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News Release from: BP Solar | Subject: Solar Power In Major UK Urban Regeneration Project
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 December 2003
Solar Power In Major UK Urban
Regeneration Project
A combination of Government funding and innovative project management has brought the reality of solar power to a major UK urban regeneration project.
The Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) at Dagenham, Essex, won a share of a £1.32 million Government grant and is one of the first to be approved under the DTI's £20 million Major Photovoltaic (PV) Demonstration programme The 115kWp project, which achieved a 65% 'fixed' grant funding available to large-scale applications (5kWp to 100 kWp), has been designed to include Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) modules from BP Solar and was completed this month
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 17 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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CEME is a collaborative partnership between London Riverside Ltd, the London Development Agency, Ford Motor Company, Barking College and Havering College to build a new centre for high quality education and basic skills training.
Engineering Consultants Whitby Bird and Partners designed the photovoltaic scheme and managed the DTI funding process for CEME, which achieved approximately £357,603 towards the total capital cost of the project.
The new CEME building will incorporate numerous sustainable and low energy features including photovoltaic power generation, natural ventilation, daylight and energy efficient servicing.
BP Solar have installedl 80kW of BIPV on the two storey building's standard Kalzip roof - over the naturally ventilated atrium - and a further 20kW of glass-to-glass PV modules onto a glazed entrance canopy.
The photovoltaic array will form a highly visible and public entrance to the building.
The photovoltaic cells on the canopy are housed in glass panels and serve the dual purpose of replacing conventional materials while simultaneously harnessing energy from natural light to produce clean energy.
Solar electricity will meet over 5% of the maximum power requirement of the building.
It is estimated that over the course of a year emissions of CO2 will be reduced by 35 tonnes and that the photovoltaic panels will generate 10-15% of the building's total electricity demand.
"The project is meeting the Government's challenge to the construction industry to integrate renewable energy into buildings," said BP Solar project manager Ray Noble.
"And because BP Solar have been involved in the design process from the very beginning of the project, we have been able to develop a design that will maximise the benefits of PV, in terms of performance and substitution of conventional cladding materials.
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