Big Savings For Council With Biomass Energy Cabins
25th March 2012
Highland Council recently approved the purchase of 20 Energy Cabins that will make big savings in energy costs and supply an income from electricity being fed into the national grid. Many of the cabins are to be installed at schools across the region. The council negotiated a large discount by making a large purchase of the cabins. Installation is to begin shortly after 31st March 2012 by which time all the cabins will have been delivered.
Councillor Bill Fernie, chairman of the Education, Culture and Sport committee said, "The council has made great efforts to find ways to deliver heating to many of our buildings that will reduce costs and improve efficiency. These new cabins can be installed in position very quickly and we should see the benefits immediately in reduced running costs in our schools that are in many cases far away from other alternatives like gas. The money from the electricity generation will pay for the cabins within 5 years according to our figures. From the education budget as well as the council position in other areas this is a welcome move."
The biomass cabins will be installed at the following locations -
Bayview House
Lybster Primary School
Seaforth House
Bridgend Primary School
Invergordon Leisure Centre
Invergordon Academy
Isobel Rhind Centre
Milton of Kildary Primary School
Black Isle Leisure Centre
Fortrose Academy Install Biomass Boiler Plant
Beauly Primary School
Glenurquhart Primary School
Kilchuimen Academy
Bught Nursery
Hilton Primary School
Inverness High School
Grantown Grammar School
Grantown Primary School
PHOTO
Bill Fernie in front of an Energy Cabin on display in Inverness.
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