Green credentials.
In 2008 Randwick embarked on an ambitious £81,000 project to reduce their energy costs. The Low Carbon Buildings Programme funded £24,000 towards the revamp of the ageing village hall. In addition to a £35,000 grant from Stroud District Council under their CHEERS (Community Halls Energy Efficiency and Renewables Grant) scheme, a further £10,000 was gifted by Gloucestershire Environment Trust Company using landfill tax contributions donated by Cory Environmental.
Councillor Barbara Tait, Cabinet Member for Planning and Climate Change at Stroud District Council said of the proposal:
"The refurbishment of Randwick Village Hall will transform an old and inefficient hall that is expensive to run into an exemplar of environmental best practice. We are delighted to be able to provide the bulk of funding for this excellent project which will result in the hall being better used, more comfortable and cheaper to run as well as being self sufficient in energy and carbon neutral. This will not only benefit the environment but also the local community."
The scheme involved installation of double glazing, upgrading of loft insulation, installation of photovoltaic cells on the roof and a ground source heat pump to power a modern state of the art central heating system by extracting heat from the earth, one metre below the playing field. So far the scheme has reduced energy costs by £800 per year and in doing so has isolated the hall from spiraling energy costs for the next 25 years. It has also created an additional revenue stream of £500 pa through selling excess electricity to the national grid. This money is reinvested in the buildings to sustain a modern facility. The scheme is sustainable in every sense.
The hall was billed as an exemplar project by Severn Wye Energy agency, as a showcase of low carbon technologies. Education and interpretation panels are used to explain the technologies used and give real time display of the electricity and heat produced and the carbon dioxide and costs being saved.
Primary contractors were Ecovision Systems of Tetbury and SolarSense of Bristol.
Randwick came runner up for the Best Sustainable Energy Community in 2008 South West Regen awards.
Councillor Barbara Tait, Cabinet Member for Planning and Climate Change at Stroud District Council said of the proposal:
"The refurbishment of Randwick Village Hall will transform an old and inefficient hall that is expensive to run into an exemplar of environmental best practice. We are delighted to be able to provide the bulk of funding for this excellent project which will result in the hall being better used, more comfortable and cheaper to run as well as being self sufficient in energy and carbon neutral. This will not only benefit the environment but also the local community."
The scheme involved installation of double glazing, upgrading of loft insulation, installation of photovoltaic cells on the roof and a ground source heat pump to power a modern state of the art central heating system by extracting heat from the earth, one metre below the playing field. So far the scheme has reduced energy costs by £800 per year and in doing so has isolated the hall from spiraling energy costs for the next 25 years. It has also created an additional revenue stream of £500 pa through selling excess electricity to the national grid. This money is reinvested in the buildings to sustain a modern facility. The scheme is sustainable in every sense.
The hall was billed as an exemplar project by Severn Wye Energy agency, as a showcase of low carbon technologies. Education and interpretation panels are used to explain the technologies used and give real time display of the electricity and heat produced and the carbon dioxide and costs being saved.
Primary contractors were Ecovision Systems of Tetbury and SolarSense of Bristol.
Randwick came runner up for the Best Sustainable Energy Community in 2008 South West Regen awards.