Nottinghamshire County Council, UK, Wood fuel heating for schools - Ashden Award winner

This video can be downloaded here: http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/ncc NCC won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2007.

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Nottinghamshire County Council is pioneering a scheme to heat its local schools with sustainable wood pellets instead of coal, helping the environment as well as saving costs. So far 17 schools have benefited with a total of 21 boilers installed and 27 more schools will be reached by the end of 2008. Already, CO2 emissions have been reduced by an impressive 2,400 tonnes a year, providing a model for local authorities around the country. The pupils and teachers in these schools now enjoy a cleaner, smoke-free environment. Importantly, the Council's initiative is also boosting the local supply and use of wood pellets and has even created new jobs in this ex-coal mining area. To help protect jobs, the Council now uses only locally manufactured boilers which can run at impressive efficiencies of over 90%.

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[dan001A]

Thanks for thinking about the environment and considering such a GREAT ALTERNATIVE!