Forest Park Leisure Centre is the first leisure centre in the country to install a 75kw Vestas Wind Turbine to provide renewable energy to the centre. This is in addition to the already installed 550kw Gilles Biomass Boiler which has cut our oil usage down to near zero.
The next phase of our renewable energy project is to install solar panels on the roof of the centre to provide an additional source of heat.
This, combined with other energy efficient practices, such as heat retaining pool covers on all three pools when not in use, an automated building management system and lights linked to motion sensors and dedicated recycling bins throughout the centre means Forest Park Leisure Centre is a flagship centre for sustainable energy use and environmentally aware practices.
Pictured below is our 25m high, 75Kw Vestas Turbine at the entrance to the leisure centre with videos of the turbine in action and the control panel at the base of the turbine showing electricity being generated.
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