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30/04/2024
Hetton Pool And Wellness Centre Receives £410,000 Boost
Hetton Community Pool, Tennis and Wellness Centre in Sunderland has received £410,00 to help cut its energy costs.
The money is earmarked for solar panels and other energy saving devices that will generate solar power and heat the building, including warming its swimming pool water. The panels will also lower the building's carbon footprint and make savings on its energy bills.
Sunderland already has a low carbon framework and pledge that is driving down emissions to help make the city more carbon neutral.
Money for the Hetton energy saving project came from a national Sport England grant. The funding is targeted at easing the financial pressures that councils and leisure operators are facing because of recent rises in energy and general operating costs.
The City Council's Executive Director of Health, Housing and Communities, Gerry Taylor said: "It isn't just households that have seen their energy bills rise in recent years. So thanks to this grant from Sport England we're now beginning to map out and draw up more detail for our energy savings investments at Hetton pool and wellness centre.
"Installing solar panels and more LED lights will save on energy bills and cut carbon emissions. This in turn helps the environment by lowering our carbon footprint, helps with the longer-term plan for going carbon neutral, helps save money for leisure and sports centre users, and for all council-tax payers. The grant for the work is very much what would could be called an 'invest to save' project.
"Subject to more specifications and details, and how we deliver this, centre users could see work beginning in coming months. We've set out how we are aiming to see Sunderland and the Coalfield area move toward becoming carbon neutral, and as a healthy city we are continuing to update and make our leisure centres accessible to all residents."
Sunderland is one of 264 councils to receive the funding that can go towards solar panels, LED lights and pool covers as well as a variety of other improvements aimed at improving the energy efficiency of public facilities with pools.
The council's leisure service partner is Everyone Active and its Contract Manager Ian Bradgate said: "It is great news that these investments will reduce Hetton's carbon footprint going forward. Everyone Active is proud to work alongside the council in meeting its Net Zero ambitions as part of our own Net Zero Strategy."
The money is earmarked for solar panels and other energy saving devices that will generate solar power and heat the building, including warming its swimming pool water. The panels will also lower the building's carbon footprint and make savings on its energy bills.
Sunderland already has a low carbon framework and pledge that is driving down emissions to help make the city more carbon neutral.
Money for the Hetton energy saving project came from a national Sport England grant. The funding is targeted at easing the financial pressures that councils and leisure operators are facing because of recent rises in energy and general operating costs.
The City Council's Executive Director of Health, Housing and Communities, Gerry Taylor said: "It isn't just households that have seen their energy bills rise in recent years. So thanks to this grant from Sport England we're now beginning to map out and draw up more detail for our energy savings investments at Hetton pool and wellness centre.
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"Installing solar panels and more LED lights will save on energy bills and cut carbon emissions. This in turn helps the environment by lowering our carbon footprint, helps with the longer-term plan for going carbon neutral, helps save money for leisure and sports centre users, and for all council-tax payers. The grant for the work is very much what would could be called an 'invest to save' project.
"Subject to more specifications and details, and how we deliver this, centre users could see work beginning in coming months. We've set out how we are aiming to see Sunderland and the Coalfield area move toward becoming carbon neutral, and as a healthy city we are continuing to update and make our leisure centres accessible to all residents."
Sunderland is one of 264 councils to receive the funding that can go towards solar panels, LED lights and pool covers as well as a variety of other improvements aimed at improving the energy efficiency of public facilities with pools.
The council's leisure service partner is Everyone Active and its Contract Manager Ian Bradgate said: "It is great news that these investments will reduce Hetton's carbon footprint going forward. Everyone Active is proud to work alongside the council in meeting its Net Zero ambitions as part of our own Net Zero Strategy."
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