We’re working with SSE Energy Solutions to make our buildings more energy efficient and to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs.
Re:fit phase one
The £12 million Re:fit programme started in summer 2022. It has seen a range of retrofit measures installed across 11 council-owned buildings.
The buildings included in phase one are:
- Chattenden Community Centre
- Cuxton Library
- Gillingham Library
- Gun Wharf
- Lordswood Library
- Medway Crematorium
- Medway Park
- Rochester Adult Education
- The Brook Theatre
- The Central Theatre
- Wigmore Library.
These measures include:
- installing more energy efficient LED lighting in all buildings
- 2,139 fittings in total which has equated to savings of 366,337kWh/85.4 tons CO2
- updating the showers and urinals to make them more water efficient
- Medway Park has 40 low flow showers installed. 23 waterless urinals at Medway Park, Gun Wharf and Central Theatre. These combined have a water saving of 4.932M3 (4.9 million litres)
- replacing boilers with more energy efficient boilers and heat pumps
- installation of 10 heat pumps. 3 public libraries complete decarbonisation, 2 from heating oil fuel and 1 from natural gas. 1 public theatre partial decarbonisation from natural gas. Savings 149,462 kWh/63.6 tons CO2. New boilers to extend combined heat and power (CHP) runtime, saving 553,587 kWh/111,8 tons CO2
- installing new air handling unit and control at Gun Wharf to heat and cool the air more efficiently
- installing electric vehicle (EV) charging points at Gun Wharf.
It has also included installing solar panels on 7 buildings, which have 325 kWp, generating 313,595 kWh/67.34 tons CO2.
- Cuxton Library
- Gillingham Library
- Lordswood Library
- Medway Crematorium
- Medway Park
- Rochester Adult Education
- The Central Theatre.
Works are anticipated to be completed shortly.
See below some of the energy efficient projects which has been installed to date.
Photographs showing energy efficient projects installed. From left to right, battery storage at Medway Park, air source heat pumps in Wigmore and EV chargers at Gun Wharf.