewable Project of the Year.

UK’S FIRST ZERO CARBON DEVELOPMENT

Inside the multi-technology energy centre

Zero carbon - 10 home development in Chalvey, Slough

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Ground-breaking zero carbon development

Multiple renewable technologies installed

Pioneering research project

Bespoke biomass energy centre

Biomass boiler exceeding required Dwelling Emission Rates

Award-winning project

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32. The award-winning development achieved Code Level 6

2010

RIVERSIDE DENE

In 2010, Vital Energi worked with Newcastle City Council on a £33 million regeneration project to reduce fuel poverty and carbon emissions in one of the most deprived areas of North East England. Many of the tenants of the six 1960s tower blocks on Newcastle’s Riverside Dene estate were experiencing fuel poverty. Previously, all the tower blocks, apart from Cruddas Park House, were heated by electric storage heaters and resident’s bills varied widely. Residents of Cruddas Park House paid a fixed charge regardless of what energy they used. As part of a large scale redevelopment of the area, Your Homes Newcastle (YHN), the Arms-Length Management Organisation (ALMO) of Newcastle City Council, internally remodelled the blocks to create more than 550 flats that achieved ‘Decent Homes Standards’. Riverside Dene – which featured in the BBC’s The Likely Lads and Our Friends in the North - was also one of the first projects to be funded by the Homes

and Communities Agency’s (HCA) Low Carbon Infrastructure Fund which aims to help neighbourhoods benefit from greener energy and lower utility bills.

Vital Energi designed and installed a highly efficient wood-fuelled biomass community heating system to provide low carbon heat and hot water to the entire Riverside Dene estate from one energy centre. Our innovative heating solution has reduced the carbon footprint of the Riverside Dene development, helping Newcastle maintain its position as the UK’s most sustainable city. Each of the six tower blocks now has a heat meter which means that the heat and hot water that is supplied can be more accurately measured and billed.

Riverside Dene was Vital Energi’s first retrofit residential Energy Services Company (ESCo) project. We are responsible for the biomass fuel supply until 2017 and are also contracted to carry out the on-going operation and maintenance of the system until 2022.

“Vital Energi has been flexible in its approach to developing a sustainable district heating system which the residents in Riverside Dene will benefit from for many years. We have developed a very strong professional relationship with Vital Energi ensuring the scheme was delivered on time and budget. The heating scheme compliments other energy efficiency measures installed in the refurbished blocks to ensure the area makes a large contribution to reducing the carbon footprint of the city.”

CLARE WOOD, SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER, NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCILResidents at the opening of the Riverside Dene energy centre

Representatives from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) visiting the energy centre and biomass boiler

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First retrofit residential Energy Services Company (ESCo) project

Funded by the Low Carbon Infrastructure Fund (LCIF)

Biomass community heating system

550 homes refurbished to ‘Decent Homes Standards’

Reducing fuel poverty

Cutting carbon emissions by up to 81 per cent

Residents saving an average of £24 a month on bills

2010

TACKLING FUEL POVERTY SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION ON-GOING RESPONSIBILITY

34. 550 homes in three 1960’s tower blocks are connected to the biomass community heating system

2010

YARN STREET,H2010

Yarn Street in Yorkshire represented the first time that Vital Energi was appointed as the Energy Services Company (ESCo) on a new residential development. Miller Homes commissioned us to deliver and operate a low carbon community energy scheme to provide affordable heat and power to 220 new homes at the heart of the new Aire Valley “eco-settlement” area of Yorkshire. The CHP scheme was funded by a £1.7 million Low Carbon Infrastructure Fund (LCIF) capital grant. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), which administered the fund, chose Yarn Street for its ability to deliver real energy improvements and to set a precedent for positive change in the area. Vital Energi’s proven ability to meet the HCA’s requirements on previous LCIF projects, and more than 30 years’ experience of designing, and installing decentralised energy networks, helped us win the contract for this project.

A major achievement was the speed with which we managed to take the scheme from concept to contract, taking less than nine months to start on site. As the ESCo, Vital Energi provided a complete solution. We designed and installed the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) energy centre, pipework, Hydraulic Interface Units (HIUs) and a Smart Metering System. We will also operate, maintain and manage the community heating network and procure and control the fuel supply for 25 years, providing a guaranteed saving to the residents of 15 per cent off their energy bills each year compared with gas. Vital Energi’s contribution to creating a CHP energy source for residents of Yarn Street will allow them to benefit from lower heating bills and have hot water and heating permanently available through an environmentally and economically viable solution.

“The Yarn Street CHP scheme evolved from project conception to providing new homes with low carbon heating and cheaper energy costs within 2.5 years. This achievement is in no small part down to the considerable dedication and commitment of the team at Vital Energi. Its creativity ensured that any challenges encountered on the way were solved efficiently and effectively to deliver a fantastic project on time and on budget. The design, build and operate model, employed by Vital Energi and its partners Miller Homes at Yarn Street, provides me with the comfort that the benefits of this project will endure long into the future.”

LUKE MCDONALD, LAND & REGENERATION TECHNICAL MANAGER, HOMES & COMMUNITIES AGENCY

Yarn Street - At the heart of the Aire Valley eco-settlement area of Yorkshire

Three 595kW condensing gas boilers

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AFFORDABLE

First ESCo contract on a new build development

220 new homes

Built to Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes

Concept to start on site in nine months

Funded by LCIF

Guaranteed 15 per cent saving on utility bills

2010

SETTING A PRECEDENT END-TO-END SERVICE GUARANTEED SAVINGS

36. Affordable heat and power for 220 new homes

2011

THE NATIONALSPORTS CENTRE

London’s iconic National Sports Centre (NSC), at Crystal Palace, has cut its CO2 emissions in half and is saving hundreds of thousands of pounds a year in energy costs, thanks to Vital Energi’s innovative new heating system.We designed, supplied and installed the record-breaking low carbon system for the centre, a training ground for the 2012 London Olympics, as part of a £13million refurbishment by the London Development Agency (LDA).

The LDA commissioned us to develop a highly efficient Combined Heat and Power (CHP) engine, which, when integrated with other energy efficient technologies, resulted in a record-breaking 93 per cent efficiency rate. This is significantly higher than the average 70 to 80 per cent efficiency rate of CHP engines making it one of the most efficient CHP engines in the UK.

Installation was challenging due to the limited space within the building and the restrictions that apply to listed sites.

Vital Energi’s solution was to design and build an external hub to house the CHP engine which complements the character of the main NSC building and is located next to it. We also removed NSC’s

existing system and replaced it with a new fully condensing boiler solution.

In a first for Vital Energi we also designed four energy saving pool covers for the facility’s swimming pools, to reduce heat loss.

Despite the challenges we delivered our solution in April 2011 - five months ahead of schedule. In its first year of operation, our new energy system exceeded its energy cost saving target, set under our 15 year guaranteed performance contract with the NSC, by 27 per cent and surpassed its carbon reduction target by an additional 649 tonnes of CO2.

Vital Energi’s record-breaking and award-winning CHP system has set new industry standards for similar projects and illustrates how our innovative external ‘CHP hub’ can help overcome the obstacles that are faced when modernising the energy system of a listed building.

“Congratulations on what you have achieved at the National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace.”

THE RT HON EDWARD DAVEY, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Inside the National Sports Centre (NSC)

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Energy saving pool covers NSC race track - Used as a training ground for the 2012 Olympics

Guaranteed performance contract

Nine month build programme - delivered in five months

One of the most efficient CHP engines in the UK

Winner of Innovation Award at CHPA Awards 2011

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38. London’s iconic National Sports Centre (NSC) at Crystal Palace - Home to one of the most efficient CHP engines in the UK

2011 - 2012

COMMONWEALTHGAMES 2014

The City of Glasgow has ambitious plans to become one of Europe’s most sustainable cities and to make the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which it is hosting, the greenest games ever. Scotland’s largest city plans to cut 30 per cent of its CO2 emissions by 2020 and details how it intends to achieve this in its Sustainable Glasgow Report 2010.

This states that district heating will play a major role in helping the city cut carbon.

With this goal in mind, Glasgow City Council commissioned Vital Energi to design, supply and install a community heating system for the 2014 Commonwealth Games’ Athlete’s Village. Our task was to install a low carbon district heating scheme which, together with improvements to make the buildings more energy efficient, would reduce carbon emissions. The new system is 40 per cent more efficient than conventional heating schemes and is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 2,000 tonnes a year.

The bespoke low carbon energy system comprises modern Combined Heat and Power [CHP] technology housed in a purpose-built new energy centre.

It will deliver all the heating and hot water for the development through a 28km buried network of special pre-insulated pipes which will connect the 704-home Athletes’ Village, Emirates Stadium and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome (NISA), a 120-bed care home and an additional 750 new homes built as part of the legacy phase of this significant construction project.

Vital Energi is designing, installing, commissioning, testing and operating the scheme until its eventual post Games completion in 2016. We have future proofed the energy centre so that it can be connected to future phases of the development.

ASSISTING WITH ITS AMBITION TO BE THE GREENEST GAMES EVER

Inside the energy centre - Three 3MW gas boilers

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New homes built to “eco homes excellent” standard

WINNER OF BEST GREEN INITIATIVE AT HOMES FOR SCOTLAND AWARDS:

Greenest games ever

Helping Glasgow become one of Europe’s most sustainable cities

Achieving aims of Sustainable Glasgow Report 2010

40 per cent more efficient than conventional heating schemes

Connecting 704-home Athletes’ Village and Emirates Arena

28km of buried pre-insulated pipes

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40. Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome - Part of the award-winning development

Gas Holder

2012

WYNDFORD ESTATE

In 2012, Cube Housing Association joined forces with Scottish Gas, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Vital Energi to deliver a £27 million project to improve the energy efficiency of 1900 homes on the Wyndford Estate in Maryhill, Glasgow. The project included the installation of a new low-cost, environmentally-friendly heating and hot water system.

The homes, a mixture of multi-storey flats and maisonettes built in 1963, were previously heated by costly, inefficient and environmentally unfriendly electric storage heaters. Scotland’s housing stock is responsible for more than a quarter of the country’s carbon emissions and more than one in four Scottish households suffer from fuel poverty. To tackle these issues, Cube Housing Association opted for a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) fuelled community energy scheme. It also wanted to help tenants reduce their consumption and was attracted to Vital Energi and SSE’s proposal because it included individual pre-payment meters in each property so tenants could control their energy use.

The Wyndford community energy system included installation of a new district heating system incorporating around 2.7km of underground pipes to distribute hot water from the CHP energy centre to the individual buildings. It was officially opened in November 2012 by Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister.

The all-round expertise and security of the Vital Energi and SSE partnership led Cube Housing Association to choose us to design and deliver this pioneering and large-scale community energy project. From the start, we assisted Cube with operations appraisal and business case advice on revenues available from sales and funding or incentive initiatives.

The installation of Vital Energi’s new CHP energy centre and district heating system means that the Wyndford Estate has waved goodbye to poor quality electric heating, huge bills and an enormous carbon footprint. It has also made a significant contribution to helping the city of Glasgow meet its 30 per cent carbon reduction target.

“VE provided a well-designed, new community energy system using a state-of-the-art Combined Heat and Power (CHP) engine, three large gas boilers and a thermal store, all housed in a new Energy Centre at the edge of the estate. There is no question that without VE’s help on this project it would not have been possible. The scheme had to be delivered to a very tight timescale in order to qualify for the grant. VE has been a joy to work with and all of the problems have been successfully overcome so that the scheme is on course for delivery within 10 months of it starting on-site.” WILLIE CROFT, CUBE HOUSING ASSOCIATION

Scotland’s First Minister - Alex Salmond switching on the energy centre

Up to 1900 homes are connected to the energy centre on the Wyndford Estate

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INCREASED ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Largest community energy system in UK at the time

Completed in 2012

Fast-tracked project completed within one year

1500 homes for Cube Housing Association

Up to 400 private homes

CHP Energy Centre

2.7km District Heating pipes

Helping Glasgow meet its carbon reduction target of 30 per cent

Estimated to save up to 7,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

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42. The £27million Wyndford scheme

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