Littledown centre, one the UK’s largest public leisure facilities will soon be running greener and leaner, thanks to a new energy-saving system and facilities management partnership.
Littledown centre is one of 43 sites managed by social enterprise BH Live, a leading operator of leisure and event venues in the south of England. With more than 1.5 million visits a year, and open seven days a week, the centre needs a lot of energy to power up its pools, gym, sport, fitness and social areas.
Recently working with Bournemouth Borough Council, BH Live has developed and implemented a number of ways to reduce its energy consumption, while maintaining comfortable and well-lit spaces for people to enjoy health and wellbeing activities. These include installing more efficient pool pumps, fitting smart, energy-saving lighting schemes and replacing energy inefficient equipment.
The latest initiative is a combined heat and power (CHP) system, installed and run under a facilities management contract by energy-saving experts EuroSite Power. There is no capital, installation and operating expenses and BH Live is guaranteed energy cost and carbon savings from the day the CHP unit is switched on.
When up and running, the system will be generating up to 2,643,795 kWh of total energy a year and saving up to 376 tonnes of CO2 –equivalent to taking 79 cars off our roads each year.
“The new CHP system will provide immediate and guaranteed risk-free savings and a more efficient energy management system at Littledown Centre for the foreseeable future,”
says BH Live Head of Facilities Management, Peter Portnoi.
It also demonstrates our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint and fulfils our social objectives. Every surplus pound we save in energy costs will be used make our health and wellbeing facilities even more attractive for the thousands of people who visit Littledown Centre every day.”
The CHP system is being installed in October 2015 and scheduled to be fully operational by early November 2015
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Notes to the editor
Littledown Centre is managed by BH Live in partnership with Bournemouth Borough Council
About BH Live
BH Live is the South Coast’s leading operator of leisure and event venues – a social enterprise that designs and builds engaging experiences to inspire people and enrich lives. With over 2.5 million visits a year and over £31 million turnover, the organisation is changing lives – placing it at the heart of the UK’s growing social economy.
In 2013/14, BH Live hosted 423 shows, sold over half a million cultural, sporting and entertainment tickets, clocked up 1.8 million leisure centre visits and welcomed 88,000 conference and exhibition delegates which contributed over £45 million to the local economy.
For further press information:
Elizabeth Symmons
PR & Corporate Communications Executive, BH Live
Elizabeth.Symmons@bhlive.co.uk