Client Brief: To provide heritage and planning support to enable the delivery of energy efficiency improvements across 10 operational sites.
Maritime Museum
How:
As a historic built environment specialist, Jess was able to guide proposals for the decarbonisation of a series of listed buildings under the ownership and management of Lancaster City Council.
The project had been defined prior to detailed survey works and improvements suggested to properties included: installation of secondary glazing, installation of air source heat pumps, installation of ground source heat pumps, installation of lagging to pipes, boiler management system upgrades and LED lighting replacements.
Following the appointment, site surveys were undertaken to inform the potential of undertaking the proposed work streams within the listed sites.
A considerable workstream for the project was the installation of secondary glazing to a number of listed buildings. Jess undertook comprehensive window surveys within 9 sites (all of which are listed buildings) to analyse the age, design, and condition of the existing windows. This information was then used to determine whether or not secondary glazing could be installed without compromising historic fabric or character.
The scheme has also seen the installation of LED lights within existing fittings and boiler management system upgrades throughout to improve the efficiency of plant.
Jess also successfully gained planning permission for the installation of air source heat pumps and solar panels in some of the sites to provide onsite energy generation, subsequently enabling some of the properties to remove all dependency on natural gas.
Window requiring repair – Palatine Hall
Result
The project is currently in the delivery stages and the works completed so far have reduced the Council’s dependency on Natural Gas, creating a cost saving and reduction in consumption of energy from non-renewable sources
City Museum Window
