London buildings to get £10mn green makeover (2-Sep-07)
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In an attempt to become the first green city London’s public sector office buildings are to get an environmental makeover at a cost of £10 million. The contract will involve energy and utility management companies planning and implementing energy saving measures for each building; initiatives could include reducing heat gain, installing energy efficiency lighting and better insulation.
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Published: Sunday, 2 September, 2007, 06:23 AM Doha Time
LONDON: London’s public sector office buildings are to get an environmental makeover, turning the capital into the first green city.
Up to 100 buildings, including City Hall and Transport for London’s headquarters, will be transformed at a cost of £10mn.
London is the first to take action out of 16 cities that signed up to a deal, developed by the Clinton Climate Initiative, to make buildings more efficient.
Mayor Ken Livingstone will today invite bids for the contract, which will raise energy efficiency in the buildings by a quarter.
He said: “London is leading the way by becoming the first of the 16 cities signed up to the Clinton Climate Initiative programme to begin work to cut climate change emissions by making our buildings more energy-efficient.
“We have started the tender process for companies to bid for the first part of the work and I hope that this will also lead to a boost in London’s green industries.”
As part of the contract, energy and utility management companies will have to plan and implement energy-saving measures for each building.
These could include reducing heat gain and installing energy efficient lighting and better insulation.
It is hoped the framework could then be used by the whole of the public sector. Other cities which signed up to the deal in May include New York and Tokyo. - London Evening Standard
- Source: Gulf Times
