Nine council buildings in North East Lincolnshire to 'go green'
It's as part of a drive to cut polluting carbon emissions
North East Lincolnshire Council has secured £4,821,879 of Government funding to help deliver carbon emission reductions to nine of its council buildings.
It's hoped the funding from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will reduce the future environmental impact and running costs of the buildings through heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency improvements.
The council says it will provide match funding for the project of £657,529.
In 2021, North East Lincolnshire Council adopted its Net Zero Carbon Roadmap, which set out delivery plans to achieve its carbon neutral ambitions by 2040.
Low carbon estate is one of these milestones and this grant funding will support work to decarbonise the council buildings and improve their impact on the environment.
The works will involve replacing ageing, fossil-fuel reliant systems with low carbon alternative technologies, as well as building fabric improvements and energy efficiency measures where appropriate for the buildings.
The grant funding includes design, engineering, construction, and project management costs.
A survey highlighted buildings for prioritisation based on where the highest tCO2e would be saved.
The final selection was approved at both the Environment Board and Estates Programme Board prior to the submission of the application.
The buildings included are:
• Immingham Swimming Pool
• Humber Seafood Institute
• Grimsby Leisure Centre
• Grimsby Crematorium
• Grimsby Education and Development Centre
• Cromwell House • Poplar Road Business Units
• Poplar Road Offices
• Doughty Road Depot Offices.
Cllr Phillip Jackson, Leader of the Council, said:
“We’ve set an ambitious target to be a carbon-neutral council by 2030. Meeting this target is one of the biggest projects the Council has undertaken and is vital in mitigating the damage done by polluting carbon emissions.
“This grant funding will enable us to take a big leap forward in reducing the energy consumption in our buildings, which benefits the environment and lowers running costs, and ultimately helps keep council tax down.
“One of the biggest contributors to our carbon emissions is the energy we use to heat our buildings.
“We can reduce these emissions by increasing the energy-efficiency of our buildings, using our buildings to generate power and by switching to renewable sources of energy.
“The works we are carrying out now are a further step in our mission to becoming carbon Net Zero and follow other energy-efficiency improvements completed in recent years, such as converting our street lights to low-energy LED bulbs, upgrading our buildings and introducing more electric vehicles in our fleet.”