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Government Facility Services Ltd (GFSL) is pioneering solar energy projects in 2 of the Southern England prisons where the company provides facilities management services.
After 6 months of planning, GFSL will introduce a series of environmentally friendly upgrades to lower carbon emissions by more than 2,300 tones.
Installing rooftop solar panels at HMP Bure near Norwich in Norfolk will lessen reliance on the existing electric load by 17% and save 79 tones of CO2 per year. The project is due to be completed by the end of March 2021. A second project underway in Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire uses ground-based solar panels and is scheduled for completion in July.
GFSL Energy Services Manager Stewart Grew, explains:
“This is a prime example of using clean energy to create ‘eco-prisons’ and not just meet but exceed the Ministry of Justice’s carbon reduction targets by 2025. We also have other exciting projects in the pipeline, like an LED lighting replacement program and installing heat pumps and biomass boilers.”
GFSL CEO Paul Ryder adds:
“We’re proud of all the innovation and hard work that goes into our transition to clean energy sources rolled out across all southern England sites. Not only are we exceeding our carbon emission targets, but we’re also saving considerable sums of public money on maintenance budgets.”
