Rendesco - Welborne Garden Village
Welborne Garden Village will be the largest water-source low carbon heating and cooling network in the UK. The initial development will supply 700 new homes and businesses with heating and cooling, later expanding to 6000 homes.
Welborne Garden Village will be the largest water-source low carbon heating and cooling network in the UK. The initial development will supply 700 new homes and businesses with heating and cooling, later expanding to 6000 homes.
The network draws water from Portsmouth Water’s underground Hoads Hill Reservoir. The higher average temperature of the reservoir means the network will emit 90% less CO2 emissions than a gas boiler, as well as making cooling and heating of homes cheaper for customers.
A unique innovation within this project is its energy exchange function, which allows for heat to be transferred between homes and other buildings. Meaning the complete network could save over 272,000 tonnes of carbon in the first 25 years of operation.
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