Environmental, Social and Governance Initiative
Winner:
Cambridge Water, South Staffordshire Plc & The Imperial War Museum
Environmental, Social and Governance Initiative
Winner:
Cambridge Water, South Staffordshire Plc & The Imperial War Museum
Details of the winning project
Ground source heating at IWM Duxford
Cambridge Water, South Staffordshire Plc and The Imperial War Museum Duxford have collaborated on an innovative decarbonisation project.
For the first time in the UK water sector, an existing regulated asset – a borehole supplying water to Cambridge Water customers - will be used to generate low carbon heat for IWM’s historic hangars and other, oil-fired, buildings.
Harnessing heat from boreholes is a sustainable, low carbon, environmentally friendly and efficient way to heat buildings, using no fossil fuels and has low energy requirements. Cambridge Water will invest income gained from the heat tariff into a community fund supporting local environmental projects.
The other finalists
Business Stream - Making a positive difference to the environment and our local communities Affinity Water - Save Our Streams National Grid - Active Creosote Extraction (ACE) project So Energy - Contract Beyond the Contract South West Water - South West Peatland Partnership Utilita Energy - Football Rebooted
“This entry stood out for the evidence of delivering sustainable solutions on a large scale.”