The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has won a prestigious award for the sustainable way it is heating and powering its fire stations.
LFB won the award for ‘Renewable Application of the Year’ at the Oscars of the heating industry - Heating and Ventilation News Awards 2008 at the Grosvenor House Hotel last night (May 1) for its extensive green programme, which has led to more than 40 of its 112 fire stations being fitted with some form of renewable energy source.
The programme includes the UK’s first solar powered fire station (in Richmond, 2005) as well as a number of fire stations being powered and heated by combined heat and power units, solar thermal systems, Photovoltaic panels and wind turbines.
The judges highlighted the “robust evidence of the results that have been achieved” by the Brigade, which is well on course to meet a target of reducing carbon emissions – its carbon footprint - by 1,900 tonnes (15%) by 2010 from 1990 levels. To reach this ambitious target, LFB is also bringing in a new fleet of fire engines that meet EU emissions targets and is replacing inefficient lighting and boilers across the Brigade.
LFB Energy Manager Ian Shaw said: “This award is a real endorsement of our commitment to tackling climate change and of our programme of installing renewable technologies across our estate. Our green work is continuing apace, with more and more fire stations now being greener and far less reliant on traditional energy sources.”
Note to editors:
More information about the awards can be found here:
http://www.handvawards.com/home.asp
Members of the media can obtain further information from the press office on:
telephone number: 020 8536 5922
email: press@london-fire.gov.uk
