Case Studies

Community Heating

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Type of Project

Energy
      Environmental Mechanical
      Electrical
      Project Management

Outline of Project

Cadogan Consultants is acting for the two principal parties in a Community  Energy Project in Edinburgh which will use waste heat from an industrial site to  provide all of the heating requirements for a housing development.

The housing development comprises 120 low-rise houses which were completed in  2000. It is a sustainable housing development with many ecologically friendly  and energy efficient features. Heating is currently provided from a central  boilerhouse and as such it will be straightforward to utilise the waste heat  from the nearby industrial site.

Heating costs are already low for tenants but the industrial neighbour is  prepared to make its waste heat available to the housing scheme for no charge.  The advantage to the industrialist is reduced costs for disposing of the heat  and improved community relations. Funding arrangements are still to be finalised  but it is likely that within a few years of installation the residents will get  their heating free paying a small maintenance charge only.

This Community Energy project is therefore unique and requires only the  installation of district heating mains, pumps, heat exchangers, etc. to transfer  the heat between the heat source and the heat sink and to facilitate this it is  intended to use the route of a railway track which runs between the two sites.  No significant modification works are required at either the housing development  or the industrial site.

The project is located in a mixed residential, commercial and industrial area  of Edinburgh and recent redevelopments have tended to be residential. Future  developments (and one residential development in particular) may take advantage  of the free heat also.

key skills used by cadogan consultants

  • Identification and assessment of potential Community Energy project.
  • Ability to manage and lead disparate client group.
  • Engineering design of waste heat recovery scheme.

Engineering Discipline

People