District Heating and Combined Heat & Power The Wyndford Estate, Maryhill, Glasgow Combined Heat The Wyndford Estate & Power delivers scheme will save low carbon energy, over 7,000 tonnes reducing carbon of carbon emissions emissions. per year - equivalent to the emissions of 1,000 new homes. The scheme is also cost-effective, helping to alleviate fuel poverty. Read more about the scheme on the back page What is District Heating? A District Heating (DH) scheme provides Why use District Heating with Combined Heat & heat from a central heat source to more Power? • Delivers low-carbon energy, reducing carbon than one building, dwelling or customer. emissions • Very cost effective, helping to alleviate fuel poverty How does it work? • DH provides economies of scale for CHP, future- Heat is generated at an Energy Centre and delivered proofing communities for the development of to homes through a network of underground pipes as renewable energy technologies hot water to heat radiators. • DH has a proven track record in many countries, Heat is produced by boilers and Combined Heat & including Denmark, Sweden and Germany Power units (CHP). CHP generates electricity at the • DH and CHP are core themes in the Sustainable same time as heat which is a very efficient form of Glasgow energy plan for reducing the city’sConventional carbon power station and gas boilers electricity generation and reduces the need for large Heatemissions delivered 50 power stations. Electricity delivered 30 CHP losses 0 Boiler losses 13 Power station and distribution losses 47 140 The graph shows the comparison between energy use of conventional160 power generarion and DH/CHP systems 140 120 Power station and 100 distribution losses Boiler losses 80 60 40 20 Energy units 0 Conventional power District Heating Conventional power station District Heating with CHP station and gas boilers with CHP and gas boilers Heat delivered Power station and Electricity delivered distribution losses Boiler losses CHP losses District Heating system with Combined Heat & Power 1 2 3 A thermal store Pumps keep hot Hydraulic Interface Unit stores heat water circulating connects the home heating using a large in the system radiators to the DH system tank of water constantly Heating flow Heating return Boiler Combined Heat & Boiler Power unit 4 Electricity from the CHP is sent to the local grid for distribution Combined Heat & Boiler Thermal store Pre-insulated Hydraulic Power unit Boilers using gas or A thermal store pipes Interface Unit CHP units generate other fuels provide is a large tank of Pre-insulated DH At each home, a heating and back-up and water used to store pipes are buried Hydraulic Interface electricity efficiently additional heating heat and help the in the ground, Unit (HIU) connects using gas or other capacity CHP operate more delivering heat from the home heating fuels efficiently the energy centre radiators to the to every home. DH system. The Heat losses from householder has pipes are typically full control over less than 5% and their heating the pipes last for at without the need least 40 years. to have a boiler of their own. Contact details Parsons Brinckerhoff Cube Housing Association Ewan Jures Willie Croft Principal Engineer, Energy & Sustainable Solutions Head of Regeneration Tel: 44-(0)141-222-6900 Tel: 44-(0)141-248-7851 [email protected] [email protected] Wyndford Estate District Heating and Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Scheme The estate is a post-war housing scheme in Maryhill, Glasgow, with approximately 2,000 homes. The problem: An independent survey showed at least 80% of residents found their heating costs to be unaffordable, and the existing electric storage heater systems were environmentally unfriendly. 30m chimney lightweight green green wall roof system system white verdigris blockwork copper clad wall cladding lourve panels Energy Centre District Heating network route plan The solution: Technical studies carried out by the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU) and Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) have shown that a local CHP plant designed to use a variety of fuels will be extremely efficient and deliver heat at affordable rates. Combined with other energy saving measures, this will avoid thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide being released to the atmosphere. Cube Housing Association, supported by PB, is working closely with Glasgow City Council and other partner organisations to maximise the benefits of the scheme in combating fuel poverty and making the estate more sustainable for the future. Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) Cube Housing Association PB is a leading provider of engineering and Cube Housing Association is a Scottish programme management solutions globally. registered charity providing affordable homes for those in housing need. PB’s Energy & Sustainable Solutions team has extensive design and management experience Cube Housing Association owns and manages in District Heating, CHP and other sources of low over 3,000 properties in Glasgow and and zero carbon energy. surrounding areas, including the Wyndford Estate in Maryhill, Glasgow. www.pbworld.co.uk.