Congratulations to the winners of The Champions League, North Ayrshire – Glencairn Primary School who are sponsored by HWEnergy! The Champions League is an Auchenharvie cluster event which also takes in 2 primary schools in the local area who feed into St Matthew’s academy. The teams involved were Ardeer, Mayfield, Caledonia, Hayocks, Glencairn, St John’s […]
HWEnergy secure service contract for Bradford Council biomass sites
We’re happy to have been awarded a service contract by the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The works, secured through a recent competitive tender exercise, include the service, maintenance, repairs and call-outs to multiple biomass systems across four Council sites, with system sizes ranging from 56kW to 1MW. HWEnergy has previous experience with […]
NHS Can Save With Biomass CHP
In a recent report (March 2015) the National Audit Office (NAO) says the NHS can achieve the largest carbon and cost savings in building energy use by installing combined heat and power (CHP) in acute trusts. The total NHS carbon footprint is of the order of 3% of the total UK carbon footprint. In its […]
HWEnergy helps North Ayrshire schools save £300,000 a year
Primary schools at Beith and Skelmorlie are now enjoying heat and hot water from renewable sources thanks to an initiative by North Ayrshire Council and HWEnergy that will see 12 sites switch to wood-fuelled biomass heating. The move will save the Council a huge £300,000 a year in fuel costs and reduce carbon emissions by […]
SFHA calls for investment in energy efficiency to be national priority
In an article published earlier this week in response to the latest fuel poverty statistics released by the Scottish Government, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has said that now is the time for substantial investment in the energy efficiency of the nation’s homes. David Stewart, SFHA Policy Manager calls for investment in multi-storey […]
Lochaber High School receives £500 towards school trip from HWEnergy Community Fund
Lochaber High School received a cheque of £500 this week from the HWEnergy Community Fund. The donation will support the school’s 6th Year trip to London in February, paying for all the Underground travel around the city during the four-day trip. Depute Head Teacher Donald MacLean is pictured receiving the cheque from HWEnergy’s Elaine Cameron. Looking […]
Highland Council saves £400,000 per annum through Biomass Heat Supply contract
Highland Council is saving over £400,000 in fuel costs and around 5000 tonnes in carbon emissions per annum since HWEnergy took on its biomass heat supply contract just over a year ago. As part of its new Carbon Clever initiative, the local authority commissioned HWEnergy to manage 68 biomass sites last July in a four […]
100% would recommend Biomass Heat Trail
A Buzzing Biomass Heat Trail Last week we held the latest in our series of Biomass Heat Trail events in Fort William and the day was a resounding success. Despite the grim November weather, delegates from across the country and a wide range of sectors (including rural estates, local authorities, hotel and leisure, education, and […]
Biomass fuels Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association’s latest development
Nevis Mews, a new £740,000 housing development built by Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association, was officially opened by Dave Thompson MSP this week. Mr Thompson cut the ribbon to mark the completion of the four properties for older people and one family home in Drumfada Terrace, Corpach. Nevis Mews consists of four 2-bedroom amenity homes for older […]
HWEnergy win Best Renewable Project of the Year (Public Sector)
We were delighted to win the top prize in the prestigious Heating and Ventilation News Awards 2014 for Best Renewable Project (Public Sector) for our work with NHS Ayrshire and Arran. We were also a finalist in Service and Maintenance Initiative of the Year for our work with Highland Council. Both are major biomass projects involving […]